Tozers swells its Legal 500 rankings

Devon law firm, Tozers Solicitors LLP, has again been recognised as one of the South West’s top performing firms of solicitors in the Legal 500. The Legal 500 has been published for over twenty years and the 2014 edition has just been published, providing the most comprehensive and worldwide coverage currently available on legal service providers. It is widely regarded as offering the definitive judgement of law firms’ capabilities.

Last year seven of Tozers’ partners were named in the Legal 500 but this year eleven solicitors from the firm have been recommended.

Tozers has...

Deer Park celebrates prestigious award win

The team at the utterly exquisite Deer Park Country House Hotel, near Honiton, were celebrating on Monday 29th September when they were named the ‘Best Small Independent Hotel Employer of the Year’ in Caterer.com’s Best Employers in Hospitality Awards 2014. The awards were presented by TV personality Sue Perkins at a prestigious ceremony which took place at Lancaster London.

The epitome of a quintessential English country house, inspired by the best of British, the Deer Park fought off hundreds of competitor employers to join the heady ranks of the ‘Top 60 Best Employers in...

Golfers raise a bucket load of cash for charity

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 10/03/2014 - 8:53am

Four golfers from a South Devon golf club took on an epic sporting challenge with a difference last week to raise money for the Children’s Hospice South West.

The challenge combined a love for cycling and golf as the group from Wrangaton Golf Club covered over 220 miles by bike and played 72 holes in just four days.

The four-man team was headed up by Stuart Newberry, Club Captain, Wrangaton Golf Club, who wanted to mark his year of captaincy by doing something memorable and ‘slightly mad’. He was joined by three members of the club, Charles Grose, Andy Dykes and Matt...

Free Childcare in Schools training event

Event Date: 
03/12/2014 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter

National charity Family Action has been funded by the Department for Education to support selected schools in England to develop childcare and holiday provision on the school site.

This includes, for instance, breakfast, after-school and holiday clubs. Now, the Childcare in Schools Team would like to share their learning with other schools in the country and we are holding a free open training event in your area in December.

Childcare in Schools – free training workshop

• What? This session will look at the barriers that schools typically face when setting up school...

Free childcare in schools training - for heads, governors, SBMs etc

Event Date: 
16/11/2014 - 1:00pm to 03/12/2014 - 3:00pm
Venue: 
Headway Devon X Centre

National charity Family Action has been funded by the Department for Education to support selected schools in England to develop childcare and holiday provision on the school site. This includes, for instance, breakfast, after-school and holiday clubs. Now, the Childcare in Schools Team would like to share their learning with other schools in the country and we are holding a free open training event in your area in December.

Childcare in Schools – free training workshop

• What? This session will look at the barriers that schools typically face when setting up school-based...

Young Grecians get second England call-up

Young duo get international summons again

Exeter City are delighted to announce that teenage pair Matt Grimes and Christy Pym have once again been selected to represent England at Under-20 level.

The youngsters will link up with the international set-up this coming Sunday following our Friday-night game at Dagenham & Redbridge. They will fly out to the Netherlands with their England teammates, where the Young Lions will compete in a round-robin with Germany, Netherlands and Turkey.

Matt and Christy will be available to face their counterparts from Germany on...

Home Ground Symposium – Using Craft to Create a Sense of Place

Event Date: 
05/11/2014 - 9:30am to 4:30pm
Venue: 
Space at Dartington, Dartington Hall, 
Totnes, Devon UK 
TQ9 6EN

Devon Guild of Craftsmen in partnership with Dartington Hall presents Home Ground Symposium – Using Craft to Create a Sense of Place 5th November 2014 - 9.30am – 4.30pm at SPACE
, Dartington Hall, 
Totnes, Devon UK 
TQ9 6EN

‘Home Ground’ is a unique collaboration between craftspeople, Football Clubs, industry and heritage organisations across the UK to celebrate the work of contemporary makers whose practice reflects local distinctiveness and a sense of place. This concept takes its direction from Common Ground, a charity that champions democratic involvement and engages the public...

Have your say on future of Exeter's budget

People are being asked to help shape the future for Exeter.

Exeter City Council has launched a major public consultation as it looks to save a further £4 million over the next three years.

The authority wants to find out what services are most important to the people of Exeter at a time of deepening public spending cuts.

The City Council’s grant from central government has already shrunk from £12 million in 2011-12 to £7.7 million in the current financial year. Now it is bracing itself for further reductions, to around £5 million, by 2017-18.

So far the...

Venus Awards Devon announce 2014 finalists

The finalists for this year’s Natwest Venus Awards Devon were announced this week at a sumptuous cream-tea event.

More than 70 guests and sponsors attended the prestigious afternoon held at The Deer Park Country House Hotel, near Honiton. They were invited to network with each other and the press and to interact with their own and other sponsors: and celebrate their success so far.

The awards were launched in April and have been whittled down to the finalists through a combination of public and private voting. Sponsors and nominees have enjoyed a variety of events since...

Rebellious Sounds: Exploring 100 Years of Women's Activism in the South West

Event Date: 
21/10/2014 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Central Library

Be part of an exciting research and development project with Dreadnought South West:

Dreadnought South West – the organisation that brought you 'Oxygen', a play in celebration of the great 1913 suffrage pilgrimage – is researching and developing material through a range of activities, asking – what is a rebellious sound?

Dreadnought will be hosting a free workshop at Exeter Central Library on Tuesday 21st October to talk about Rebellious Sounds and how you can get involved.

Is there a particular woman or event – a speech, a book, a photograph – that...

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