Devon residents including job seekers, students back from university, college leavers and former care and health staff are needed now to support the county’s most vulnerable.

Healthcare Assistants are a frontline role to support Devon's NHS and social care as coronavirus puts even greater pressure on existing services and staff.

Both temporary and permanent workers are needed to fill a variety of shift work, including evenings and weekends, in residential homes, hospitals and in people's own homes.

You may need to support people with their personal care needs...

AN EXETER care agency is offering to take-on those unemployed and looking for work due to business closures following the Coronavirus crisis and to re-train them as qualified home carers (April 2020).

Guardian Homecare needs hundreds of new staff to help boost its teams, so it can shield the vulnerable and elderly it looks after and keep them safely at home.

Catherine Porter, Manager for the service provider, which operates in the Exeter and surrounding areas, says: “We’re currently coping very well, and our teams are fulfilling their roles as normal. However, as frontline...

Redstone Rail Ltd, a market leader in the supply of specialist engineering resource to the Rail industry, has announced that it has installed Lightfoot’s award-winning in-cab technology across its fleet of 30 commercial vehicles. Introduced to ensure enhanced safety, Lightfoot’s driver behaviour technology has seen an immediate improvement in driver awareness and performance, while increasing MPG by 5.3%.

The specialist provider of blue- and white-collar engineering resources, Redstone Rail is committed to improving working conditions so their drivers operate a safe and secure...

This year part of their annual support of hospices throughout the country. The Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire Rt. W. Bro. Ian Kingsbury can be seen presenting a certificate denoting the £1655 given on behalf of the Devonshire Freemasons and the Masonic Charitable Foundation to Katie Chantler, Head of Fundraising of Hospiscare’s Searle House Hospice in Exeter.

The Masonic Charitable Foundation grants each year £600,000 to the 245 hospices in England and Wales, including £7,635 to seven hospices here in Devon as part of the £13.4 million total given since 1984. This includes £...

FabLab Devon, which is part of independent charity Libraries Unlimited, has answered the call for urgently needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required by all NHS frontline staff.

The first batch of visor attachments have been collected today and are being dispatched to NHS staff in the local area. FabLab Devon is working alongside a team of local volunteers to 3D print PPE visors.

Marcus Brown, FabLab Exeter Digital Making Tutor, said “It’s been a very busy weekend. Our base at Exeter Library is currently closed so I collected the 3D printers on Friday in order...

What is so captivating about Australia is that it offers an exciting, well-rounded vacation experience for all types of travelers. Whether you are a solo backpacker, an enthusiastic family, or a couple on a honeymoon, the Land Down Under has it all— you will get to experience marvelous landscapes and wildlife, explore remote outbacks, and immerse yourself in the riveting Aussie culture and lifestyle. Now, a trip inside Australia does require some preparation and budgeting. Between transportation and accommodation costs, and the other on-site expenses, it’s easy to come home without a...

Electric scooters get overlooked quite often, either because they’re “too slow” or just because people feel like there’s a stigma against them. In reality, an electric scooter in an incredibly convenient way to get around, especially if you don’t have a car but need to move a lot of objects at once. But what kind of powered scooter should you get, and what makes them so useful?

Types of Electric Scooter

Not all scooters are the same, and plenty of them have broken out into their own special types or styles to create brand new ideas. Of course, other brands have then...

Poor accounting is a massive contributor to business failure, and with it, most businesses are blindly driven. You are required under the law to keep financial records, and besides that, proper accounting will save you on frustrations; so why not embrace it. Let’s look at some reasons why adequate accounting would be integral to your business success.

All businesses need skilled and established personnel. The documents need to be neatly organized to enable easier access to information at any time. Investors, lenders, employees, and IRS are parties that might be...

Keeping in good health isn’t just a matter of eating the right food, and sleeping enough, although that's a good start. Feeding your brain and your imagination is equally important. It’s not enough to get up early in the morning, have fruits for breakfast and stick to a healthy diet. If you spend hours on the internet, the truth of the matter is, you'll be drained of energy and motivation to do anything.

Being healthy in body and mind involves looking at several aspects of your life, from your food to your exercise regimen, even to how you sleep and how many miles you walk. There...

Contrary to popular belief, there is just one “ground for divorce”. The irrevocable breakdown of the marriage. In UK law, before a couple can be granted a divorce, they must prove that their marriage broke down for one of 5 reasons. These are adultery, unreasonable behaviour, desertion, living apart for 2 years (with consent) or living apart for 5 years (without consent). You’ll notice that coronavirus isolation isn’t on that list.

Despite this, solicitors up and down the country are bracing for an increase in enquiries once the lockdown restrictions are eased. It’s not...