Shipman Financial Planning launched their SFP Women at One network on Thursday 20 June with a lunch held at Southernhay House for local business women. Their guest speaker was the inspiring Deborah Clark, proprietor of Southernhay House and Burgh Island who sparked an interesting debate.
SFP Women at One is a network organised by Shipman Financial Planning for local business women to share their skills and build relationships with other professionals. The network will meet on a quarterly basis with guest speakers and exciting and varied events involving group members, all of which...
Media coverage of the Government’s recent planning changes was dominated by the controversy over a free-for-all on house extensions and the potential problems that might cause between neighbours. But changes to the rules governing retail premises could have just as big an impact on our city centres and shopping streets.
Exeter City Council has confirmed that it shares the fears expressed by the Labour Party nationally that the changes could be extremely damaging to the quality and character of our shopping streets.
The new rules threaten to destroy independent retailers and...
Leading property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle has secured outline consent for the redevelopment of the former St Loyes School House on Millbrook Lane.
The School House site is currently owned by the St. Loye’s Foundation and is located in one of the prime areas of Exeter along Topsham Road. The site has been standing empty for almost five years but now has consent for a residential scheme comprising five secluded dwellings, ranging from three bed to five bed units.
In 2008, the main St Loye’s campus on Topsham Road was sold and as such, the former School House site also...
Don’t miss the chance to get free impartial advice and ideas for your build project over a cup of tea and a slice of cake at the Magdalen Chapter Hotel in Exeter. Meet RIBA architects who are offering complimentary design consultations as part of the National ‘Tea with an Architect’ scheme founded by Gabrielle Omar, RIBA architect and previous contestant on The Apprentice . Gabrielle will join the architects and give a talk at 5.15 pm on the profile of modern architecture as part of ‘Love Architecture’. Around 10 local architects are giving their time to offer help and advice on everything...
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A newly formed East Devon campaign group is set to stage its first protest demonstration in Feniton on Saturday 23 March against "environmentally damaging new national planning regulations".
The 'funeral' march, which is being organised by the East Devon Alliance (EDA) at Feniton, will aim to draw attention to the serious problems caused in the district by the government’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), now almost a year old.
The EDA says: "The NPPF will and is affecting Feniton, and will affect all in East Devon before long. The Local Plan says 35 houses for...
Senior Exeter City Council housing officers will be at St Steven’s Church, High Street from 10.30am to 3.00pm on Thursday 7th February 2013 for an informal discussion on what the housing priorities for the city should be and how these can be achieved.
Housing is one of the top priorities for Exeter City Council and they want to make sure that they are meeting the housing needs of the people in the community today and use housing as a driver for the economic growth and prosperity of the City.
New research has revealed that the typical family takes 12 days, 14 hours and 13 minutes to organise Christmas.
From shopping, decorating the house and cooking Christmas dinner, mums and dads spend almost two weeks trying to makethe big day as special as possible.
The study by retailer Wilkinson found that the average British family begins organising and saving money for Christmas in August and one in seven start buying Christmas gifts in the January sales, almost a full 12 months in advance. A third leave it all until just four weeks beforehand.
Plans for a combined total of almost 1,000 new homes in Exeter have been given the go-ahead by the City Council.
The homes were proposed in eight planning applications that were agreed at the two October meetings of the City Council’s Planning Committee.
The proposals include over 200 affordable homes and contributions to local infrastructure, such as roads and schools, through legal agreements and future New Homes Bonus exceeding £18 million.
Three of the approved developments are at Newcourt, the others are Bishopscourt Quarry, off Sidmouth Road, St Loyes, Earl...
Your essential guide to what's on in and around Exeter this weekend and the half term break:
THEATRE
Me and My Girl Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Northcott Theatre, Exeter A sublime treat for musical comedy fans of all ages. Lambeth costermonger, Bill Snibson, discovers he is the illegitimate heir to Lord Hareford and uses his wit and humour to break down the class divisions with his aristocratic relations. The fun and games never cease as they attempt to educate cheeky and cheerful Bill into the ways of the gentry and to separate him from his cockney girlfriend Sally. 7....
