Despite the challenging environment created by COVID-19, the team at Redmayne Bentley’s Exeter office has been working hard to continue providing a high standard of personal service and to support the investment needs of existing clients as well as new enquiries.
Denis Oppong, Investment Manager and Head of the Redmayne Bentley Exeter office, said: “While we have been unable to meet with clients in person, adaptations to our working practices and processes, such as the use of remote working technology, mean that clients have been able to talk directly to their investment manager...
An online study of 25,000 people is recruiting participants to help study the impact of COVID-19 isolation on the health and wellbeing of older people, and find new ways to support them.
People aged 50 and over are being invited to join the PROTECT study , an innovative online platform run by the University of Exeter and King’s College London, which already has 25,000 people signed up. Now, a new arm of the NIHR-funded study will track both mental and physical health impacts of lockdown policy on older people, by incorporating a questionnaire to seek the experiences of the cohort...
The plumbing system of your house is one that is quite easy to take for granted. However, when it starts to break down, that’s when we begin to panic and search on how to repair them. A broken plumbing system can quickly turn your day upside down. Without hot water due to a broken boiler, for instance, your bath can be freezing, forcing you to cut down on your much-deserved whirlpool bathtime .
Knowing what to look for when hiring a plumber is an essential task of a household owner. You do not exactly want to be one of those homeowners that have horror stories about inefficient...
Hall & Woodhouse has donated 900 bottles of its Rio Tropical Light soft drink to the volunteers at the Exeter drive-through coronavirus test centre.
Daniel Thompson, General Manager of the Lighter Inn, which is part of the Hall & Woodhouse family, is currently volunteering at the test centre along with five other team members from the pub.
Situated at the Honiton Road Park and Ride in Exeter, the testing facility opened last month for NHS staff and other key workers.
Anthony Woodhouse, Chairman of Hall & Woodhouse, explained: “With our pubs being...
The Exeter Dementia Alliance was originally set up to reduce the stigma and misconceptions of dementia by raising local awareness, educating and working with partners towards a more dementia friendly city.
EDAA were due to celebrate their five year anniversary today (Thursday 14th May) at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, but the event was postponed like so many in recent weeks.
Gina Awad, founder and lead of the alliance said: "As we reflect on our journey, like so many organisations and people at this time, we can look back with pride while considering how the ongoing...
Ever wanted to play online video games with stars of the Exeter Chiefs?
Well, the opportunity has just arisen for you to do that.
The brainchild of Chiefs and England rugby star Luke Cowan-Dickie, himself an avid gamer, this Friday (May 15), he will be completing a mammoth 24-hours of live streaming.
Starting at 3pm, Luke will be joined by team-mates, friends, fans and fellow gamers in an event, which will also be helping to raise money for the club’s official charity, the Exeter Chiefs Foundation.
Looking ahead to the event, Luke said: “It will be...
The phased reopening of Devon’s Household Waste Recycling Centres for essential use only has gone 'relatively well so far' says Councillor Andrea Davis, 'but we are experiencing some problems with traffic queuing back onto the public highway causing a safety issue, which we're having to address.’
Public safety is paramount to Devon County Council, but despite their appeals for the public to use the recycling centres only when they're unable to store waste safely at home or legally dispose of it some other way - with repeated warnings that there will be queues and therefore people...
The coronavirus lockdown and its after-effects are likely to impact on the delivery of the County Council’s highway maintenance schemes this year, councillors heard today (Wednesday 13 May).
The caution comes as Devon County Council’s Cabinet set out the authority’s capital and revenue budgets for highway maintenance for the current financial year.
The lockdown prompted many contractors, suppliers, quarries and material manufacturers to temporarily close, and by the end of March most highways work was limited to essential safety work. Some schemes from last year have had...
Exeter-based Hair@theAcademy, a unique hairdressing training salon and only one of its kind in the UK, announces the move to larger premises to continue their uplifting good works. The charity administered by the Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers and Shearmen of Tuckers Hall in Fore Street, Exeter, has generously funded the new salon space located in the heart of the City. ‘Cornerstone’ a freehold property based in Kimberly Road and formerly owned by Isca Church, has been purchased by the charity and will be rented to Hair@theAcademy.
