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Vehicle leasing company offers customers choice of female only automotive advice

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 03/07/2023 - 9:11pm

A vehicle leasing company says customers should be given the choice to speak with a female employee from enquiries through to sales.

The Devon based company, Carparison, are offering customers the option of speaking to a female member of the team in an effort to make customers feel more comfortable when doing business with the automotive industry.

Carparison’s decision follows the publication of a number of automotive industry surveys, which shockingly show that nearly 70 per cent of car buyers have never bought a car from a female sales representative. It also follows...

Maynard student is the only female to be picked for pilot academy

Authored by rachaelboard
Posted: Tue, 09/17/2019 - 12:14pm

Maynard student, Olivia Taylor, has become the only female to successfully gain a place on the Skyborne EASA Integrated ATPL training course to become a fully qualified airline pilot – a long held ambition for the Devon sixth former.

“It’s in my blood,” announced the 17-year old from Exeter shortly after receiving notification that she had been awarded the place following a rigorous three stage application process. “Grandad used to be a training captain for British Airways; both my mother and father were cabin crew for British Airways and Virgin respectively and my uncle is a...

Black Voices in Concert

Event Date: 
15/11/2014 - 7:30pm to 9:45pm
Venue: 
St Thomas Methodist Church, Cowick Street, Exeter

The UK's Leading Female A cappella Quintet. Consistently honed over the last two decades, their music transcends age, race, gender or religious persuasion. Black Voices has an extensive repertoire of traditional songs from Africa, jazz, gospel, pop, Motown, Caribbean and English folk. Black Voices' describe their repertoire as 'a carefully woven tapestry covering a broad spectrum of musical styles' and they continually add new threads of colour to their rich fabric of oral music.

What the Frock comedy night

Event Date: 
26/10/2013 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Voodoo Lounge, Exeter Phoenix

What The Frock! all-female comedy club makes its Exeter debut at the Phoenix Arts Centre.

What The Frock! Comedy has sold out shows in Bristol, London and Manchester… and now is delighted to announce it’s pilot event in Exeter at the Phoenix Arts Centre.

On October 26 the compere will be the inimitable Viv Groskop.

One of the hardest-working people in the country, Viv is not only a brilliant comedian (memorably described as “brave” by The Daily Telegraph following her recent support slot for Michael McIntyre!), but also a best-selling author, a prolific journalist...

Female company directors are better judges of longer-term company performance

Groundbreaking research by the University of Exeter Business School reveals that female company directors defy negative gender stereotyping by astutely valuing future company performance.

The stock market responds more positively to trades made by male directors in their own company stock than their female counterparts, new research reveals. However, over the longer term (3-12 months), returns made by female directors on trades in their own company stock are at least equal to, or exceed, those of their male counterparts.

The study by the University of Exeter Business School...

Comedy Duo Ignite the Rusty Bike

I've been hearing rumblings for months about the Exeter based female comedy team O'Shea & O'Gaukroger, but they never seemed to be in their hometown long enough for me to catch the show. Last night the stars aligned and I was able to see them at The Rusty Bike during their stop as part of The Exeter Ignite festival. Now I get it! These two are original, energetic and genuinely funny. They utilise a combination of character sketches, topical songs, ridiculous poetry, and audience involvement to breeze through their face paced hour long act. For good measure they even included a clip...