Farmers across Devon are being reminded that they have until February 26 to nominate their friends, neighbours and local farming heroes for this year’s Devon Farm Business Awards, staged by the Addington Fund, Devon County Agricultural Association and Stephens Scown Solicitors.
There are six categories for which farmers can enter or be nominated: best commercial farmer, best dairy farmer, best woman in farming, The John Neason Farm Diversification Award, Devon’s farming champion and best young farmer.
In addition, the judges will choose Devon’s Farmer of the Year from among...
Rob Baxter hailed his Exeter Chiefs side as they returned to winning ways in the Aviva Premiership with a 22-15 victory over lowly London Irish at the Madejski Stadium.
Following back-to-back losses against Saracens and Sale Sharks, a strong second half display from the Devonians saw them overturn a 7-6 deficit at the break to record their ninth league win of the campaign.
Replacement Dave Lewis claimed Exeter’s only try of the game, while fly-half Gareth Steenson weighed in with 17 points courtesy of a conversion and five penalties.
A leading South West law firm headquartered in Exeter has signed up to support the Devon Delivers ambassadors campaign run by Devon county council to promote the area as an attractive place to do business and boost inward investment.
Stephens Scown LLP, which has its head office in Exeter city centre (as well as offices in St Austell and Truro), has long been a vocal champion of the region with all its attractions both for commerce and leisure.
Last year, the firm launched its ‘Love where you live’ campaign featuring a guide to the best places in Devon and Cornwall, written...
Three forthcoming events at Exeter Corn Exchange have now sold out.
All tickets have been sold for the shows by comedians Russell Kane on Saturday 28 February and Russell Howard on Monday 7 March as well as the performance by medium Psychic Sally on Wednesday 9 March.
This follows other sell out shows at the venue in February; by comedian Dave Gorman, tribute bands Oas-is and Stereoironics as well as Exeter Comedy Club’s February show.
Venue manager Dave Lewis is delighted to see more shows selling out at the Corn Exchange. He said “we have worked hard to establish...
When push came to shove, it was Exeter Chiefs who powered their way to a ninth Aviva Premiership victory of the season against lowly London Irish.
Having trailed 7-6 at the break, Rob Baxter’s side returned to winning ways in the top flight with a hard-fought win that was not only timely, but helped to keep an ever-increasing chasing pack in the play-off race at arms length.
Replacement Dave Lewis scampered over for Exeter’s only try of the game, while fly-half Gareth Steenson did the rest of the damage with an unblemished 17 points with his trusty right boot.
A common statistic quoted is that 1 in 3 or 4 of us in Britain will experience some form of mental ill health in our lifetimes. A worrying figure and this level of incidence in almost any other illness would be always at the top of the health agenda. But mental ill health has traditionally been a hidden illness, in part because it can’t be seen. But there are also major issues of stigma associated with being ‘mental’.
People with experience of mental and emotional distress are as varied as people with any other condition, and the appropriate treatment, or road to recovery, is also...
At the fourth annual Recycle Devon Thank You Awards on Friday 12 February Jennie Dunn and her team at Marpool Primary School won the vote and were recognised for their ‘tireless’ recycling efforts.
Jennie and her team were presented with a certificate and a champagne board made from a flattened champagne bottle.
The ‘People’s Choice’ champion marks a welcome addition to the popular annual awards this year.
As in the previous three years, residents nominated their ‘recycling super-hero’ in one of seven categories which includes schools and businesses. Recycle Devon...
Rob Hunter has warned Exeter Chiefs to be wary of a potential backlash from London Irish when the two meet in the Aviva Premiership on Sunday (3pm).
Forwards coach Hunter is well aware the lowly Exiles will be hurting following last weekend’s 35-7 defeat at Northampton Saints and he believes they will be searching for an immediate response of sorts at the Madejski Stadium.
Bottom of the pile and with just three league victories to their name this term, Irish know they must make the most of home advantage and look to replicate their achievements of last season when a last-...
IN A REPEAT of the reverse tie at Rodney Parade in October, Exeter City were pegged back by Newport County AFC as both sides had to settle for a point.
Paul Tisdale made four changes to the City side following midweek’s trip to York City, with Jamie McAllister, Arron Davies, Alex Nicholls and David Wheeler all coming in.
The home side's first chance fell to Jayden Stockley, whose shot was deflected just wide of Newport keeper Joe Day’s goal. City continued to push for an opener as Alex Nicholls' right-footed free-kick was...
The South West has seen some of the biggest increases in the number of high growth firms in the whole of the UK since the recession, new research shows. Analysis by the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC), the UK’s leading independent institute for research into small and medium size businesses, shows that the number of ‘high-growth firms’ (HGFs) across the UK has risen to 11,855 – the largest number since the dotcom boom of the early 2000s. According to the OECD’s definition, a HGF is a firm that has at least 10 employees and records an annual average growth of 20% in employment over three...
