International animal welfare charity The Donkey Sanctuary is proud to welcome accomplished vet and star of the popular TV show, The Yorkshire Vet, as its new ambassador.
Peter Wright will be familiar to viewers of the award-winning Channel 5 television showwhich follows the lives and work of Peter and fellow veterinarian Julian Norton at their two practices in North Yorkshire. Peter is based at Skeldale Veterinary Centre, the former workplace of famous veterinarian and author James Alfred "Alf" Wight, more widely known by his pen name, James Herriot.
TO MARK the start of summer, people in Exeter are being offered a special incentive to sign up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life as soon as possible.
Race for Life is offering half price entry to anyone who joins between Monday 3 June and Monday 10 June, using discount code SUMMER50.
The discount is available for one week only, starting at 9:00am on June 3 and finishing at midnight on June 10. It can be applied when entering any Race for Life, Pretty Muddy and Pretty Muddy Kids event.
This year, for the first time, Cancer Research UK is inviting everyone – women...
One year ago, independently owned coffee chain Boston Tea Party (BTP) – which has 22 coffee shops across the UK, including in Exeter, Plymouth and Barnstaple – took the bold step of banning the use of single use coffee cups. It is celebrating its first Cuppaversary by making 1st June ‘National Making Things Better Day’.
From now on, each year on 1st June, BTP will pledge something more for the planet. This year, it is removing single use plastic milk bottles.
Boston Tea Party’s 22 cafés currently use a staggering 190,000 single use plastic milk bottles every year, and milk...
A pilot project to help communities revitalize their roadside verges, and by doing so create a network of safe havens for wildflowers and endangered pollinators, has been so successful it has been launched across the county.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) ‘Life on the Verge – Biosphere’ (LoVe-B) project has led to 40 North Devon verges being managed and monitored by communities over the last three years.
More than 100 volunteers have learnt new skills to help them maintain and improve their condition.
Now communities all around Devon are being encouraged to follow...
A RECENT survey by Skills for Care found staff retention was one of the biggest issues facing the care industry but one south Devon care provider says it is bucking the national trend (May 2019).
Guardian Homecare, which provides services in Exeter and Torbay, says the findings by the strategic body for workforce development in English adult social care don’t apply to its team, as it is successfully retaining its staff.
Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter said: “It was revealed in the research that staff retention is a bigger challenge than recruitment for care...
Devon based hairdresser, Energy Hair is thrilled to be shortlisted for the national Salon Business Awards in the Business Salon category. The most prestigious awards in the hairdressing industry, Energy Hair has been selected as a finalist amongst thousands of other entries across the country. On 10th June, the exclusive Mondrian Hotel in London will host the Grand Final of the awards where Energy Hair will compete for the title.
Commenting on the awards, Nathan Plumridge owner of Energy Hair says: “We’re honoured to be a finalist in the Salon Business Awards and in such great...
Carolyn Matravers, an adviser at Exeter financial planning firm Old Mill , has been welcomed into the prestigious Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) organisation.
SOLLA was formed in 2008 as a ‘not for profit’ society dedicated to helping people and their families find trusted accredited financial advisers who understand the financial needs of later life.
SOLLA accreditation is the Gold Standard for later life financial advice, and all advisers have to pass a rigorous assessment and attain the required qualifications to gain accreditation.
Chartered accountancy firm PKF Francis Clark has announced it will be sponsoring Somerset County Cricket player Jamie Overton for the 2019 season.
The Devon-born right-arm fast bowler has been a key performer for Somerset County Cricket Club since impressing on his first-class debut against Surrey in 2012. Overton’s formidable combination of attributes including pace, height (6ft 5ins) and talent make him a player to watch in 2019. He has performed well for the Lions this winter, taking 3-24 during a consolation victory in a 4-1 series defeat in a one-day series against India A....
Finding ways to motivate your employees can be crucial for the survival of your business. Studies have shown that properly structured incentive programs can increase employee performance by as much as 44% . However, while the possible gains you can get from motivating your employees are apparent, finding and implementing the adequate ways to do it can be quiet tricky.
While most employers choose to go with traditional means of motivation such as promoting their employees or giving them a raise, there are in fact methods that can be both far more rewarding and less demanding on your...
This is a story about choices and consequences and a journey through time and place. A host of historical, fictional and biblical characters gather in a makeshift courtroom in purgatory with Judas at the centre of it all, catatonic with despair and unable to defend himself in a trial that debates the motives of Christianity’s least popular apostle.
The Actor’s Wheel is an acting training company based at Plymouth Marjon University; providing degree-level training from industry professionals to guide and inspire the next generation of performers.
