Child cruelty and neglect offences in the UK have doubled over the last five years, the NSPCC has revealed. There were 16,939 child cruelty and neglect offences recorded by police in 2017/18, up from 7,965 in 2012/13. The rise for the same five-year period is even more dramatic in the South West, where police forces in the region recorded 312 child cruelty and neglect offences in 2012/2013 to 1,618 offences in 2017/18 – a fivefold increase.
Reports to the police included extreme cases of when a parent or carer deliberately neglected, assaulted, abandoned or exposed their child to...
From a macroeconomic point of view, a private investment is the purchase of a capital asset that can produce an income, appreciate in value or both. A capital asset is a property that is not sold easily and it is generally purchased by an investor for profit making. For example, land, buildings, equipment, machinery, etc.
In the world of macroeconomics, investments and savings are not the same. For instance, if you purchase a capital asset, such as a machine or a house without a motive of generating an income, then you're saving but not investing.
Libraries Unlimited, the charity that runs Devon Libraries and Torbay Libraries, has appointed Professor William Harvey as Chair of the Board of trustees.
Will, who takes up the role with immediate effect, is Associate Dean of Research & Impact and Professor of Management at the University of Exeter Business School. He conducts research, teaches and consults in the areas of reputation, leadership, talent management and migration and has worked with pharmaceutical, healthcare, energy, local and national government, aviation and food organisations.
Dartmoor National Park has had a golden 2018 with top awards going to a number of Dartmoor based tourism businesses. In an award ceremony held last week Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centres were awarded Gold for the third year, in the 2018 Devon Tourism Awards. The Centres at Princetown, Postbridge and Haytor scooped the Golden Award in the Tourism Information category.
But it wasn’t just the National Park Visitor Centres receiving a golden accolade - it was great night for Dartmoor in general with Bovey Castle, Langstone Manor, Liberty Trails, Unique Devon Tours and the...
Dementia-friendly Victorian Christmas Thu 13 Dec 10.30am to 12 noon £5, includes companion and tea/coffee & cake Courtyard
A special day out at RAMM this Christmas, designed for people with memory problems, with friends and carers. Enjoy festive singing by local schoolchildren and refreshments in the heart of the museum, decorated for the season as a vintage Victorian parlour. After hot drinks and cake, visitors are invited to look around ‘Devon Voices’, an exhibition about the West Country during the First World War. Groups are welcome.
AN AWARD scheme recognising the courage of children diagnosed with cancer has launched in the South West and is supported by Strictly Come Dancing star Dr Ranj. There are around 120 new cases of cancer in children diagnosed in the South West every year.
The TV doctor is backing the Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens Star Awards, in partnership with TK Maxx, which celebrate the strength shown by youngsters who have been diagnosed with and treated for cancer. Nominations for this year’s awards are now open and people in the South West are being called on to nominate young cancer...
With darker evenings and colder weather, winter is well and truly here.
To help workplaces in Exeter, Newton Abbot and Barnstaple be prepared for the winter weather, Travel Devon is offering a FREE winter walking and cycling kit worth £100 to businesses that apply between now and Thursday 28 February 2019. There are only 10 kits available, which can be claimed by:
Signing up to the Travel Devon toolkit at www.traveldevontoolkit.info
Signing up to the Travel Devon Business Newsletter via the link on the toolkit and
Registration for Hospiscare’s Men’s Walk 2019 is now open! The popular Exeter event, which is taking place on Saturday 16 March, promises to be the best yet, with the opportunity to watch the England v Scotland game on huge LED in the Men’s Walk exclusive Hospiscare Six Nations bar.
Past years’ Men’s Walk events have been a sell-out success, so budding walkers are advised to register early to guarantee a place. The event is once again kindly sponsored by Wilkinson Grant.
As before, the eight-mile route will start at the Double Locks canal-side pub and follow the picturesque...
Constructing Excellence South West (CESW) Devon & Exeter Club held its inaugural Climate Summit at Sandy Park to a packed audience of construction professionals from across the region. Organised by Glen King PR and sponsored by NPS South West, Midas Group and Exeter Science Park, the event raised awareness of environmental challenges and tackled head-on the issues regarding climate resilient buildings in the future.
The half-day event summit included a healthy option brunch, networking opportunities with fellow professionals and the chance to visit exhibition stands. The event...
‘The Business Network’ organisation has been providing professional networking events for senior decision makers since its first event held 25 years ago in Exeter. Today leading professional business connector Helen Bennett owns the worldwide rights to ‘The Business Network’ and in the last eight years she has created 15 franchises across the UK.
Helen who lives in Torquay with husband Russell, attended the inaugural ‘The Business Network’ event in June 1993, and shortly afterwards she joined as one of the organisation’s first new members. Celebrating the silver anniversary...
