In a UK first, the country’s largest and best-known house builder has created an apprenticeship in marketing at its Exeter division.
Barratt Developments has long appointed apprentices in bricklaying, carpentry and plumbing but this initiative takes apprenticeships in a completely new direction.
Barratt Developments, which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, has its regional headquarters in Exeter’s Matford Business Park where the marketing apprentice will be based. The apprentice, who will have a salary in the region of £17,000 per annum, will spend four days a...
Residents at Lucerne House care home in Exeter, are celebrating after it performed strongly in a nationwide survey of care home residents and their family members and friends.
The results, launched today, show Lucerne House was given an Overall Performance Rating (OPR) score of 924 out of 1,000 by residents, an improvement of 31 points from last year, and 865 by their family members and friends, an improvement of 23 on last year.
Now in its sixth year, the Your Care Rating survey is the country’s largest and most authoritative survey of care home residents and now of their...
We’re proud to be supporting the Exeter College 1st XV rugby team as they represent Exeter Chiefs’ Academy and England at the Sanix World Rugby Youth Invitational Tournament in Japan.
The pedestrian and cycle route between Newton Abbot Racecourse and the Passage House Inn opened at the weekend following the completion of work.
The route connects to part of the Teign Estuary Trail which links Newton Abbot and Kingsteignton, and also adds to other completed sections of the trail from Dawlish Warren into Dawlish.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member with responsibility for cycling, said: “We’re pleased that we’ve been able to open another section of the Teign Estuary Trail. This project is a huge undertaking and it will take time,...
On Saturday 19th May Millbrook Village, the luxury retirement village in Exeter, will be showing the Royal Wedding LIVE on a big screen set up outdoors in the village’s Italianate garden. The screening will be accompanied by a quintessentially British garden party with the all-important flags and bunting, a Royal Wedding Bake Off competition judged by Bake Off contestant Glenn Cosby, a bespoke Royal Wedding ice cream and much much more!
Entrance to the screening will be totally free of charge but numbers are limited so interested guests are encouraged to register their interest....
A group of talented young dancers from Exeter have been selected to take part in national youth dance festival U.Dance 2018.
Exeter Youth Dance Company, from Exeter, will perform their successful dance piece at the nation’s largest national youth dance festival, taking place this July at the beautiful Jerwood DanceHouse in Ipswich.
They join an impressive line-up of twelve dance groups, selected from over 290 entrants nationwide through a series of 20 regional heats.
One Dance UK’s Head of Children and Young People, Claire Somerville, comments: “We were overwhelmed...
“My two daughters were only nine and eleven years old when I was diagnosed with a brain tumour,” says Simon Dyke, 51 from Exeter, “So they have walked this path for a long time.
“It was 2006, I was 40 years old and we were on a family holiday in France when I first got sick. I came straight back to the UK and was diagnosed with a high grade glioma – a brain tumour.”
Simon Dyke, a former church minister, lived in London where he received radiotherapy, surgeries to reduce the tumour and numerous chemotherapy sessions. But in 2017 when he was told there were no treatment...
What is the UK Rum Festivals all about? - Free rum samples - Magnificent cocktails - Street food - Live music - Private tasting sessions - Secret tiki room
FAQs:
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event? Over 18's only. We operate a challenge 25 policy and reserve the right to refuse entry to anyone without a valid form of ID.
What is Included in my ticket? All of your rum tastings provided by the exhibiting rums are included in your ticket. There is no requirement to...
When you’ve only cycled a total of 60 miles before, taking on Children’s Hospice South West’s epic 205-mile Ride for Precious Lives event could be a massive challenge, but nurse Jo Bingham, from Exeter, is determined to give something back to the charity.
In 2016, Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) launched an initiative to encourage nurses to return to practice and retrain as a children’s palliative care nurse. Jo was selected for the programme and joined the care team at the charity’s Little Bridge House hospice near Barnstaple in January 2017 and completed her training at...
