Exeter has been named among the top UK cities for starting a new business in 2023, according to a new study from Virgin Money .
Ranking cities based on criteria such as internet quality, high street recovery rate since Covid, employment rate and innovation, the research found that Exeter is the tenth best UK city for new business, with the city scoring highly in all metrics in the study.
Recent years have been challenging for small businesses, with an estimated 20% increase in insolvencies in 2022, and nearly 400,000 businesses closing between 2020 and 20211.
The National Geographic Database of Great Britain, maintained by Ordnance Survey (OS), is the largest of its kind in the world.
Behind the paper maps we all know, there is a single giant digital master map of Great Britain.
During the past decade it has grown to contain more than 500 million unique geographic features. Since January 1st 2010 OS has made 360 million updates to the database – that’s more than 20,000 changes every single day.
OS has a team of more than 200 surveyors on the ground, two aircraft and further aerial support from external flying companies,...
A sporting challenge led by the world's greatest sailor is being cheered on with special reason by an Exeter accountancy firm.
The qualifiers for the 35th America’s Cup are now underway in Bermuda and, if all goes to plan, four times’ Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie could be lifting the trophy in late June.
Sir Ben, who launched Land Rover BAR (Ben Ainslie Racing) two and a half years ago to bring the prestigious America's Cup back to Britain, is a long-standing client of PKF Francis Clark.
Martin Aldridge, Partner and Head of Marine at PKF Francis Clark,...
A hay fever map of Britain – with the first ever guide to the location of plants in the UK that can trigger the allergy - has been produced to help sufferers cope, and warn them which ‘hotspots’ to avoid.
Academics at the University of Exeter’s Medical School have produced new, highly-detailed maps http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717309749 of the UK containing the location of key plants and trees known to produce pollen that triggers allergies and asthma.
The maps, produced in collaboration with the Met Office, may help acute hay-fever or asthma...
STUNNING manor house Bridwell Park will be opening its doors to the public this September, as part of a two-day family event to celebrate all that is great about the UK.
The Great British Day Out, which will feature music, entertainment, stalls and even survival workshops, will be taking place at the stately home in Uffculme over the weekend of September 17 and 18.
It is the first time in its 240-year history that the Georgian property, which is the family home of Lord Ivar Mountbatten, has opened its doors to the public for an event of this kind.
Buried treasure sounds like the subject of pirate movies, but there are hoards of hidden gems lurking under the sand of Britain’s beaches.
Online travel agent Florida4Less , has released advice for those hoping for a major find to coincide with its virtual Grand in the Sand treasure hunt*.
The Portable Antiquities Scheme, based at the British Museum, provides advice for those wanting to search for interesting finds - and do so responsibly - on Britain’s beaches. The scheme operates a database of at least 1,300 historical items that have been found along the country’s...
The Royal British Legion is calling on veterans of the Afghanistan conflict to take part in a parade that will follow the Service of Commemoration being held to mark the end of combat operations at St Pauls Cathedral on Friday (13 March).
Following the conclusion of the Service, six detachments of Serving and ex-Service personnel will process from St Pauls to the Guildhall.
The Legion is seeking 400 veterans who took part in military operations in Afghanistan to form the sixth and final detachment.
Following the conclusion of the parade, the veteran contingent will...
This year’s Devon Stage of the Friends Life Tour of Britain generated more than £6 million for the local economy, according to an independent report.
The report, commissioned by The Tour, has revealed that the Devon Stage on Thursday 11 September, hosted by Devon County Council and sponsored by SWH Ltd, attracted 230,000 spectators.
The crowds that turned out along the 110mile (177km) route from Exmouth to Exeter to be part of the UK's largest free-to-watch sporting event were on par with last year’s record breaking figures.
Gidleigh Park has been named as one of the top ten restaurants in Britain by the Sunday Times.
Run by Devon celebrity chef and son of Exeter Michael Caines Gidleigh has won a raft of awards in recent years.
The newspaper said Gidleigh's food was "terrific" and the service "flawless".
However the restaurant slipped from the number one spot last year.
Michael recently announced that he and his team are set to oversee the operations of Kentisbury Grange, near Barnstaple, a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian Manor House, a hotel with 16 bedrooms in landscaped...
THE UK’s biggest professional cycling race, the Tour of Britain, returns to Devon in September.The Devon stage 5 of The Tour 2014 will start in Exmouth on Thursday, September 11 and will take the long way round to finish in Exeter.
This will be the eighth consecutive year The Tour has visited Devon, where more than a million people have watched the race along the various Stage routes around the county
The historic city of Exeter will be the riders’ finish location for one of the Stage of the Tour. As in 2011, the riders will once again pass right through the centre of the...
