Leading Devon legal firm Stephens Scown LLP has recently secured a top funding specialist to boost its renewables team across the region.
Mike Rowe, appointed as consultant with Stephens Scown, brings with him a wealth of experience, including 30 years of blue chip company involvement within the agri-business sector. Much of this experience came through senior management roles within both Barclays Bank and Clydesdale Bank within the South West.
For the last four years, Mike has been running Moorhayes Consultants , a consultancy specialising in the strategic development and...
Take That star and X-Factor judge Gary Barlow has visited British military personnel on operations in Camp Bastion this week.
Barlow spent a 3 days with sailors, soldiers and airmen, both regular and reservist, experiencing life on the base while filming a musical concert for broadcast later this year. During his visit, Barlow met of British personnel who are serving on Operation Herrick 19, signing autographs and posing for photos and messages for loved ones in the UK. Senior Aircraftman Danny Bedford met Gary Barlow at his office at Camp Bastion’s fire station after his team...
Otterton Mill is to feature in the brand new series of BBC Two's Celebrity Antiques Roadtrip.
The show, which airs next Monday (4 November), follows celebrity couple Phil Vickery and Fern Britton, as they scour Devon antique shops for treasures that will make them a profit.
The ancient Mill played host to TV cameras earlier this year, when it provided a stop-off point for Phil and antiques expert James Braxton.
The pair spent several hours at the Mill, learning first how to grind flour using the mill's ancient waterwheel, under the tutelage of Head Miller Brian Hart...
A town in Kent is burning a 30ft effigy of former Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins in its annual bonfire night celebrations.
The giant steel framed model will be stuffed with fireworks and oil stuffed paper before being lit on Saturday (2 November).
Devon based Hopkins has drawn widespread criticism for her views childhood obesity and children’s names is the latest in a long line of famous (and infamous) figures to be burnt in the Kent town of Edenbridge.
Former guy’s include Wayne Rooney, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong and Cherie Blair.
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park today announces substantial investment during 2014, which will see five new rides and a themed indoor area open.
Chris Down, Managing Director and one of the family owners of Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park said: “Thanks to our guest feedback we are excited to be able to bring some fantastic new rides and attractions to Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park. As a family run business, we are looking to continue investing in the Park to ensure that the guest and member experience is exceptional.
The University of Exeter alongside other UK universities will face widespread disruption today in a co-ordinated strike action by the UCU, UNISON and Unite trade Unions. Classes have been cancelled as staff have said they will walk out in protest of pay condition. Unions have argued that despite an increase in University income and many institutions building up large cash reserves staff pay has fallen in by 13% in real terms since 2008. UCU head of higher education, Michael MacNeil, said: 'There is widespread anger over the pay cuts staff have had to endure in recent years and all the...
Writing in the British Journal of Cancer, the Nottingham researchers say it could help doctors tailor treatment better and boost survival rates.
Local business woman Terri Bainbridge recently launched Thermalogica a ground-breaking health screening service with business partner Lisa Portman, gives her first-hand experience of having cancer and how this inspired her to start-up this new venture….
Terri Bainbridge: So it’s breast cancer awareness month again, but is all this ‘awareness’ actually teaching us anything? Breast cancer hit my radar back in 2005 when Kylie...
A British man has been jailed for 12 years for attempting to smuggle £3.9 million of heroin through Manchester Airport,
A joint operation by the National Crime Agency and Border Force it was one of the largest single amounts caught coming through.
Muhammad Khalid, 43, from Birmingham was caught with 24 kilos of the Class A drug on June 7 this year.
Sam Bullimore, Assistant Director for Border Force, said: “This is one of the biggest-ever seizure of drugs at Manchester Airport and a huge amount of heroin has been kept off the streets as a result. “I would like to...
Rob Baxter is never one to get carried away with victories, nor does he tend to go into his shell following any kind of setback.
Instead, the Exeter Chiefs head coach is happy for him and his team to 'carry on regardless' and right now that means 'more of the same' from the Devon club as they look to preserve their spot in the top four of the Aviva Premiership.
Four wins in six starts this term have put the Chiefs in a healthy position in English rugby's top flight and tomorrow night they will be looking to add the name of Sale Sharks to their list of seasonal scalps...
Rail Commuters in the South West will be able to use modern smart ticketing ticketing technology from next year. A new government investment of £3.25 million will allow South West Trains to upgrade its ticketing system at all its stations outside of London. Similar to the Oyster card system on the London Underground commuters will be able to avoid queues by paying ticket fares online and in advance. The move to smart ticketing comes as part of the Department for Transport’s £45 million investment into flexible ticketing across the south of England. Rail Minister, Baroness Kramer, said: “A...
