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TSB Exmouth is this week celebrating Mark Auton’s 30 year anniversary of working for TSB. Mark Auton started as a cashier and is now a local banker. Together, local Bank Manager Raj Panesar and his team have more than 136 years of banking experience between them. Mark Auton (pictured) Local Banker, TSB Exmouth on The Strand, says: “I joined TSB Bank on the youth training scheme many moons ago and I am really proud to still be here 30 years later serving customers in the local community.” Raj Panesar, Bank Manager, TSB Exmouth comments: “Mark is a familiar face within the local community...

Private sector employment in the South West grew at the fastest pace in over two years in August, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®).

The South West PMI recorded its highest reading in four months after climbing to 54.3 in August, up from 54.0 in July. The rate of expansion was also slightly faster than the UK average (54.0). A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity.

Data showed that business activity growth in August was underpinned by increased demand for goods and services, resulting in many firms expanding...

A commemorative plaque be sold at auction in Honiton has revealed an interesting story from the First World War. The plaque displays a trench art knife, made from a Zeppelin shot down over London.

Trench art is a term used for objects made from debris of war, commonly the First World War. On one side of the knife is an inscription, Part of Zeppelin L.15 brought down in Thames Estuary night of 31st March 1916 . The other side shows the words To Mrs Frederick Braund. A remembrance from workers at The Eagle Hut, Strand, October 1918 .

Auctioneer Duncan Chilcott said: “We...

East Devon District Council is exploring a fortnightly district-wide chargeable garden waste collection service for its residents.

Over the last six months the council has introduced a new improved recycling service to more than 68,000 households across the district and during this period, there has been considerable pressure from residents asking the council to provide a reliable garden waste collection service too.

Over the next few months, the council will investigate the feasibility of providing a garden waste collection service for a small annual fee. The council will...