Conferences are always so much more highly anticipated when held at a memorable venue. Luckily, London has some of the most sought after venues, some of which are considered city landmarks and hotspots for tourist visits. If you got an upcoming event, don’t settle for a generic multi-purpose room.
Consider these top five venues for a conference that will be talked about for a long time due to the facilities’ sheer wow factor.
Exonians are invited to mark St Sidwella’s day, The Patron Saint of Exeter on Tuesday Aug the 2nd from 1pm onwards at St Sidwell’s Community centre on Sidwell Street, Exeter.
Killerton House has moved away from oil-fired heating by installing biomass boilers powered by sustainably sourced wood pellets.
The boilers will be powered by 55 tonnes of wood pellets a year, improving energy efficiency, sustainability and reliability inside the historic property. The switch will save the charity around 24,000 litres of oil and almost £14,000 in running costs a year. The old boilers were in the basement of the 18th century house, alongside a colony of lesser horseshoe bats. As recommended by a bat survey undertaken before the work began, great care was taken to...
East Devon youngsters embraced the true Olympic message when they took part in the Devon Rotary Youth Games earlier this month.
The team joined more than 1,300 young people from across Devon at Simmons Park, Okehampton for the South West’s biggest annual youth sports event.
Team GB shooter Georgina Geikie and England Rugby World Cup winner Marlie Packer were special guests at the event, presenting medals and meeting hundreds of the participants.
The East Devon team took part in six of the 21 sports and won a clutch of medals. Scooter and BMX teams won gold and there...
A group of mothers who attend West Exe Children's Centre have led a formidable campaign to save staff and services from cuts at the centre.
They will present a petition of over 600 signatories to a full Devon County Council (DCC) meeting tomorrow (Thursday 28th July), at 2.15pm.
The petition calls for Devon County Council, who ultimately fund the city's Children's Centres, to halt the cuts in breastfeeding support and educational play sessions in West Exe.
Angela Grainger, St Thomas resident and a mother of an 18 month girl, said: "These services are invaluable to...
It’s official - the stick is this summer’s must-have item! With the power to unleash every child’s imagination, the humble stick can be transformed into a wand, a way marker, a sword or a wild animal. Sticks are also essential tools for trying many of the ‘50 things to do before you’re 11 ¾’ activities.
Research commissioned for the National Trust revealed that over 82 per cent of parents in the South West felt that the stick is the perfect catalyst for inspiring their children’s creative urges. In this region, children today spend about half the time playing outdoors that their...
In the latest of Bitpod's In a Nutshell series, Karen Janas from KJ Consulting UK offers her expert advise on effective chairmanship skills.
Her video examines what makes a good chairman and how to ensure that meetings are conducted in an efficient and timely manner. 'Actions and decisions need to be clear, understood and recorded and it is the chairperson’s role to slow down discussions, and stop the meeting to clarify these actions, actioners and timings, and after the meeting to check the minutes, before they are sent out' explains Karen.
Parents in the South West are being urged to speak to their children as alarming new figures reveal youngsters are twice as likely to trespass on the tracks over summer, compared with winter.
Longer evenings, coupled with the start of the holidays, spell danger for Britain’s youth as UK statistics show trespass doubles in August compared to December.
In 2015, there were 128 reports of trespass across the region during the summer, resulting in 4694 minutes of delays to passengers.
This summer, British Transport Police and Network Rail are urging parents to warn their...
Kitsons Solicitors have committed to a new deal that sees the Devon law firm become headline sponsor for Teignbridge District Council’s Sports Personality Awards for the third year running.
Teignbridge Sports Personality of the Year has become one of the largest events of its kind. It recognises and rewards a wide range of athletes, teams, volunteers, coaches and unsung heroes for their hard work and dedication to sport, health and physical activity in many local communities across the district.
This year's Sports Personality Awards will be held on Friday 2 December at the...
