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Timber and builders merchant Travis Perkins is launching a two week clearance event, giving builders the chance to negotiate the best possible price on a range of top-quality products.

Held from 11th to 22nd August 2014, the event will not only feature super savings on essentials such as power tools and work wear but can also enjoy talking to staff who’ve agreed that “no reasonable offer will be refused”. Being held across all Travis Perkins branches, the event provides the chance to purchase top quality products at a clearance rate. A dedicated leaflet will make it easy for...

RGB Building Supplies is giving tradesmen and women in the local area another chance to enter their Well Built Stamp of Excellence Awards before the first winner is chosen in September.

The awards aim to recognise the excellent work that honest and highly skilled construction workers do, as well as providing a useful and helpful resource for people in Exeter who are looking for a builder, plumber, roofer or decorator.

RGB’s customers are able to pick up a Well Built Stamp of Excellence form from the Exeter branch and hand it to their client to fill in. Their clients will be...

Connecting Devon and Somerset has confirmed that an additional £38 million will be invested in improving superfast broadband coverage across the region. This funding will be spent on increasing coverage to 95% of homes and businesses by 2017.

Councillor Andrew Leadbetter, Cabinet Member for Economy and Growth for Devon County Council, said: “We are delighted to announce that Connecting Devon and Somerset and its partners have raised over £19 million towards better superfast broadband coverage in Devon and Somerset. This means that together with the matched funding from Government...

It’s almost that time of year, when National Trust staff at Knightshayes Court get to hone their hair dressing skills as the topiary in the Formal Garden receives its annual hair cut

The fox and hound topiary was planted Sir John and Lady Joyce Heathcoat-Amory, the last members of the family to live at Knightshayes, who were passionate and well respected gardeners and who dedicated much of their later lives to the creation of the renowned gardens.

The topiary consists of seven hounds and a fox, along with four large heads modelled on Talbot hounds. The Talbot hound, an...