The quest for sustainability has become an increasingly important factor in culinary innovation and restaurant design. Restaurants are getting more inventive in their efforts to lessen their carbon footprint while still satisfying customers' cravings for tasty food in the face of rising global temperatures and other environmental concerns.
Invisible induction countertops are one notable invention that is changing the way restaurants think about being eco-friendly. TPB Tech is at the heart of these changes.
Business leaders gathered at Exeter Science Park last week to celebrate the 'clean growth' achieved in the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone (EEDEZ) since its inception in 2017 and plans for a net zero future.
Speakers praised the achievements in the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone (EEDEZ) over the past 6 years, including making investments in the Zone of more than £100m on sustainable developments for healthier and more vibrant places to live, work, learn and play.
Sharing EEDEZ’s vision to deliver “a world-class, low-carbon environment for business success”,...
University of Exeter engineers are working to replace diesel engines with zero-carbon alternatives on roads, rails and at sea.
While the switch to electric cars is accelerating, a vast range of other vehicles – from trains and off-highway vehicles (eg construction and farming) to ferries and fishing boats – are harder to switch to zero-carbon.
The Centre for Future Clean Mobility is tackling this problem, developing low-emissions power systems for a wide range of vehicles.
Current projects include fitting hydrogen propulsion systems on workboats for OS Energy...
Exeter Northcott Theatre has announced the appointment of Martin Berry as its new Creative Director and Joint Chief Executive, from 20 November 2023.
Martin’s appointment to Exeter Northcott coincides with the theatre adopting a new senior leadership structure, in which three people will take the shared role of Joint Chief Executive.
With Exeter Northcott now managing two venues, including the Exeter city-centre Barnfield Theatre, Martin joins at a pivotal time for the organisation as it drives forward its aim to provide more creative opportunities for a greater range of...
Home Instead Exeter & East Devon is delighted to receive a prestigious award by a national reviews website, having been named one of the top 20 home care companies in the South West of England and becoming part of the top 2% of home care companies in the region. They have made it onto the impressive list out of 950 home care companies and this is the 8th time they have won this award.
The award is based on the home care company’s reviews on homecare.co.uk , the UK’s top home care reviews site dubbed by many as the ‘TripAdvisor for home care’. The reviews are given by people...
Devon charity, Hospiscare, has secured a £1,000 donation from local developers after an application from two of its charity runners.
Persimmon Homes South West received an application for its Community Champions scheme from Rachel Payne and Kate Smith, both of whom competed in races including the London Marathon 2023, to raise money for the hospice.
Representatives of the five-star builder presented the cheque to them at their Exeter site, Searle House, named after their founder, alongside local councillor, Marina Asvachin.
Growing national law firm, Foot Anstey LLP has been appointed to Plymouth Community Homes' (PCH) legal panel to support on an array of development and employment legal matters.
Founded 14 years ago, PCH is Plymouth's largest social housing landlord with over 16,000 properties, providing homes for more than 35,000 people in Plymouth and the surrounding areas.
PCH has appointed the Foot Anstey team to advise on development and employment matters for two lots, to strengthen the housing association’s offering to its current and future residents.
The South West has been a hot spot for self builders for some time and this year will see the UK’s longest running self build magazine (Build It) launch another of their successful ‘Build It Live’ shows in the region.
Like many parts of the country, the South West has some amazing examples of self build homes including the impressive award winning home pictured above which was built on a rocky cliff face in Salcombe, Devon with difficult access and 100m drop to the sea!
Taking place at Westpoint Arena in Exeter on 9 & 10 September, the ‘Build It Live’ show, which...
Dawlish Against Plastic met the team from Absolute PR and Marketing for a beach clean on Dawlish Warren last month (24th August).
An impressive total of 11.38kg of non-recyclable waste and 0.58kg of recyclable material was collected, as well as reusable beach buckets and spades which were found abandoned on the beach. These were placed in Teignbridge District Council’s new beach toy library, which is on the sea wall near the RNLI station, for others to use.
Vanessa Ryley, Chair of Dawlish Against Plastic, said: “It’s always a pleasure when local businesses approach us to...
Digital marketing experts Optix Solutions are about to begin working with residential community Stallcombe House – and it won’t cost the charity a penny.
It came about after a visit to Stallcombe House by Optix MD Rob Stevens. Rob has a sister with physical and mental disabilities who is in lifelong care in Cambridge.
He explains “The UK care industry faces a myriad of challenges including chronic underfunding, staffing shortages and increasing demand due to an ageing population. The sheltered housing my sister lives in is not the happiest of places, and it has been an...
