A successful graduate placement year with Barratt Homes in Exeter provided firm foundations for Alex Hugo’s career with the national housebuilder.
As a student Alex shone in his year with the housebuilder gaining experience in everything from land to sales and marketing.
He impressed the directors so much he was awarded a bursary for his final year of business studies and joined the team in Exeter after graduation as a trainee land manager.
Alex has climbed the career ladder and at just 30 years old he has just been appointed development director for the division...
Halifax recently launched the third Halifax Giving Extra Awards – an annual award which recognises and rewards people who give extra to help people in their community.
Following the success of the previous two years of the Giving Extra Awards, Halifax will once again be celebrating people in Exeter who give extra. Anyone can nominate those who work tirelessly to support their communities from today. Nominations for people from Exeter have already started to be made, including:
Greg Mimms from Exeter, nominated by Louise Mimms for supporting the Animals in Distress Centre...
Devon’s richest raceday takes place next Tuesday (November 3) when high class horses will be heading to Exeter Racecourse to contest the grade 2 Sportingbet Haldon Gold Cup.
The prestigious two-mile one-furlong race is fast, furious and spectacular and with £62,500 in prize money it’s one that trainers make an early season target.
Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has earmarked Vibrato Valtat, a winner of four novice chases and fourth in the Racing Post Arkle at the Cheltenham Festival, for the race. He said: “It’s one of the early chasing highlights of the season and I try...
Devon band Soul Traders showed off their crazy side prior to their recent gig and gave a ‘leg up’ to support cancer.
Lead singer Matt Byrne, who has survived tongue cancer never thought he would sing again when he was diagnosed with cancer six years ago.
The father-of-three from Exeter is rallying men, women and children in Devon to Stand Up To Cancer this October. The band also felt the sad loss of their friend and fellow singer Lara Schmidt who died from cancer in July 2014.
The 13 piece band, warmed up for their recent gig by donning bright orange stripy socks in...
Devon Community Foundation hosted its annual Volunteer of the Year Awards sponsored by Quilter Cheviot, honouring the hard work and achievements of the many volunteers making a real difference in our Devon communities. Irfaan Jhetam from Hikmat Devon was awarded the Bringing People Together Volunteer of the Year Award sponsored by Cathedral Appointments.
Hikmat Devon, which has its own allotment in Exeter, seeks to address the issues of health inequalities, as well as to tackle the issue of social isolation faced by many people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities. Group...
Members of Axe Vale and District Conservation Society (AV&DCS) have been celebrating the installation of a new board at the Borrow Pit nature reserve.
This interpretation panel gives visitors an insight into the history and wildlife of the site. With a wonderful map, vibrant illustrations and engaging information, it adds to the quality experience for visitors to this part of Seaton Wetlands.
This is a great place to see birds such as Kingfishers as it has an important area of deep water used for feeding. The site has a pond dipping platform, seating, a section of easy...
Devon and Cornwall Police want to ensure that Hallowe'en is a happy and safe time for everyone, whether young or old.
If you are going trick or treating this Halloween we want you to have fun and be safe but remember not everyone wants you to call at their home.
The ‘Sorry, No Trick, No Treat, No Thanks’ campaign encourages members of the public who do not want to be bothered by trick-or-treaters to download and print this poster and place it in the front door or window of their homes.
Crime Reduction Team Leader, Bob Bunney said: “In recent years we have seen an...
The Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Nicola Ryley as interim director of nursing.
Nicola joined the Trust this week from Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in South Wales, where she had been assistant director of nursing for five years.
Nicola was responsible for the leadership and professional regulation of over 6,000 nursing and allied staff at the Health Board, one of the largest and most complex integrated NHS organisations in the UK.
She has held senior clinical, operational and leadership roles across a...
Every Spring and Autumn Freemasons from around Devon gather to give support totalling £40,000 to local organisations who are in need of assistance, among which this year included Families for Children who support adopted children and their families throughout the South West.
The money is raised through the “WAKE Fund” a trust conceived by the Right Worshipful Brother William Alexander Kneel, our Provincial Grand Master from 1970 to 1984, the late owner of Kneels laundry & dry cleaners. This fund now stands at £1.8 million the interest earned is given annually to local non...
A powerful and heart-warming film about a group of Syrian refugee women is being shown at the University of Exeter.
A free screening of Yasmin Fedda’s award-winning documentary ‘Queens of Syria’, is being hosted by the University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and Department of Theology on Thursday 12 November, and is open for everyone to attend.
The film follows a 2013 theatre project run with Syrian women who are living in exile as they prepare to perform the ancient Greek tragedy, ‘The Trojan Woman’; a play that although separated by two thousand years...
