Members of the Exeter & Heart of Devon Hotels & Restaurants Association raised over £1,000 for three chosen charities at this year’s annual dinner. The three chosen charities were, Cancer Research UK, Hospitality Action and Equine Protection South West.
This year’s annual dinner was held at the Deer Park Country House Hotel where guests were treated to a sparkling wine reception followed by a sumptuous 5 course feast.
Mark Godfrey, MD at the Deer Park Country House Hotel was delighted to host the event saying, “There are so many exciting things happening at the Deer...
Devon’s Glazebrook House Hotel is never short of imagination and innovation, and this spring this luxurious boutique hotel presents a series of Epicurean Evenings to delight even the most discerning foodies.
The South Brent hotel's owner Pieter Hamman is excited to announce the stylish destination’s 2015 calendar of compelling and quirky events which showcases what Glazebrook does best, delicious food in a magical environment, always with an element of surprise.
On Thursday 26th March 2015, the Glazebrook will host a special Austrian/Bavarian night and will be joined...
Plymouth is home to a television production company making a big name for itself worldwide. And, as Twofour CEO Melanie Leach tells ALEXIS BOWATER, it’s being based in Devon which is the key to the company’s success.
Forget Los Angeles and London: Devon is where Twofour’s heart is. This is the company that brought you The Hotel Inspector, The Jump, Splash, a positive plethora of documentaries and entertainment programmes and, most memorably, Educating Yorkshire.
Moreover, lifting an Emmy for doing so (and dropping it…more on that later) is an astonishing achievement by any...
Keep your business diary up-to-date with these key events:
• Every Friday: The Exeter Business Club, every Friday morning at 7.15am-9am at the Isca Centre, Summer Lane, Whipton. To reserve a place as a guest at one of our meetings please contact secretary@exeterbusinessclub.co.uk or visit www.exeterbusinessclub.co.uk .
• Every month: Firsty Fridays, the first Friday each month at a location in Exeter. Invitation-only meeting for business women to meet and enjoy cocktails. Contact Stephanie Walshe on 01392 421323 or 07977 442267 or e-mail stephanie.walshe@theplumconsultancy...
Stagecoach bus employees have topped a global eco-driver performance scheme which measures fuel-efficient driving.
More than 4,100 Stagecoach drivers have been awarded Fleet Elite status under the programme managed by GreenRoad, whose telematics system serves professional drivers in the UK, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, America, Australia and New Zealand.
Of the Stagecoach drivers who reached Fleet Elite standard, 179 were from Stagecoach South West.
Over 1,000 of Stagecoach’s Fleet Elite drivers have achieved the Gold badge for consistently maintaining the...
By aligning consumer needs with community involvement businesses can build customer loyalty and strengthen their commercial edge, says ALISON UPTON, a fundraiser with Exeter Leukaemia Fund
In a 2013 survey from Forresters, 82% of responders said that when choosing between two companies offering product and services for the same price, their decision would be affected by whether a company engaged with charities and its local community.
Whatever your size, the benefits of supporting a charity as part of your corporate social responsibility include:
Every year 6 million loaves of bread are being thrown into canals and rivers in England and Wales - potentially polluting the water and damaging hundreds of thousands of ducks’ homes.
Last year 73% of people in the South West fed the ducks, 82% of them admitting to feeding our feathered friends with bread.
Uneaten soggy bread can cause a build-up of bad nutrients which can lead to greater algae growth, spread disease and encourage pests such as rats.
Today, ahead of the official start of spring and duckling hatching season, the Canal & River Trust is calling on...
A team of accountants swapped their books for Wellington boots when they paid a visit to their newly-adopted charity.
Exeter-based Sidaways were given a VIP tour of Farms For City Children at Nethercott House, near Iddesleigh.
The firm of chartered accountants is to focus on raising money for Devon-based charity Farms for City Children as part of the company’s 25th anniversary celebrations. The trip was arranged so the business could see where the money it raises will be spent.
Children’s author Michael Morpurgo and his wife Clare founded Farms for City Children in...
He’s the director of a multi-million pound company but that doesn’t stop Roger Young getting his hands dirty. Dressed in an immaculate grey suit and freshly polished shoes, this quiet, shy gentleman seems to come alive under the chassis of a Land Rover Defender 90.
It’s because that’s where his heart lies. Roger Young is one of the South West’s most successful businessmen, selling some of the most expensive vehicles money can buy, but it all started in a workshop on his father’s farm on Bodmin Moor – and he’s never forgotten it.
Gardeners should start preparing early for their great slug and snail hunt this year as winter temperatures have provided the perfect conditions for their arch enemies.
According to Wyevale Garden Centres – the UK’s largest garden centre group - last year, gardeners spent £11.6 million in their battle to protect their botanical spaces, battling over 30 species of slugs including a voracious invader discovered on our shores only last year – the Spanish slug (Arion vulgaris).
Slugs like mild and warm winters and Met Office statistics show that average temperatures were...
