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Visitors to Countrywide in Broadclyst, formerly ‘Countrywide Town and Country’, should be impressed by its new look, layout and wider range of products - along with a brand new offer especially for Exeter’s equine enthusiasts.

Following extensive feedback, the store has been redesigned and refitted to take customers’ needs more fully into account - offering a wider choice of products, services and staff expertise.

Devon is a growing trading area for Countrywide, with Exeter now home to one of the leading rural retailer’s flagship stores, stocking as many as 4,000 new lines...

International author and speaker Robyn Steward told an audience in Exeter that companies would do better in business if they did more to encourage and support a diverse workforce that included more people living with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.

The ambassador for the National Autistic Society spoke about her experience of having a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome at the ‘Autism as an Asset in the Workplace’ event, run by award-winning Exeter business Brain-In-Hand at the University of Exeter’s Innovation Centre.

Addressing an audience which included employers, employees...

Police have issued CCTV images of two suspects following a theft of cash from the Golden Sands Holiday Park in Dawlish Warren. The offenders entered the premises via a door to the bar and then entered the office where they stole £13,000 in cash from a safe. One offender is described as being a white man in his early to mid twenties, approximately 5’10” in height, slight to medium build. He has dark hair which was covered with a grey baseball cap. He was wearing dark coloured shorts, a white t-shirt, and a green zip hooded jacket. The second offender is described as being a white man, aged...

A team of brave employees from the Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel will be taking to the skies for charity next month. Five employees will skydive at Dunkeswell airport on 13th July to raise funds for Hospiscare, the hotel’s nominated charity of the year.

The hotel’s team have more sporty challenges in the pipeline to raise funds for the charity with two members of staff in training for the Great West Run in October and the hotel’s Senior Fitness Instructor training for 'Ride London' in August, a 100 mile cycle ride.

Tamsyn Parsons, Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel Sales...