Lighting supplied by Exeter electrical wholesaler Devondale Electrical has helped set the tone for the newest café and cocktail bar to open in the city.
Lloyd's Lounge is located in Catherine Square, between the popular Princesshay shopping centre and Cathedral Green. It’s the latest venture for Lloyd Gardner whose restaurant café, Lloyd’s Kitchen has proved a great success.
The new bar, designed by Hand Drawn Home Designs from Plymouth, is a unique, standalone pavilion with glass walls. It has a fresh, contemporary interior with a stunning lit marble counter.
Freemasons Donate £600,000 to Support Hospices Incredible Contribution to the Community.
Seven Hospices within Devon have been chosen to receive a grant totalling nearly £10,000 from the Devonshire Freemasons. This grant comes through the Masonic Charitable Foundation and will be used to enable the hospices to continue their fantastic work.
The amounts donated to each hospice will be:-
Children’s Hospice SW (Little Bridge House Barnstaple) £1,083
Whether you are a mature student who has decided to pursue a university degree, or you're a sixth form or college leaver that's had a gap year, it can be hard going back into education. Everything you have been taught seems to have gone from your mind, or if you haven't been in education for years, everything can feel totally different. Laptops and keyboards have replaced pen and paper, and this can feel very overwhelming. Whether you've been out of education for one year or twenty, don't fret, there is plenty of help out there for you.
Business activity in the South West lost growth momentum in November, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®).
The South West PMI recorded 52.8 in November, down from 54.0 in October. A reading above 50 signals growth in business activity. The rate of expansion was the second-weakest out of the 12 monitored UK regions, with only Scotland posting a slower rise in private sector output.
Despite client demand also rising at a slower rate, businesses in the region continued to create new jobs.
GLITZ and glamour were the order of the day, when local charity, Hollywell Housing Trust, celebrated their third birthday and thanked their supporters by throwing a festive fundraising ball.
The ball, held at Rockbeare Manor, just outside Exeter, came at the end of what has been a mammoth year for the Trust, which finds homes for vulnerable adults with learning disabilities and autism, in privately rented accommodation throughout Devon and Cornwall. Hollywell sources suitable property and then provides the vulnerable person with the housing and tenancy support they need to live...
Special police officers from British Transport Police and Devon and Cornwall Police joined forces for a level crossing and driving offences operation at Exeter St David’s railway station on Friday (8 December).
The operation was entirely planned and organised by Special Constables from both British Transport Police and Devon and Cornwall Police, who support their community by volunteering.
They worked alongside officers from the Devon and Cornwall Polie and Dorset Police Alliance Roads Policing Team.
Special Constables and regular officers from both forces,...
Devon’s multi-award-winning holiday park, Cofton Holidays near Dawlish, is readying itself for the arrival of several very special guests on Wednesday 20th December when Father Christmas, his happy elf helpers, snow dogs and two of his most radiant reindeer come to Cofton to celebrate the season.
Bringing the spirit of Christmas to Cofton, the ticketed Storytime event, which costs just £8 per child, will see Father Christmas sweep into Cofton on a sleigh drawn by Comet and Cupid, accompanied by his team of husky snow dogs.
Arriving at 11.00 am and again at 1.00pm, everyone...
Tributes have been paid to teenagers Aaron Reilly and Joshua Brock who both tragically died after collapsing in Pryzm nightclub in Plymouth.
Police were informed by ambulance at around 1.40am on Saturday 9 December of two men unconscious at Pryzm nightclub in Plymouth. Aaron and Josh, both 19-years-old later died at hospital.
The family of Aaron Reilly, said: “Aaron was a much loved son, brother, grandson and boyfriend. He loved to skate, play computer games. Like most teenage lads he liked a night out with his friends and was respected by them as a non-drug user.
Literature Works is delighted to announce the line-up for the first ‘Word on Tour’ event, kicking off a 26-venue live literature tour of local libraries in the South West.
On 10th January, Bideford Library will host acclaimed novelist Jane Feaver and folk singer and song-writer Jim Causley.
Jane Feaver is a prize-winning Devon-based novelist and short story writer, who lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Exeter. Jim Causley is well known for setting the work of much-loved Cornish poet Charles Causley to music, forming an exciting pairing at this unique event...
The National Youth Film Academy (NYFA) is coming to the South West on the lookout for the best up and coming young actors and filmmakers.
The NYFA offers 10 day Introductory Courses at Easter and during the Summer for young people aged 16-25 who want to break into the film industry.
Across the two weeks they are given the opportunity to develop and produce their own short film, which is then showcased to friends and family at a local picturehouse.
There are also masterclasses throughout the course, with previous mentors having included actor Simon Bird, best known...
