National law firm Ashfords LLP has advised builders merchant, Rawle Gammon & Baker (RGB) on its acquisition of the business and assets of TecBuild Services Limited, a Bodmin-based builders merchant.
RGB is a leading independently owned traders business in the South West and employs over 300 staff. The acquisition of TecBuild Services will enhance RGB's offering throughout Cornwall and build on the company's growing expertise in building and construction.
Louise Workman, Corporate Partner at Ashfords LLP, led the team advising on the acquisition. The team included Emma...
Built up in 1769, burnt out in 2016, the tragedy of the fire at Exeter’s Royal Clarence Hotel has left a scar that’s both physical and psychological in our city.
Yet after destruction comes renewal, a theme that local sculptor Martin Staniforth (known as ‘morth’) is exploring in his creative work.
Martin said: “I’ve noticed that after disaster strikes, often we see nature begin the healing process as tiny plants start to fill the cracks and wasteland left behind. Disaster and renewal are part of the circle of life.”
Now Martin has been allowed to take away over two...
Vital work to reduce the risk of flooding to over 3,200 homes and businesses in Exeter reaches another key milestone this weekend as work around the Quay area of the city is halted to avoid disruption to visitors and businesses over the summer. Work will resume in October.
Over the last five months, contractors working on behalf of the Environment Agency have been busy building a flood defence system that will be put in place when flooding is expected and then taken down when river levels recede. The defence follows the line of the existing bollards.
Sunday 2nd April will see Crealy Adventure Park & Resort launch their first Pop in the Park event with Adele, Bruno Mars, Madonna, and Gary Barlow tribute acts taking to the stage.
Guests visiting the multi-award winning family theme park will be treated to this musical extravaganza without any additional cost, as the park begins its show stopping line-up of events and activities taking place over the Easter holidays, starting this weekend until Sunday 23rd April. After this Sunday’s music mayhem, Crealy will host another Pop in the Park event on Sunday 9th April. The second...
Jonathan Kirby, Artistic Director of performing arts company Kagemusha Taiko, has produced a new piece of music with three taiko (drum) compositions entitled: Dignity, Love, and Legacy.
The inspiration for ‘A Good Death’ came from an interview about end-of-life care which Jonathan heard on the radio.
“When the interviewee said that a good death involved dignity, love and legacy, I knew immediately that I had to compose something for taiko on that theme,” said Jonathan.
“Taiko seemed to me to be the perfect medium for expressing these ideas because of the way...
Exeter City Football Club are searching for any relatives of a former Chairman and a player who died on active service in the Exeter Blitz in May 1942.
Frederick Joseph Collymore Hunter was Chairman of the Club at the time of the blitz. He is buried in St John's in the Wilderness churchyard, Exmouth. Albert Edward Potter was a former player and is buried in All Saint's churchyard, Whipton Chapel.
Hunter was in the Home Guard and Potter an Air Raid Warden. Both are commemorated on a war memorial at the Club.
The Club and its Supporters Trust are planning to mark the...
Cabinet members will meet on 5 April 2017 to decide on whether Manor Pavilion Theatre’s car park should become a pay and display facility, which will be open to the public and not restricted to users of the theatre.
The proposed charges are in response to a pressing need to find ways of supporting the theatre, whose running costs have increased year on year, making it more and more expensive to operate. It has become clear that management of the car park needs to be brought under control, particularly as its free use is being taken unfair advantage of by non-theatre goers.
Devon health trusts are setting the pace nationally for putting women at the top of the NHS.
The local hospital trusts have hit the official target for women on NHS boards three years ahead of schedule, a report by a University of Exeter academic has found. A national study of the representation of women doing the top jobs in the health service, commissioned by NHS Improvement and NHS Employers, has found that the four health trusts in Devon have collectively hit the 50 per cent target, and all have female Chief Executives. The study, carried out by Professor Ruth Sealy of the...
It’s big and bouncy. It’s bubbly, wet and wild. It’s great fun. And it raises thousands of pounds for a fantastic cause.
The FORCE Cancer Charity It's A Knockout event is back for a third year.
Topsham Rugby Club on Saturday September 2 is the place to be for a full day of games based on the popular TV show.
There’ll be colourful inflatables, big slides, comical props and plenty of water.
Up to 72 teams of 10 will be tackling the 12-game spectacular, most in whacky fancy dress costumes as businesses, clubs and groups of friends compete to come up with the...
