Indie-pop trio Scouting for Girls have confirmed a huge UK tour for Autumn 2021, including a date at Exeter Corn Exchange on 25th October.
With their new album ‘Easy Cover’ due on 23rd April, the band have announced an extensive UK tour for the Autumn. Going back to the music and culture of their childhoods in the 1980s, the band regrouped during what should have been a summer of festivals to create a joyous album of 80s covers alongside some incredible new tracks, and an optimism that 2021 can be everything that 2020 was not.
Leading independent software company RapidReg Ltd. located in Exeter is on a quest to plant 1 billion trees as part of an aspiring initiative to save the planet by offsetting the carbon footprint generated by businesses, whilst helping them to attract a new wave of green-minded consumers all for just 15p per tree.
Studies suggest between 75%-90% of the total global carbon emissions are produced by businesses and not individuals. Proactive tech entrepreneur Chris Collins co-founder of ‘The Billion Trees Project’, a non-profit arm of his RapidReg brand said: “These are scary...
Optix Solutions Recognised as Top UK Digital Marketing Agency by The Drum
The team at Optix Solutions has been recognised as one of top Marketing Agencies in the UK in The Drum’s UK Digital Agency Census 2021 .
Optix Solutions has come in at number 12 on the marketing magazine’s shortlist of 50 British marketing firms for Client Ratings. The honour is a testament to the commitment to client satisfaction by the team at Optix Solutions during the last year.
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The FORCE Cancer Charity Shop in Heavitree is having a CD fayre on Sunday May 9. The whole of the shop floor will be dedicated to all the fabulous CDs that have been gathered while lockdown forced all but essential retail to close. “We have rock, pop, indie, 80s, 90s - you name it we probably have it,” said shop manager Anna Heard. “This is a collection of the best quality CDs that our lovely volunteers Nik and Kevin have been gathering and normally take along a small selection to the Exeter Record Fayre at the Corn Exchange. “We look forward to attending the next record fayre there as it...
The BHF Exeter is delighted to be reopening this spring and is appealing to the local community to get involved by donating the gift of time to support the charity’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
The BHF Exeter is inviting nearby residents who may be looking for something new to try, to take on some of the fantastic volunteering roles available. As well as providing crucial support to the BHF, volunteering can also provide great work experience, boost your CV, increase wellbeing and provide a social network within the local community.
The RNLI in the South West has today released its annual rescue figures which show that despite much of the year spent under lockdown restrictions, the regions volunteer lifeboat crews were as busy as ever and launched on average four times a day.
The latest annual statistics for 2020 show the RNLI’s volunteer crews at the 33 lifeboat stations in the South West* launched 1,291 times, aided 1,225 people and saved 30 lives, up on the 29 lives saved in 2019. During the summer, RNLI lifeguards on beaches across the region attended 6,287 incidents and aided 9,179 people and saved 56...
University of Exeter has the joint highest number of climate scientists in the top 100 of any institute in the world
The University of Exeter is home to the UK’s top five most influential climate scientists - the only UK climate scientists to secure places in in the global top 21 - according to a prestigious new list.
Four climate experts from the University of Exeter, and one who is jointly affiliated with the University and the Met Office, have been ranked as the most influential in their field in the new global Reuters Hot List , published on Tuesday, April 20th 2021....
Co Bikes continues the roll out of its electric bike stations with its newest location in Cowick Street, close to St Thomas train station. This marks the sustainable travel business’s 18th installation and the first west of the river in Exeter, thanks to the support of Devon County Council.
St Thomas is the fifth new Co Bikes station launched this year. Other sites launched in 2021 include Princesshay Shopping Centre, IKEA, Sidwell Street and Exeter College’s Future Skills Centre near Exeter Airport. Further new sites will be announced...
A quarter of Exeter respondents source their food locally according to WWF’s calculator
According to analysis by environmental organisation WWF and the Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York, Exeter residents have one of the lowest carbon footprints in the UK.
Exeter residents taking part in the analysis had the lowest average carbon footprint of any large town or city with a population over 250,000 in the UK - of 11.6 CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent). 25% source their food locally, while 12% of respondents have solar panels (compared with the UK average of 7...
The Maynard School's CyberCenturion VII team make it through to national finals
Students at The Maynard School in Exeter have won a coveted place in the final of a nationwide cyber security challenge.
CyberCenturion VII is a competition open to students aged 12-18 in the UK and British Overseas Territories, giving secondary school pupils the opportunity to develop their cyber security skills and put them to the test via a series of technical/network challenges.
The virtual final on 29 April 2021 will see 6 finalist teams compete for an all-expenses paid trip to the US...
