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Local construction company Ease Build has marked its commitment to the region's hospitality sector by sponsoring the Exeter and Heart of Devon Hotel and Restaurants Association The Hotels Association received £1000 as part of EaseBuild's sponsorship package, and Mike Coombes, Chairman of Association was handed the cheque at the Deer Park Hotel by EaseBuild director Andy Cook. EaseBuild offers members of the Association a free building feasibility consultation, and supports the Association and its members by sponsoring marketing activities. The cheque handover took place at Deer Park...

Men are more decisive than women, according to a new study.

A study of 2,000 people into the nature of decision making and the thought processes behind them found men are twice as likely to make a decision ‘straight away’ than women.

The research asked men and women to evaluate their decisions in life and found women are much more likely to consider the opinions of friends and take time on their choices while men adopt a more immediate process.

A quarter of women said their approach was often to spend a long time mulling over the details of a decision before making...

Police Dog Sharpe has been praised for his work in finding a missing vulnerable man in Tiverton, this morning (Wednesday, June 18, 2014).

Sharpe was called with his handler PC Lee Crampton to the search to find a man with dementia who had been reported missing in Tiverton at around 8pm on Tuesday, June 17. After an initial search of the man’s property proved negative, a search around Long Mead, Tiverton, was widened at around 3am when Sharpe was called to the scene. After around 40 minutes Sharpe searched the front and rear garden of a house, before jumping a perimeter fence and...

Well-known Exeter-based businessman Bertie Cozic is joining forces with two successful city entrepreneurs, Alastair Banks and James Dawkins, in order to launch Source Yourself - an exciting new one-stop shop for the catering and hospitality industry. Source Yourself is an impressive online resource connecting businesses and employers with talented staff and approved suppliers.

Source Yourself is a concept which will revolutionise the hospitality and catering industry in the south west, offering an efficient alternative to the way products, supplies and staff are currently sourced....