Wear Your Pyjamas To Work Day

Event Date: 
16/04/2020 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
Venue: 
Various

*NEW EVENT* Join FORCE this April for wear your PYJAMAS, WORK CLOTHES or even FANCY DRESS to work or at home and help support local people affected by cancer.

Could you persuade your team to get behind this cracker of a fundraiser on Thursday 16th April?

What we ask:

Spread the FORCE awareness

Make a donation to FORCE by texting the word PYJAMAS to 70085 to donate £3. This costs £3 plus a standard rate message.

HAVE FUN!

Join our wear your pyjamas to work Facebook group to upload your selfies on the day!

The 26 Mile Marathon Challenge

Event Date: 
08/04/2020 - 10:45am
Venue: 
Various

Support FORCE through this difficult time by taking on your very own 26 Mile Marathon Challenge – Your pace, your time, your result!

We have been asked to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives. At the moment the Government is suggesting we can take one form of exercise per day. How about using this opportunity to get out there, improve your fitness, feel great and reach a new goal while helping to support FORCE. Could you achieve a total distance of 26 miles in one month?

The beauty of this fundraising event is that YOU are in total control. There is no specific day...

10-step checklist for choosing an accountant

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 04/08/2020 - 10:31am

After establishing your home-based business, it will be imperative for you to take the help of a professional who can help to make your business a success. One of these professionals happens to be an accountant. In this article, we have mentioned 10 steps that will be required for selecting an accountant.

  1. Select somebody qualified

You are recommended to hire an accountant belonging to a group such as ICAS, ACCA , or ICAEW . Accountants need to prove that they are properly qualified to become members of these organizations above.

  1. Look
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Extra access for patients to GP practices and pharmacies over Easter bank holiday weekend

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 04/08/2020 - 10:29am

Special arrangements are in place to make sure people in Devon can access GP and pharmacy services over the Easter weekend.

To respond to the current high demand from patients, GP practices across Devon, Torbay and Plymouth will be opening on Good Friday and Easter Monday as if they were normal working weekdays – from 8am to 6pm. Since the start of the outbreak, practices across the county have been asking patients to contact them via phone or online contact form on their website (as opposed to walking in) in the first instance if they need help – and this is how to contact them on...

Darts Far,

Darts Farm collaborate with Exeter Foodbank to provide Easter ‘tuck boxes’ for the vulnerable

In response to the worldwide pandemic, Devon based Darts Farm is working closely with Exeter Foodbank to help create ‘ Easter Tuck Boxes’ to give to people within their community that need it the most this Easter. Customers have donated and local food and drink producers have given produce with the aim to give as many families as possible an Easter treat. The ‘Easter Tuck Boxes’ include:

  • Carrots, Apples, Bananas
  • Moores Biscuits and Kernow Chocolate
  • Good Game Salami
  • Burts Chips
  • Vicky’s Bread Hot Cross Buns
  • Luscombe
  • ...

Bricks and Mortar Bingo for a Younger Generation

There’s no doubting the growth of pure online bingo sites like Sailor Bingo , Tombola and many more continues to evolve despite the introduction of stricter gambling regulations. But until fairly recently, its bricks-and-mortar counterpart struggled with something of an image problem.

To many, traditional bingo halls were a place for older generations to congregate and set the world to rights as they marked off their numbers with the aid of a rum and coke.

But things started to change in the early 90s with the launch of new purpose-built complexes by the likes of Gala...

County Council donates £100k to Devon Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 04/07/2020 - 5:35pm

Devon County Council has contributed £100,000 to the Devon Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund after an emergency appeal was launched by the Devon Community Foundation.

The Devon Community Foundation is an organisation that helps distribute funds to charitable and voluntary groups in the county to provide them with sustainable support and enables them to create change in their communities.

They set up the fund to help local charities and community organisations that are supporting the most vulnerable people affected by the outbreak of coronavirus.

The money...

National office supplier Bates Office Services increases MPG by 13%, lowers dangerous driving and reduces idling by 3%

Bates Office Services, one of the country’s leading office supplies and services providers, has cut emissions by 13%, lowered instances of dangerous driving, cut idling by 3% and increased overall MPG by in excess of 13%, thanks to Lightfoot’s industry-leading driver rewards platform and in-cab driver guidance technology.

Having installed Lightfoot across its fleet of 60 vans - which together travel up to 2 million miles each year - Bates Office Services is now seeing fuel savings of between £6,000-£7,000 each month.

Having successfully trialled Lightfoot, the business,...

Why It's More Important than Ever to Support Small Businesses Right Now

We are in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. Covid-19 has spread all over the world and the UK is now in lockdown to try and slow down community transmission. Non-essential business such as cafes, restaurants, cinemas, and clothing stores have all closed their doors. People are staying at home rather than travelling to visit family and friends.

It’s likely that many small businesses will never recover. Your local pizzeria that employed less than 10 staff and the small boutique hotel you stayed in last summer – these businesses can’t stay closed indefinitely. They have wages...

How to become a self-employed taxi driver in the UK

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Tue, 04/07/2020 - 2:31pm

No matter where you are in the world, whether it be a bustling city or a calm rural countryside, there will always be a need for taxi drivers. If you enjoy interacting with other people, are comfortable behind the steering wheel for long periods of time and would love to be on the road, being a self-employed taxi driver might just be the right career for you. If you want to manage your own work schedule, including the number of hours and days you’ll be working, the self-employment route offers these advantages.

Our guide will give you a quick overview on what you need to know to...

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