Social Diary

The Chagford and District Business Association launched their new destination website www.visitchagford.com at a lunchtime reception hosted by world-renowned Gidleigh Park and supported by culinary superstar Michael Caines and Chagford-based Helpful Holidays. Both Michael Caines and Neil Tappenden from Visit Chagford spoke at the event.

The new destination website was supported by West Devon Borough Council and offers visitors to Chagford a wide range of information about what to do and where to stay in this beautiful Dartmoor Stannary Town.

Photos: Anita Newcombe PR

Neil Parish met Scouts from 1st Honiton last week at a unique event inside the Houses of Parliament to celebrate the success of Scout Community Week, which took place in May last year. Neil and 1st Honiton were joined by other Scouts from across the UK who took part in Scout Community week to thank them for their contribution. From 3rd – 9th June 2013 hundreds of Scout Groups will once again participate in a week of community action aimed at improving their local area, raising funds and highlighting Scouting’s need for more adult volunteers.

At the event, B&Q, supporters of...

RUBY Modern Diner, which officially opened its doors to the public today, is the new kid on the block in terms of Exeter's burgeoning restaurant scene. Owners Erin Allgrove and Dicky Harrison have breathed fresh life into 74 Queen Street, transforming this prominent Grade II Listed building into an American-style diner with a modern twist.

If the decor does not draw in the crowds, the food certainly will - ranging from the diner's speciality Hot Salt Beef served in a bagel to pulled pork to a range of mouthwatering hamburgers made from Ruby red beef from a mid-Devon farm. And...

Invited guests and visitors at Shields Buildings ‘Open Day’ were welcomed with a glass of Bucks Fizz. The event held at de Bathe Farm near Okehampton celebrated the company’s re-brand and 21st anniversary with a charity draw in aid of Devon Air Ambulance Trust.

The independently owned company with one of the most comprehensive ranges of bespoke sectional buildings in the South West used the event to showcase the launch of its first architect-designed garden office studio.