Exeter businesses are being offered the chance to prepare themselves for the escalating war against cyber crime.
The City’s Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) will offer a series of free workshops and seminars on all aspects of cyber crime, from taking preventative steps to watching a live data recovery demonstration.
One whole day of events will be devoted to the implications of the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force in May. Delegates will learn how to prepare to be data compliant as well as manage their day to day data protection,...
Technology apprentice Rebecca Lane (above) has her sights firmly set on a career in IT - and turned her back very firmly on university. The 17-year-old is still studying A level IT at Okehampton College but fits her studies in at home, around her full time job as the first ever appointed female apprentice at Bluegrass Computer Services. based at Pynes Hil in Exeter. ‘Basically I’m getting the same amount of education, but I’m being paid for it,’ said Rebecca. ‘I’m getting great practical training here which I hope will take me into a good full time job when I finish my apprenticeship. Plus...
Maternity staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust are set to benefit from a £41,000 funding boost which will enable the Trust to deliver further training to improve maternity safety.
The RD&E has received a share of over £8m through Health Education England’s (HEE) Maternity Safety Training Fund, which is being distributed to all NHS Trusts in England on behalf of the Department of Health.
The fund aims to support a culture of continuous learning and improvement in safe maternity services, with the hope of reducing the rates of still births, neonatal...
They’re still smiling! Not many people would be if their computer mini server packed with important data accidentally fell into a fish tank.
This demonstration had a happy ending at Exeter’s Cyber Security Awareness Week, where experts stressed the importance of backing up precious data and the dangers of it falling into the wrong hands. Or indeed a threat closer to home, data simply falling into the family fish tank. The server recovered completely from its unexpected dip, hence smiles all round, to the relief of the audience.
Stagecoach South West has confirmed details of its Christmas bus services, with services operating throughout the holiday period excluding Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Buses across the network will finish early on both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve with the majority of services ending around 8.30pm on both days. Fans travelling to Sandy Park for the Christmas Eve Chiefs match are advised that the last C bus will leave Sandy Park at 8.30pm.
Stagecoach will be running special services on Boxing Day on the following routes:
People across the South West are being urged to back a hard-hitting initiative to save Stop Smoking Services from closure, as new figures released today (Wednesday) reveal dangerous funding cuts. A new joint report by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and Cancer Research UK found that 57 per cent of local authorities in the South West were forced to reduce their smoking cessation budgets in the last year, putting these vital services – and thousands of lives - at risk. With repeated Government cuts to councils’ public health budgets, over the last three years, findings from the report...
Another success story for recently expanded city-based Bluegrass Computer Services.
Their 24/7 support 365 days per year has gained another client closer to home – Exeter’s much loved Hospiscare, a local adult hospice charity, providing end of life care and support for patients diagnosed with any type of terminal illness and their families, in Exeter, East and Mid Devon.
The company, based at Pynes Hill, is now providing round the clock computer support to the charity’s hard working teams in their 30 locations in and around Devon.
Dedicated Website Provides Quick and Easy Access to Services and Support for the Armed Forces Community
A dedicated website has launched that makes it quick and easy for members of the Armed Forces Community in Devon to access key services including health, financial and welfare.
The Devon Forces Family (DFF) website www.devonforcesfamily.org.uk is an online directory of services and support for military service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families living in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay.
By hosting dedicated information in a single place, www....
Devon County Council is set to spend at least £443 millions on services in the new financial year.
Devon's ruling Cabinet today agreed to set a target budget which includes a £16 million boost for under pressure care services.
But there will be a reduction of £3.4 million in Place services which covers highways, libraries and the economy. The target budget calls for the county to spend an extra £16.1 million on its People services in the new financial year. That's an increase of 5.4 per cent on this year's spending. The People budget covers children and adult care as well...
