The Pattern Book is a new greetings card publisher which curates vintage graphics from science, art and literature and reinvents them for the contemporary eye.
Started by two publishers, Nick Crowe and Neil Baber, both with backgrounds in art history and design, The Pattern Book sells directly to the public and retailers via its online shop, and has plans to supply galleries, bookshops and upmarket retail outlets in the South West and beyond.
Launching with nine different ranges totalling fifty designs, the business is already developing its next set of designs, and hopes...
Snows Group is delighted to announce that in response to growing demand, it will be relocating its Exeter Toyota and Lexus dealerships to a fantastic, sustainably-orientated new site.
As of Monday 9th May 2016, Snows Toyota and Lexus Exeter will be located at Snows House, 4 Matford Way, Matford, Marsh Barton, Exeter, Devon EX2 8FN.
The dealerships have been built using a range of energy efficient measures, including supplemental natural lighting at Snows Toyota, the first Toyota Centre in the UK to benefit from this technology. Meanwhile, the stunning design of the Lexus...
The Donkey Sanctuary will be celebrating World Donkey Day (8 May) as part of the charity’s 34 years celebrating Donkey Week from the 3 – 10 May, with events and activities highlighting the work and the contribution donkeys make to humans all over the world.
Members of the public are welcome to join the charity’s celebrations during Donkey Week and enjoy exclusive access to its farms in Devon where thousands of donkeys and mules live, many of which have been rescued or were unwanted pets. One of the events for Donkey Week will be held at Paccombe Farm located in the beautiful hamlet...
Thanks to a £5k funding grant from the Norman Family Charitable Trust, Exeter’s charity for people who are homeless, St Petrock's, has been able to set up a new specialist Welfare Rights service to help the significant majority of its clients who experience complications, sanctions and delays with their Benefit payments.
Mel Hartley, project manager at St Petrock’s, explains, “Recent welfare right reforms have detrimentally affected the rough sleeper client group, many of who have significant support needs and are frequently unable to meet the stringent demands to maintain and...
Apprentice Lily Woodworth has won the ‘Apprentice of the Month’ award from local apprenticeship provider Skills Group. Lily started as an apprentice with Exeter-based DanSci Dance Studio and has recently been promoted to Studio Manager, while simultaneously showing outstanding commitment to her apprenticeship. Lily, 20 and from Heavitree, is currently undertaking an apprenticeship in Customer Services with DanSci, having previously studied A Levels at college before realising full-time education no longer suited her. After speaking to Careers South West, Lily made contact with Skills Group...
A LATE PENALTY from Jayden Stockley salvaged Exeter City a point in the final home game of the 2015/16 Sky Bet League 2 season.
In a game that bore the hallmarks of an end of season encounter, Kevin Ellison looked to have secured all three points for the visitors in the eighty-sixth minute. But it was Stockley who had the final say, restoring parity from the spot in the dying stages as City rounded off the home campaign with a point.
There were two changes to the City side for the penultimate game of the Sky Bet League...
The team at Rusty Pig in Ottery St Mary has been busy testing traditional English recipes to help a food writer with her research for an Oxford Food and Cookery Symposium.
Dr Jan Davison is presenting a paper looking at how offal was not always viewed as food for the poor, but was instead served up for the very wealthy, including the royal court.
“Although the principal ingredients in black pudding are seemingly modest, the expensive seasonings used as flavourings indicate it was held in high regard,” Jan explained. She asked chef Robin Rea to make up the recipes as he is...
Business Profiles by Sampson Hall has launched a new online mental toughness test for individuals and businesses around the world.
Sampson Hall created the test working alongside Sir Clive Woodward, England’s Rugby World Cup-winning coach, and Team GB’s Director of Sport at the Beijing, Vancouver and London 2012 Olympic Games, who has spent over a decade working with individuals in business and sport developing his DNA of a Champion model.
The online test is aimed at high performing organisations and their leaders, managers and teams who aspire for continual improvement and...
A DEVON public health campaign that helps parents care for their children when they have minor illnesses like common coughs and colds, without the unnecessary use of antibiotics, has been shortlisted for a national award.
The Listen To Your Gut campaign, led by Devon County Council (DCC), the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (NDHT) and the Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), is a finalist in the inaugural Antibiotic Guardian Awards.
The awards celebrate those who have done the most to tackle the growing issue of antibiotic resistance...
