Doodlebug Creative Ltd based in Ebford, near Exeter are excited to announce news of their new Director Beci Boxall. The addition marks yet another milestone in the company’s rapid growth during the last 12 months.
Managing Director Zoe Gill said ‘We’d been working with Beci for some time before she joined the team in January this year, with her wealth of skills and experience it felt like a natural step that she should join Ben and myself as Directors’.
Doodlebug Creative and Boxall Graphic Design had been working in offices that were side by side for the best part of a...
Around 25 of the best solo sailors will be welcomed with waves of open arms as they sail into Plymouth this April, as they prepare to take on one of the world’s greatest sailing events.
The Transat bakerly is the oldest and first solo Transatlantic race, first launched in 1960 following the 3,000 mile Plymouth to New York route. One of the most important and historic events in the professional offshore racing calendar, The Transat bakerly celebrates its 14th edition by returning to its origins.
Visitors are invited to welcome the sailors into Plymouth as they are set to...
An art exhibition examining the importance of bees will be the final exhibition at Spacex’s Preston Street gallery before the organisation relocates to embark on a new way of working.
Twelve top artists will be taking part in Honeyscribe Hive, which examines our ancient relationship with the bee. The project leading up to the exhibition has involved scientists, artists, writers, beekeepers and the public.
More than 400 Exeter primary school children have also taken part. They visited the Princesshay Bee Project and worked with artist and curator Amy Shelton to create their...
Saba Douglas-Hamilton rose to fame as an elephant conservationist and TV presenter on the BBC series This Wild Life and Big Cat Diaries.
Saba is giving a talk on the 18th April at The Corn Exchange in Exeter - offering theatre goers an evening of exciting wildlife stories and intimate behind the scenes tales of her life at Elephant Watch Camp with her young family.
Aardvark Safaris work closely with Elephant Watch Camp and Save the Elephants and are proud to be supporting Saba on her UK tour throughout April & May. The Aardvark Safaris team will be at all of the events...
Cartridges Law are a local firm in St Thomas Exeter with established strong roots in our local community and a flexible and practical approach to our clients' needs. As part of this aim we have always been able to offer legal aid work to our clients however with more and more Government cuts this funding is now unavailable to many vulnerable people.
We need to ensure vulnerable clients can still get access to legal advice and this is where organisations like the South West Legal Support are invaluable; however they too need funding.
Two directors of a Devon insurance company are set to embark on a big health and fitness challenge all in aid of charity.
Northcott Beaton, insurance brokers based in Heavitree, Exeter, is launching The NB Big Challenge this summer, an annual event, which will see them seek out a new exciting encounter each year.
For 2016, Directors Nick Beaton and Keiron Northcott have chosen to do the Exe Valley Endurance, a 60 mile walk over two days in June. In the run up to the main event they will both be embarking on a journey to get fit and healthy with the support of local health...
Tracey Bleakley, the CEO of Hospice UK today praised Exeter Hospiscare and the RD&E for their end of life care and the difference it makes to patients and their families.
This morning Tracey who leads the national charity representing hospices, was visiting Exeter Hospiscare’s Searle House Hospice and its team working at the RD&E. On the day a national report criticised many hospitals for failing to provide good end of life care Tracey was told this story by a Hospiscare consultant working at the RD&E.
“I was really taken by the story of a patient who was on the...
A new scheme is being launched in April offering unlimited day travel on most buses throughout Devon on just one bus ticket.
Devon County Council has teamed up with a number of bus operators to introduce the Devon Day ticket.
The ticket entitles the holder to one day's travel on local bus services of all participating local bus companies within the Devon Day Bus area, which includes Plymouth and Torbay.
Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management, said: “The Devon Day ticket gives passengers the freedom and flexibility to use...
When PETA was preparing to protest outside Hermès' flagship London store, the group knew it needed a fashion-forward representation of its latest exposé of the highly secretive industrial ostrich-slaughter industry.
And Devon-based designer Laura Harvey of Curiosity Cabinet Studios had the perfect solution: a gruesome twist on Björk's iconic "swan" dress.
"Laura Harvey was the perfect choice to create a protest piece that's as artful as it is provocative", says PETA Director Mimi Bekhechi. "Her design is a visceral reminder that every ostrich-skin Birkin or Prada bag came...
The Devon Air Ambulance Trust’s (DAAT) campaign to fund night time flying by the onset of next winter has been given a huge boost by logistics business Gregory Distribution Limited.
The Devon based transport company has had a 44 ft trailer liveried with DAAT’s stunning night flying images and campaign message – ‘Help Us Make Night Time Flight Time’ – with the vehicle entering service on Gregory’s Devon Chill operation operating out of its North Tawton depot from where it will gain maximum exposure across the county.
The Charity which funds the two Air Ambulance service is...
