Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, today (8th December 2015) unveiled a special birthday surprise to Meg Clark from Kent who won the carrier’s recent UK-wide art competition held in support of its charity partner, Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens - her winning entry had been superimposed on to the airline’s first purple branded Embraer 195 jet!
Accompanied by her family, Meg - who coincidentally also celebrated her fifth birthday today - thought she was just heading to Flybe’s Exeter HQ for a simple presentation ceremony and hangar visit to celebrate winning a family...
In November, 40% more chartered surveyors saw house prices rise rather than fall in the South West according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
The general mismatch between supply and demand continues to drive growth in prices and 45% more respondents expect prices to rise further over the next three months (as opposed to a fall) – this is higher than the national balance of 33% projecting a further increase in prices.
New buyer enquires picked up over the month, with 9% more respondents seeing an increase (rather than a fall) in demand during November....
There was a sight to see in Devon on Sunday for those doing some Christmas shopping as nearly a hundred motorbiking Santas, elves and even a present went through the city in convoy, taking part in a festive ride with a difference!
This was the second annual charity Santa Motorbike Ride. The riders were on their way from their meeting place at Exeter Services to deliver piles of Christmas toys they were donating to youngsters with life-limiting illnesses at the Little Bridge South West Children’s
Hospice in North Devon. They were accompanied by a van carrying the many...
The Maynard School in Exeter is delighted to announce that Miss Sarah Dunn, currently the Deputy Head at Plymouth College, has been appointed as the new Headmistress from September 2016.
“The appointment of Miss Dunn to the role was a unanimous decision taken after a rigorous and searching interview process following applications from a number of very strong candidates,” said Lady Stanhope, the Chair of Governors for the Maynard School.
Following her undergraduate studies at the University of Exeter and her Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Oxford...
Exeter's Magdalen Chapter Hotel has been bought by Frasers Hospitality, the hospitality arm of Frasers Centrepoint Limited, in a portfolio of four properties in the UK for a consideration of £36.1 million from Swire Properties Hotels Holdings through the Group’s subsidiary, Malmaison and Hotel du Vin Property Holdings Limited.
This acquisition comes on the back of Frasers Hospitality’s recent purchase of the Malmaison and Hotel du Vin group which comprises 29 upscale lifestyle boutique hotels for £363.4 million in June this year, providing Frasers Hospitality a platform to further...
Cutting edge research and technology will be used to trial new ways to tackle Exeter's traffic problems and alleviate congestion as the City grows over the next nine years.
Exeter is expected to grow by 12,000 new homes and 60 hectares of new business land by 2026, putting more pressure on the City’s already congested road network.
To deal with the problem, Devon County Council and Exeter City Council have joined forces with a business and academic group led by global IT services provider NTT DATA to unveil the pioneering Engaged Smart Transport project.
More than thirty people participated in the Devon Churches’ Green Action pilgrimage on 5th December to draw attention to the Paris Climate Summit, and to make connections between global climate impacts and with local vulnerability in the lower Exe Valley.
The walkers (and a couple of cyclists) left South Street Baptist Church in Exeter and reached Dawlish Methodist Church five hours later, with a break for lunch and prayers at St. Clement’s Church at Powderham on the way. Those joining in included members of different Christian traditions and none, but all with a common goal of...
Police in Exeter are appealing for witnesses following a serious injury road traffic collision near Haldon.
The collision involving a single vehicle, a black Triumph R675cc motor cycle occurred just before 6.00pm on Tuesday 8th December on the A380 at Great Haldon.
The collision occurred on the A380 (B) carriageway just passed the permanent static speed camera location between the Ashcombe Cross and Great Haldon junction.
It would appear that the motorcyclist travelling towards Exeter collided with the central barrier and came to rest in lane two on its offside....
Businesses and organisations came together at Exeter Science Park today (Dec 8) to launch Tech South West and discuss the future of the region’s technology sector.
Tech South West is an initiative covering Bath, Bournemouth and Poole, Bristol, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. With over 10,900 tech companies in the region, latest figures reveal the South West’s technology sector to be worth £2.8billion and expected to grow to £4.2billion in just five years.*
Business and public sector leaders met at the headquarters of...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter says its likely England star Henry Slade will be sidelined for roughly four months after sustaining a broken leg and ankle damage in his side’s 41-27 win over Wasps on Saturday.
Centre Slade was stretchered off with just 15 minutes remaining at the Ricoh Arena following a tackle from home winger Sailosi Tagicakibau as he looked to clear out the Exeter playmaker.
Slade, 22, had a plate and wiring inserted during what Baxter described as ‘a pretty major operation’ on Sunday.
The loss of Slade is an untimely blow for both club and...
