Excitement is building for this year’s Natwest Venus Awards Devon with the announcement of the semi-finalists at a packed awards ceremony in Exeter.
More than a hundred women attended the event at the city’s award-winning restaurant Lloyd’s Kitchen, which provided complementary canapés for the nominees and has supported the awards from the beginning.
Lloyd Gardner, owner, said: “I’m honoured to hold these events, I am always looking to support local businesses and entrepreneurs like myself. I’m looking forward to working more with the Venus Awards in the future.”
Exeter is sending a strong message to this year’s Butcombe British Skittles Championships. No less than seven teams are through to the grand finals in Torquay on Saturday (Sept 20).
St Thomas Social Club is fielding five of the qualifiers, including the Allstars who have qualified for the fifth year running in the mens’ competition, along with the Saints who were knocked out in the second round last year.
Team secretary Dave Rowe said Saints’ confidence had been massively boosted by a win against the Mixers from Torbay, men’s champions four years ago and runners up in...
Online marketing company, Loop, has launched a host of digital marketing resources that local businesses are able to access and use for free.
The Loop team has created an entirely new area on their website – called Your Content Central – which houses everything from e-books and films to cheat sheets and how-to guides.
Each resource has been written and designed by members of the Loop team, with the aim of offering insightful and useful online marketing tips and tricks for businesses of all sizes.
Creating Your Content Central has also proved an opportunity for the...
Exeter commercial property specialists, Space, have been preparing themselves for an operation of international proportions. The firm based in Southernhay have built a reputation for providing businesses with holistic commercial property services that include property search, acquisition, lease negotiation, interior design, brand integration, refurbishment and move management. Following an exciting opportunity, the firm have been given the chance to implement their skills in a completely different hemisphere. Founder and Managing Director, Tim Wadsworth, has taken a short term contract...
Ainsi Fideles stamped himself as an up-and-coming chaser for the future when beating the older and more experienced Lamb Or Cod to land the £11,000 North Devon Hospice Novices’ Chase at Newton Abbot on Monday 8th September.
The four-year-old Ainsi Fideles had shown real promise for trainer David Pipe, winning his last three races and earning a handicap mark of 145, just above that of his rival. He confirmed that good impression when taking the lead at the eighth fence and drawing right away from Lamb Or Cod for an easy 25 lengths win, with the other two runners even more strung out...
A children’s cartoon character, created 30 years ago in sketch form as part of a college thesis, has finally been brought to stunning interactive life thanks to modern technology.
Boris the Blob was the brainchild of Plymouth graphic designer Mark Hannon while he was studying for an honours degree in scientific and technical graphics.
He created Boris as part of his studies into the use of cartoons in education and for the past three decades the Boris sketches have been tucked away in a drawer.
But the character is now set to become a firm favourite with young...
More than 70 years after Exeter was protected by the Polish night fighters of 307 Squadron, two residents, Michael Parrott and Marcin Piórkowski laid a wreath on behalf of 307 Squadron at the Polish Memorial national ceremony at RAF Northolt.
In the last 12 months the two men have established a non-profit British-Polish organisation, ‘307 Squadron Project’ to both further research and promote the role of the squadron, as well as showing an example of British-Polish co-operation both in the war and today.
The ceremony, which took place on Saturday (13th September), is...
On 28th September 2014, men and women from around the South West will gather in one of Devon's most popular tourist resorts to take part in the Dawlish Triathlon. Consisting of a 750m swim, 21km bike ride and a 5km run, participants will push themselves to the limit of their physical and mental capabilities.
Amongst this group will be Rich and Jemma Marsh and Rob and Charlotte Pascoe, all members of Exeter Golf and Country Club. They are taking part to raise money for Rich and Jemma's 3 year old nephew, Henry and have embarked on a tough training programme at Exeter Golf...
Yeovil based parenting brand Daisy Baby - run by husband and wife duo Mike and Zoe Whitburn – specialises in online baby slings and attachment parenting products. The entrepreneurial duo and founders of the company have now launched a brand new addition to the Daisy Baby business - The Daisy Baby Chain.
The Daisy Baby Chain is a home based party planning venture which showcases Daisy Baby products within a home party style setting. Agents showcase a variety of Daisy Baby items that parents and soon-to-be mums and dads will need for new born babies and toddlers.
Living Coasts is offering local people a free weekend of fun and games beside the seaside.
The coastal conservation charity is holding a marine BioBlitz and beach clean at Beacon Cove, with TV presenter Maya Plass and lots of additional activities to keep everyone entertained.
Clare Rugg, from Living Coasts, explained: “We will have divers in the water cleaning the seabed, because out of sight shouldn’t be out of mind. That is a first for us. Everyone else can help clean the beach, find coastal species and have fun. We’ll be doing rock pool rambles, seaweed pressing, shell...
