New research has revealed Watford as the top spot for dog adoption, in a breakdown of the UK locations with the most visits to dog shelter websites. Kennel manufacturer Benchmark Kennels has analysed the monthly number of visits to dog adoption websites across the 100 most populated UK towns and cities. These findings uncovered Watford as the most popular area for dog adoption in July 2021, with 12,799 average monthly site visits. In contrast, Belfast showed the least interest in dog adoption sites, with only 820 monthly visits on average, equating to just 0.2% of the Northern Ireland...
Michelmores has announced the appointment of two more Partners to the firm, in a move that will boost the Restructuring & Insolvency Team, and the Transaction Real Estate Team.
New Partner Benn Richards is a solicitor-advocate (all higher courts, civil and criminal) in both England and Wales, and is admitted to practice in the Eastern Caribbean Circuit. He joins the growing Restructuring & Insolvency Team and will be specialising in both contentious and non-contentious insolvency.
Benn has specific expertise in Civil Fraud, Asset Recovery, Restructuring &...
Garden waste collections in Exeter have been temporarily suspended as a result of the current HGV driver shortage caused by Covid-19 and self-isolation rules. Customers will have their hire period extended to make up for the suspension.
Collections of brown bins will stop from tomorrow (Wednesday 4 August) and last eight working days. At the moment the plan is to resume collections again on Monday 16 August.
The Council is currently experiencing staffing issues within its garden waste teams as a result of the issue affecting councils and services up and down the country...
Exeter City Women’s FC and the Lord Mayor Cllr Trish Oliver, attended the opening of the new Travis Perkins branch in Exeter.
The branch has set up a new sponsorship deal with the club which includes a subscription to the software of the team’s new goal analysis camera and a tripod as well as programme sponsorship. The goal analysis camera means that the club can record and analyse their matches and training sessions and track the movement of their players and the ball.
Daniel Haggerty, branch manager at Travis Perkins says: "Exeter City Women’s FC sits at the heart of...
The CitNOW Group has launched its first ever Graduate Programme to recruit new talent interested in a career in the digital software space. The Group is currently looking for six graduates to join its new programme, which is due to start in September 2021, with positions available at CitNOW and Dealerweb.
CitNOW, the leading digital communications specialist, is recruiting for one Junior Designer to join its marketing operation, and three Client Services Executives. There are also two opportunities within Dealerweb, the leading provider of showroom management systems. Based in...
Steve Garrood, Chief Commercial Officer at Jurassic Fibre, shares his thoughts on how ultrafast connectivity is supporting digital lifestyles in the South West...
Our reliance on high-speed broadband connectivity is showing no sign of letting up as digital lifestyles increasingly become the norm.
And even though lockdown restrictions have eased, our consumption of data continues to speed up, not slow down.
The smart home revolution and shifting lifestyle habits are driving the need for ultrafast fibre broadband to the home and work premises to meet the demand of...
eading regeneration business Vistry Partnerships has appointed Jenna Waters as Sales Director for the South West.
An influential figure on new developments in the region, Jenna has worked in the industry for more than 7 years’, bringing a wealth of experience into her new role.
Having started her career as a Sales Executive for Linden Homes in 2014, she has worked her way up through the ranks. She has been instrumental in helping Vistry Partnerships South West achieve a very successful half year of trading including exceeding sales targets and successfully opening 6 new...
A medical student from Exeter has been announced a regional finalist of the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Surgical Skills competition, which for the first time this year is testing the talents of our future medical professionals over a video link using innovative lifelike replica bodyparts.
Haider Merchant is one of 40 finalists to make it through after completing a number of surgical tasks at home which were filmed on their mobile for senior surgeons to assess.
The event, which aims to find the UK and Ireland’s best undergraduate surgical talent, is...
The NHS Nightingale Hospital Exeter will provide a range of services from autumn 2021 to help tackle waiting lists across Devon and the wider South West region.
After being decommissioned as a COVID-19 hospital earlier this year, the Nightingale was purchased by NHS organisations across the South West. It has since been used to provide diagnostic scans to local people, host a COVID-19 vaccine trial and train overseas nurses.
Local health bosses confirm that plans are well underway to extend these services later in the year, to include planned orthopaedic surgery,...
With coronavirus restrictions easing people are now able to venture further from home and residents and visitors are enjoying more of Devon's beautiful beaches and countryside.
Popular beauty spots have been getting busier, and Devon County Council has received reports of inconsiderate parking in parts of the county, especially in coastal areas and on Dartmoor.
As part of its support for the British Parking Association’s national campaign against selfish parking, the County Council is reminding people to be kind and considerate to each other and make sure they park...
