The London-based, speciality coffee house chain, Taylor St Baristas is the latest company to raise money from the crowd using a Crowdcube Mini-Bond. The Coffee Bond beat its £1.5m target, topping out at £1,864,000 and attracting 504 investors from Taylor St’s own customers as well as Crowdcube’s registered members.
Bondholders will receive 8% fixed rate interest per annum for the four year term of the bond, or can elect to have their dividend paid in coffee, in the form of store credit at the equivalent rate of 12% per annum.
A dinosaur is on the loose at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park. The life size dinosaur has escaped from the Dino Jeeps ride and is on the rampage at the Park. Guests are invited to help the Crealy Ranger find the prehistoric beast during February Half Term. (14 -22 February).
The escaped dinosaur has left a trail of destruction behind her which means there’s no shortage of clues to locate her whereabouts. Courageous explorers are invited to help find the roaring beast and those who dare to get close enough will be in for a thrill of a lifetime.
""Muscular and riding on a pack of panthers" isn't how people would normally describe the Pookas!, in terms of how we all look, but as time goes on more and more people are starting to say this about our staggering, and sometimes erotic, musical performances.
Let's face it - any Pookas performance is bordering on legendary, but this is going to be that little bit extra special because our old friend Professor Timian Brierley will be joining us!
Fresh from his lavish London lifestyle, which generally consists of watching the better selection of...
Otter Nurseries has chosen ELF (Exeter Leukemia Fund) as its Charity of the Year for 2015.
The Ottery St Mary garden centre is keen to support the charity as it concentrates on its latest project, building a new family suite at the RD&E.
The Chevithorne Suite, based within the hospital, will give patients and their families a self-contained living unit including a bedroom, living room, kitchenette and garden area, creating a private place where end of life patients can spend time with their loved ones.
Schools, youth groups and families across the South West are invited to mark Shrove Tuesday by raising funds for vulnerable children and young people with a pancake-themed challenge. Action for Children is holding its first national Great Pancake Challenge this year – and the charity wants children aged 7-11 years old from across the South West to join the fun by holding sponsored flips, stacking tall towers, decorating, or creating their own unusual pancake activities. Brigitte Gater, UK West Director of Children's Services at Action for Children, said: “Every child who takes part in this...
In Exeter City FC’s recent Northampton match day programme an article appeared called 'Remembering the Football Battalion'.
This described the formation of the Battalion, made up of footballers, which included 10 players from Clapton Orient (now Leyton Orient) including Nolan Evans who had previously played 70 League and Cup appearances for Exeter City between 1910 and 1912.
The Battalion fought at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and Nolan was injured during this at Delville Wood. Three Orient players were killed.
Leading South West legal specialist The Family Law Company has recently launched the first in a series of videos explaining aspects of family law in a straightforward way.
The short animation, produced by Exeter video specialist Bitpod, is entitled ‘How to get divorced in three simple steps’ and aims to help those who know little or nothing of the divorce process.
Marketing Manager, Kirsten Clarke said: “Obtaining a divorce is often quite simple, but it can seem overwhelming to start with, particularly when someone is going through an emotional time.
The success of a police pilot project in Torquay where doormen at licensed premises breathalysed suspected drunks could see the scheme implemented across Devon and Cornwall.
#RU2drunk was piloted in 23 of Torquay’s key nightspots during December to see if it helped reduce alcohol fuelled incidents and it resulted in a 39 per cent drop in violent crime.
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg, who funded the pilot, has described the results as ‘startling’.
There is support from all sides for #RU2drunk to become business as usual in Torquay and its success makes it...
As the weather continues to be cold, wet and wintery, RGB Building Supplies is urging the local community to ensure that their boiler is fully maintained so that their heating and hot water systems are working to their optimum.
To enable customers to find out more information about the importance of maintaining a boiler, and how the correct boiler can help to cut energy costs, they are holding a free event on Thursday 12th February between 12.30pm and 4.30pm at their Exeter branch.
Experts from Grant UK, one of the country’s leading heating experts, will be on hand to talk...
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has received the approval for Government funding to implement a new electronic health record (EHR) which is fit for the future.
As the NHS faces the challenges of increased demand and increasingly complex health needs of the population, the EHR will help improve the way medics work and transform the way they care for patients across Devon.
Work is already underway on the Smartcare programme within the Trust which is set to radically change the way we work.
The Smartcare programme, which includes the introduction of the new...
