Unseasonably wet weather has helped one of the South West’s attractions pull in its highest number of visitors since the covid pandemic.
More than 2,100 people visited Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) last Wednesday (2 August).
It wasn’t the first rainy day of the school holidays but the dry conditions and warm welcome from staff at RAMM, certainly proved a hit. The museum and its permanent collections is free for all visitors to explore, although there is a charge for some exhibitions throughout the year.
Positive impact marketing agency welcomes five new clients following recent growth
Exeter and Bristol-based marketing agency Program is celebrating recent growth, welcoming five new clients in recent weeks; IT support provider Acronyms; software development company CoreBlue; Plymouth social enterprise Engaged Communities; multinational hospitality company Accor; and innovative pipeline monitoring company Klarian.
Program is a creative positive impact marketing agency, working with tech, education and infrastructure sectors, including business organisations and government...
Bloor Homes’ Exeter region has a new-look home thanks to the completion of a £2.7 million extension to its Horizon House offices, complete with extended meeting and training and conferencing facilities.
Staff were able to move into the freshly extended offices just as Bloor Homes celebrated the first anniversary of the developer’s newest region, which launched last summer to focus on new developments in Devon and Cornwall.
Regional Managing Director Bradley Davison said: “After a year of working from a combination of a modular building in the car park of the building...
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has funded three researchers from the University of Exeter to carry out projects aimed at finding new treatments, boosting early diagnosis, and understanding the disease’s causes.
The £370k grants are part of a wider a £3 million funding announcement that will help to accelerate effective treatments for dementia.
Over the last two decades, Alzheimer’s Research UK has provided funding worth over £3.1m to research at the University of Exeter, which is a major national hub for dementia science.
An Exeter valuation surveyor has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award which recognises the brightest talent in the profession and celebrates their outstanding contributions to the industry.
Stephanie Christensen, Senior Surveyor at leading property consultancy Fisher German, has been announced as a finalist in the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Matrics Surveyor Awards 2023.
The awards, formerly the RICS Young Surveyor of the Year Awards, highlight the achievements of up-and-coming surveyors, showcasing the innovation and hard work of emerging...
Dr Simon “Sice” Rowbottom presents his brand-new show THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS.
Dr Sice has been variously an internationally acclaimed pop star with The Boo Radleys, a heavily depressed burn-out, and a Doctor of Psychotherapeutic Psychology working both in the NHS and in private practice, helping hundreds of clients over thousands of therapeutic hours. These experiences have led to an astounding discovery.
Over his lifetime he has thankfully seen mental health move from a shameful and niche topic to a ubiquitous topic across all media, but for many people, questions...
Grimethorpe Colliery Band are delighted to be hosting a ground-breaking joint concert with RSVP Bhangra and the Soprano Belinda Evans at the Exeter Corn Exchange.
This promises to be a very special event as the very best of British Brass share the stage with the awe-inspiring RSVP Bhangra Band. Add in one of the country’s leading soprano’s and you’ve got an event that will be a truly unique one-off experience.
The show will feature collaborations between all three groups and include two live World Premieres. ‘Enchanted Light’ by Liz lane will feature Belinda and...
Darts Farm celebrated the first anniversary of its new restaurant, The Farm Table, in July by welcoming two iconic chefs to take over the kitchen for the evening.
Great British Menu winner, Mark Hix and local seafood hero, Mitch Tonks, created a unique 5-course seasonal menu, combining their celebrated styles with produce from the fields at Darts Farm and incredible artisan ingredients from the food hall; whilst sharing their stories about a lifetime of friendship through food.
Hosting two such culinary giants represents a huge accolade for the new Devon restaurant which...
Valor Hospitality has been appointed to manage voco Zeal Exeter Science Park, InterContinental Hotels Group’s (IHG Hotels & Resorts) first lifecycle net zero carbon hotel in Exeter.
Set to open late 2024, the hotel is the latest to be added to Valor’s strong portfolio of almost 40 properties. It supports the company’s sustainability ambitions, aligning with the UK Green Building Council’s framework definition of net zero carbon buildings.
The hotel, which aims for a minimum BREEAM rating of Excellent through the inclusion of solar panels and locally sourced food,...
A formidable group of friends has raised more than £60,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support by bringing the Clyst St Mary community together in memory of a beloved friend.
Al’s Pals Open Garden party has been running for the past few years thanks to a dedicated team hoping to honour the memory of their dear friend Alison Robinson , who died from cancer in 2019.
This year’s event raised £4,567.29, bringing the total collected by these fantastic fundraisers to £60,000 to enable Macmillan Cancer Support to fund services for people living with cancer.
