News - July, 2019

Strategic Social Media To Grow Your Business Duration: 3 days starting at the end of August Location: Taunton This training is aimed at B2C Businesses and will provide you with the skills required to reach out to new customers and grow your client base through online marketing. This course is taught by a highly...

  TopUpTap is an Exeter-based project that is trying to reduce plastic waste in our city. This involves encouraging people to ask cafés, restaurants and shops to ask for free water refills and for these establishments to advertise this. Our long-term aim is to install a tap in Exeter city centre.   Top...

"We believe that changing the businesses you buy from is one of the easiest and most meaningful ways that you can make a difference, so that's why we created Honest. We want to simplify ethical shopping for everyone in Exeter. By doing so, we are able to make a lasting...

The South West Business Council is the economic partnership for the South West of the UK. We shine a spotlight on regional capabilities that are ahead of the field nationally and around the world, providing evidence of the South West’s differentiation in a global marketplace and providing a single voice...

Students from Exeter College have been celebrating success following the National BTEC Awards 2019. A total of nine Exeter College students were recognised at an awards ceremony that took place in Westminster in July. The event celebrates exceptional BTEC students and apprentices while also shining a light on the inspirational teachers...

There’s even more for families at RAMM this holiday. In addition to the hands-on activities and displays of exotic animals, birds and insects, there are ancient Egypt activities and special activities linked to the exhibitions and displays: building shelters, making fire, drumming, model making, playing games and storytelling. And Summer Explorers...

It’s amazing how museum objects can spark the imagination. When Tabitha Carter, an undergraduate costume student at Plymouth College of Art, visited Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) she was intrigued by a pocket azimuth sundial. Made of ivory and silver, it embodied the magic of science...

Exeter College students are celebrating after achieving the best International Baccalaureate (IB) results in the college’s history. This year the prestigious IB saw a 100% pass rate, with almost a third of students (32%) achieving 40+ points. This is the equivalent of five A Levels at A/A*, putting them in the...

Restoration of the historic Clapperentale Waterwheel, set in the enchanting Tale Valley, East Devon, is a step closer thanks to staff from the Exeter office of Chartered Accountants Simpkins Edwards.  In a change from their normal day-to-day activities of keeping the business wheels turning, a team of 12 staff spent the...

It’s ‘game-on’ with Bigwave media announcing  the ‘Bigwave Business Games’ are coming to Plymouth following the success of similar events in Exeter and Torbay.   Sponsored by Womble Bond Dickinson and raising monies for St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth.  Applications are now open for local organisations to compete head-to-head in a range...