Exeter Dementia Action Alliance (EDAA) held a Dementia awareness event at Muddifords Court last week for carers, local businesses and national organisations.
Some of the companies who were represented included: Barclays Bank, RD&E, Age UK, Healthwatch Devon, a number of GP's, Exeter University, Devon Drivers Centre, Devon & Cornwall Police, Handelsbanken UK, Cartridges solicitors, a number of local Councillors including the Deputy Mayor of Exeter Councillor, Lesley Robson and many prominent business leaders and organisations who have an active interest in increasing...
Devon is known for its exceptionally lovely landscape as well as its vibrant artistic community, one of the largest of any county in Britain.
For 16 days in September many of those artists will be opening their studios to the public.
Devon’s varied natural beauty, fine pubs, cafes, farm shops and seaside attractions make Devon Open Studios’ free full colour event guide a handbook for a blissful day out venturing down hidden lanes to bucolic villages, across moorland to stop in stannary towns or over cliffs to find artists by the sea.
If you want to strike success in a business meeting- offer a plate of shortbread, new research reveals.
A study of 2,000 business workers found one in four say they’re more inclined to close a deal in a meeting because of the biscuits provided, with shortbread, chocolate bourbons and flapjacks all likely to win a favourable reaction.
In fact, having the right selection of snacks was deemed more crucial to meeting success than making good small talk beforehand, the study found.
And while it's easy to take the biscuit, there are unwritten rules- waiting for the...
A 'knee-jerk' fund-raising Yomp to raise money for victims of the Nepal earthquake looks to have raised £45,000.
In a blog post, Paul Mattin, who completed the 170-mile yomp from Devon to the Nepal Embassy with fellow businessman Nick Sprague, thanked those who had contributed to the appeal
In his post he said:
"Many of you will have followed the effort on Twitter and Facebook, but this little flyer will I hope round off what we all achieved.
"The 170 mile stroll, over 5 days (that's @ 35 miles per day) was undoubtedly an ill-thought-through idea! But...
To mark World No Tobacco Day (Sun 31 May) Public Health and Trading Standards across Devon and Somerset are highlighting their work against the sale of illegal tobacco products in our communities, which is the theme of the day this year.
Illegal tobacco continues to be a major problem in the county, with the majority being offered for sale from private homes and through Facebook. In total, Trading Standards has seized 64,501 genuine non-duty paid cigarettes over the last year.
Recent operations include a seizure by Trading Standards Devon and Somerset of 6kg of counterfeit...
A leading Devon law firm has scooped a national award at the inaugural Legal Innovation Awards for its ground-breaking iPhone App for clients.
Stephens Scown LLP launched its “My Lawyer” App in November 2014 as a way of allowing clients to keep track of their cases quickly and easily while they were on the move. The App allows clients to view documents, keep up to date with costs, pay bills online and diarise key dates.
Stephens Scown won the Client Management Innovation category of the Legal Innovation Awards beating a number of larger national law firms including Pinsent...
The company which runs one of Ilfracombe’s largest employers has been bought by an American giant for $13.8billion.
Pall Corporation has been acquired by Danaher Corporation but will continue to operate under the Pall brand, making filtration, separation and purification technologies.
The Pall factory in Station Road employs several hundred people but it is not known if the deal will have any effect on the North Devon workforce.
It is understood the board of directors at both American-based companies unanimously agreed to the deal, which must now be ratified by Pall...
Homebase Garden Academy student, Nicola Oakey, from Exeter, is about to build her first RHS Show garden at BBC Gardener’s World Live (11 - 14 June). Nicola, who started the Academy in September 2014, successfully submitted a design for the ‘Beautiful Borders’ category of the show. The design had to be inspired by the ‘Industrial Heritage of the West Midlands’, so Nicola took this opportunity to celebrate the amazing pottery industry that has flourished in the area, notably Spode and Wedgewood. “I can’t wait to bring my design to life”, said Nicola. “The Garden Academy visits Barnsdale...
Declan Sinnott with Vickie Keating + support Harbottle & Jonas at Kingskerswell Parish Church on June 12th Doors 7pm Declan Sinnott has been touring the UK for a number of years alongside Christy Moore, playing to huge audiences at some of the country’s most prestigious venues, always billed as Christy Moore and Declan Sinnott. However, until he released his first solo album in 2013, he had not seized the opportunity to tour solo. In September last year, Declan Sinnott released that first solo album on Warner Music. It's called 'I Love the Noise it Makes'. The title is based on a John...
