Free dyslexia screening will be available to adults next week at Exeter City Council's Customer Service Centre.
The screening sessions are being provided by Exeter-based company, Cinnabar, which specialises in helping adults with dyslexia throughout the South West.
Sessions will be held on 15 and 16 October during Dyslexia Awareness Week (14-20 October) at the Council's Customer Service Centre in Paris Street, Exeter. The sessions are free but by appointment only, so anyone interested needs to book a place by calling 01392 357501.
A new £9 million road which is a vital link to major employment sites in the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point is now complete and has opened to traffic today (Thursday 3 October).
The Clyst Honiton Bypass opens up direct accesses into Skypark business park, the Intermodal Freight Terminal, the new community of Cranbrook and other developments nearby and will keep heavy traffic off smaller local roads around the village of Clyst Honiton. The route is to the east of the village of Clyst Honiton, and connects the A30 from the Exeter airport junction, to the B3174 ‘London Road’ (...
A group that supports businesses starting up has beaten off stiff opposition to win a prestigious award.
Exeter Business Support won Best Planning Initiative at the Federation of Small Businesses Devon Council Awards Scheme 2013.
The Awards aim to highlight best small business practice throughout the county and to build better working relationships between local authorities and small businesses. Exeter Business Support fought off tough competition from other local authorities to claim the award.
Exeter Business Support is funded by Exeter City Council and provides...
Chris Sunderland, Director of the Bristol Pound project, will be explaining the value of a local currency for local businesses at a public meeting in St Stephen’s Church in Exeter High Street, Thursday evening 26 September (6.45pm arrival for 7pm start).
The Bristol Pound project was launched last year as a paper currency with internet banking facilities. Supported by Bristol City Council and the Mayor George Ferguson, it helps people support their local firms and shops and keeps purchasing power in the local economy. Users can also make mobile phone payments in Bristol Pounds....
Two council workers who discovered £62,460 of cash in envelopes while clearing a house have been praised for their honesty and integrity.
Exeter City Council workers Steve Yeo and Chris Lawrence came across the cash whilst clearing the carpet and any perishable items from a council house in the Alphington area of Exeter, whose tenant had recently died.
They immediately returned it back to the office where it has been placed in a safe whilst the Council attempts to trace the next of kin.
Council Leader Pete Edwards, said: "Steve and Chris have acted with great...
A new poster campaign has been launched to tackle begging in Exeter.
The campaign highlights the dangers of giving cash to beggars and instead promotes donations to an alternative giving scheme, providing additional funding to projects that help those in need.
The campaign, which is run by a partnership of Exeter City Council, Devon and Cornwall Police and several local drugs and homeless support agencies, also draws a link between drugs abuse and money provided by begging.
Council Leader Pete Edwards said: “We just want to get this message across that it’s better...
New travel opportunities for Exeter's residents and commuters will be opened up by two new rail stations, which are moving closer to becoming a reality.
Plans for the new community at Newcourt have always included a station, and the scheme now has a green light, with Devon County Council giving planning permission in July, and their successful application to the Government's New Stations Fund completing the funding package. The train service will provide direct links to the city centre and beyond.
Meanwhile, plans are on track for a station at Marsh Barton, which will be...
Exeter City Council has been named as a good practice case study in Bill Grimsey’s review of the High Street.
The review, which is relased amidst a clash between Mr Grimsey and TV retail expert Mary Portas over the future of the High Street, recommends that more local authorities form strategy teams like Exeter City Council.
Cllr Rosie Denham, Lead Councillor for Economy and Culture, said: "In Exeter we have our eyes very much focussed on the future of our High Street and the City Centre in general. In fact, the High Street is probably in the strongest position it has been...
As part of an innovative digital art and performance project, a series of new short films about Exeter are being released in weekly episodes on screens across the city as well as online. The micro-documentaries – 12 in total have been created by filmmaker David Salas and are based on the experiences and memories of Exeter residents.
Divided into two strands – A Tale of Two Cities and The Potential for Important Moments to Occur in Non-Descript Places – the documentaries focus on unknown aspects of the city and bring to light the personal experiences of some of its residents....
