Job prospects in the South West are the best in the country, with an employment outlook of +15% this quarter, according to Manpower, the global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions. This is a significant increase on last quarter’s Outlook of +10%, and the highest in the region for over three years.
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,101 UK employers. It asks whether employers intend to hire additional workers or reduce the size of their workforce in the coming quarter. It is the most comprehensive, forward-looking...
People living in an area of Teignmouth will benefit from a new and exciting health and fitness project thanks to £142,500 of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Community Sport Activation Fund.
Teignbridge District Council is among 88 projects to receive a share of £15 million of funding to support grassroots sport activity across the country.
The Sports Bug project focuses on the Teignmouth West Ward and is all about creating more sport sessions – both traditional and non-traditional – as well as better access to health advice for people aged 14 and over....
The Exeter branch of RGB Building Supplies will be hosting a Blooming Great Tea Party on Friday 27 June in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Taking place between 7.30am and 5pm, those visiting the branch will be able to purchase cakes, tea and coffee throughout the day with all proceeds going to the charity. For the early starters, there will be a breakfast option being served until 10am.
For a small donation, customers can also have their car and van windscreens washed, and there will be opportunities to win prizes to boost the fundraising total.
Prepare to walk the plank straight to Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park for the Princess and Pirate weekend on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 June 2014.
Guests visiting over the weekend are invited to dress up as their favourite princess or pesky pirate where a magical world of adventure awaits to spark the most vivid of imaginations. There will also be an exciting opportunity to meet and pose for a photograph with the UK’s number one Captain Jack Sparrow look-a-like ‘Jonty Depp’ and his beautiful Princess.
Pirates of all ages will love the brand new live outdoor entertainment...
Local business Doodlebug Marketing & Design are going to be holding a ‘Social Media Surgery’ day on Thursday 17 July 2014 at The Generator in Dix’s Field, Exeter.
If you’re a business that wants to know how to make better use of social media channels or overcome challenges and frustrations then this event will be perfect for you.
Following successful registrations businesses will receive a dedicated 30 minute slot on the day where Zoe Keeping or Ben Hicks from Doodlebug will provide hints, tips and advice specific to their needs.
Police in Devon and Cornwall now have new powers to help victims of domestic violence and abuse.
Where a perpetrator has been violent, or threatened violence, towards a victim or their children and there are unlikely to be any substantive criminal charges the police may authorise a Domestic Violence Protection Notice whilst the perpetrator is in custody.
The notice protects the victim from violence or a threat of violence by:
Prohibiting the perpetrator from evicting or excluding the victim and their children from their premises
Comedian and actor Rik Mayall died this morning, a spokesman for his management company, Brunskill Management, said today.
The star, who shot to fame playing Rick in The Young Ones, was 56 and his career included appearances in shows including Blackadder and Bottom. His film roles included the comedies Drop Dead Fred and Guest House Paradiso.
Rik, who has a home in Devon, was made an Honorary Graduate of the University of Exeter in 2008.
Membership of the Green Party is growing rapidly in the South West. Figures from the regional Party reveal a 25% increase in the first five months of this year with 13% increase in May alone.
Greens say membership is likely to continue to soar in the wake of the election of Molly Scott Cato to the European Parliament, the first Green MEP for the South West.
South West Green Party Regional Coordinator, Norma Sherratt, said: “It is very evident from the membership figures, but also from talking to people, that there is renewed enthusiasm for the Green message in the South...
Winners of The European Blues Challenge 2013, exciting Italian duo Veronica and Max play country blues and ragtime, hokum, jug band and rural music from the 20's and 30's in their own unique style. Using ukulele, washboard, kazoo, guitars and mandolin, they sing and play with passion and humour, reproducing its original sound, updated with a modern twist.
Expect songs from Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie, Jimmie Rodgers, , Bo Carter and the Delmore Brothers.
As part of its 200 year anniversary celebrations, Finch Foundry in Sticklepath, near Okehampton, is hosting a local produce fair in the garden on Saturday 21 June.
The Foundry is looking for talented local producers to come along and display their wares at the fair which, if it proves successful, will become an annual event in the calendar.
Ben Shapcott, Foundry Manager said: "The produce fair is an opportunity for local producers to showcase their crafts and produce against the backdrop of the Foundry which was once one of the biggest producers of edge tools in the south...
