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The team at Rusty Pig in Ottery St Mary is celebrating after receiving a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence.

Owner and head chef Robin Rea said: “It’s always gratifying to receive great reviews on Trip Advisor, and although you can’t please all the people all the time, we’re thrilled to see that most of our reviews are really positive.

“What the reviews seem to like about Rusty Pig is the local sourcing, the great flavours and the convivial atmosphere – our regulars know we don’t stand on ceremony.”

Now in its sixth year, the Trip Advisor 'Excellence' achievement...

Visit Devon have appointed a new board, Chair and Company Secretary to develop Visit Devon as the go to company for tourism and hospitality businesses located in Devon.

The Community Interest Company will work on behalf of the tourism and hospitality industry to promote Devon within the UK and overseas to attract new and additional visitors to the county.

The first board meeting was held on Monday (13 July) at the Best Western Tiverton Hotel and discussions were held on opportunities available to Visit Devon CIC to develop the industry and to promote this beautiful county...

Exeter City Football Club has scored a dementia action hat trick.

Three of its organisations have been accepted as members of the Exeter Dementia Action Alliance and can now proudly use the ‘Working to become Dementia Friendly’ logo. The Football Club together with its owners the Supporters Trust and its charity Football in the Community have all successfully submitted action plans to address the issue of dementia. The move followed a workshop held at the club in April when representatives of the three bodies received an awareness raising session provided by the Alliance. The three...

Have you heard that the Bank of England’s chief economist has warned that half of all British jobs could be replaced by robots over the next 20 years? It’s true! (Though, it’s worth remembering that technology is likely to create jobs as well as replace existing ones).

However, it’s likely that (just as automation has done in the past) technology will take away many jobs we’re training for, recruiting for and performing right now - particularly those that are lowest paid and consist of tasks that can be automated. Here are some of the jobs that technology might replace…

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