A leading South West law firm has been shortlisted for two prestigious industry awards.
Stephens Scown LLP, which has offices in Exeter, Truro and St Austell has been shortlisted for the Modern Law Awards in the Law Firm of the Year and Client Care Initiative of the Year categories. The winners will be announced at an event in London on 15 October.
The Modern Law Awards were launched in 2013 to celebrate talent and success in entrepreneurship, market development, business management and best practice in modern legal services.
Vote for The Bike Shed Theatre here to be your Most Welcoming Theatre of 2014: http://www.smoothradio.com/events/vote-for-your-favourite-theatre/
Nestled at the end of an alley in the heart of Exeter, you'll find the Bike Shed Theatre. With a 60 seat subterranean auditorium and adjacent vintage cocktail tavern, the venue has regular performances from some of the country's most exciting emerging companies.
Championing new work and innovation, the theatre has gained national acclaim for its shows, winning the UK Theatre's Most Welcoming Theatre award in 2013...
Everys Solicitors has welcomed animal welfare and countryside sports law specialist Jamie Foster to the firm.
Solicitor-Advocate Mr Foster is the UK’s leading legal expert in animal welfare and countryside sports defence cases while also specialising in trading standards, health & safety and environmental investigations, and regulation of the meat trade.
He joins Everys from Clarke Willmott to team up with the firm’s managing partner James Griffin to form a specialist agricultural, rural and countryside sports department that will be known as Foster & Griffin....
World Unlimited are very pleased to announce details for a Devon show for Maz O’Connor + support Harbottle & Jonas at Kingskerswell Parish Church on October 17th. Doors 7pm Described by Froots magazine as 'an enchanting debut album', her 'Upon a Stranger Shore' was released in the summer of 2012, just after Maz left university.
2013 brought a creative fellowship with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, funded by the BBC Performing Arts Fund, and a summer spent as the singer for the RSC's production of 'As You Like It' with music written by Laura Marling. Maz 's new album...
Young cyclists have the opportunity to take part in a Go Ride Racing cyclo-cross event for beginners on Saturday (27 September).
The event at Mincinglake Valley Park in Exeter is an opportunity for young people aged from seven to 16 years old to get their first taste of one of the nation’s fastest growing cycling disciplines, cyclo-cross.
Cyclo-cross events are multi-lap races of a set course that includes obstacles, such as hurdles or sand pits, which mean riders need to dismount and run with their bike. The entry-level Go-Ride Racing event will be hosted by British...
Work by art students from Exmouth Community College is being shown at A la Ronde, the sixteen-sided National Trust house near Exmouth from 9 to 22 October.
The work on display is a combination of AS and A Level studies which has culminated in these visually exciting ‘Final Outcomes’. Students researched their themes by visiting galleries, looking at the work of artists and producing a wide range of ideas and media experiments.
Head of Art and Design at Exmouth Community College, Jill Honour says: ‘I am very proud of the hard work and phenomenal efforts our students have...
There’s a nip in the air in the mornings, so it can only mean one thing.
The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is upon us – and it’s time for apple pressing at the Knapp Community Nature Reserve on Station Road in Sidmouth.
Come along on Sunday 4 October between 10am and 1pm to help the East Devon District Council Countryside team pick, chop and press the apples.
You can also bring some of your own apples along to press – remember to bring a container to take some juice away with you. This is a free event and...
On Saturday 27th September the Queen's Head are hosting local band RECKLESS!
They cover some fantastic rock songs and are increasing in popularity. The performance starts at 9pm. Early arrival is essential to avoid disappointment if the building is already at capacity.
For those that can't make it, you can catch the performance live online at DAB54.fm. A recording of this performance and previous bands can be found on www.radioluxy.uk
For great music and reasonably priced drinks, come to the Queen's Head.
The latest Exeter Business Survey, carried out by Exeter Chamber of Commerce, shows the highest ever percentage of Exeter businesses planning to increase employees salaries.
90% of businesses surveyed said they will not be implementing a pay freeze for their staff, the highest figure since the survey began in March 2007.
Exeter Chamber of Commerce and Industry met with the Bank of England, on 18 September 2014 to report the findings of their Business Survey, for the last quarter.
The Business Survey also shows that investment has increased in the last quarter with...
