No matter where you are based throughout the country there is a wealth of talent just waiting to be tapped into and it has never been as readily accessible as it is now!
Just in the last couple of weeks we have attended exhibitions, business gatherings and breakfast meetings highlighting the resources available to businesses, many of which are free to the employer and could serve as a valuable extra pair of hands to growing businesses watching their cash flow that would benefit enormously from some extra assistance at this time.
On 20 and 21 July, why not get the camping gear out and spend a weekend at Lydford Gorge near Tavistock learning survival techniques?
An exciting itinerary of activities will run over the weekend. These include looking at what you need to survive in the wild, ‘proper’ den building, learning to light a fire as well as cooking over an open fire. The Dartmoor ranger team will lead the sessions and will even produce hot chocolate at the overnight camp in the orchard at the Gorge.
Stuart Mathieson, National Trust Ranger, says: “It is a great family experience learning together...
A YouGov poll, commissioned by easyJet, today highlights that adults in the South West could have an extraordinary £170million of leftover foreign currency lying around at home.
The research released by easyJet, the South West’s largest airline, and its onboard charity partner UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organisation, marks the start of the summer Change for Good campaign on 15 July. The campaign, which raises money for UNICEF’s work vaccinating children against deadly diseases, includes an onboard collection where passengers donate their loose foreign change to UNICEF...
Every year salary surveys are produced by recruitment agencies purporting to accurately cover the whole of the UK, but until now no-one has produced a salary survey specifically for the accountancy sectors in only Devon, Cornwall & Somerset.
Lloyd Barnes Accountancy Recruitment is one of the leading specialist accountancy recruitment firms in the South West and they undertook a 12 month campaign to ascertain the true level of salaries being offered throughout the region.
Managing Director, Mark Lloyd said ‘For many years nationwide accountancy salary surveys have proved...
A graphic design student says she’s “delighted” to have won a national award. Gemma Luxton, who studies in Nottingham Trent University’s School of Art & Design, won the New Designers Hallmark Award for her greetings card range. The 22-year-old was given £1,000 prize money and a work placement at the global greetings card company which sponsored the award. Gemma, originally from Devon, said: “I’m delighted to have been given this great opportunity to gain experience in the field of design that I am extremely passionate about.” Gemma says the concept behind her greetings card range was...
There aren’t many places that you can take the kids for free in the school holidays, but Newton Abbot races in Devon is a great exception with children under 16 admitted free of charge throughout the year. And there’s never been a better time to visit than next weekend (Sunday 21July) when the course will be hosting a new interactive ‘Kids love the Races’ roadshow designed to entertain and engage children in the sport.
Here, budding young jockeys can enjoy finding out more about the equine and human stars of the sport, design their own racing silks and take a look at some...
We know that office plants can improve air quality , but can it boost well-being and productivity too? A recent study suggests the answer is ‘Yes’.
Office plants can assist in boosting staff well-being by up to 47% according to workplace research carried out at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
Visitors to the Chelsea Flower Show were challenged to take part in the study which measured their creativity, happiness and productivity as they experienced a range of different workspace designs.
The study, designed by the Identity Realisation research group at the...
Astronomers from the University of Exeter using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope along with an international team of researchers have, for the first time, determined the true colour of a planet orbiting another star.
If seen up close this planet, known as HD 189733b, would be a deep cobalt blue, reminiscent of Earth’s colour as seen from space.
But that's where the similarities end. This deep blue dot is a huge gas giant orbiting very close to its host star. The planet's atmosphere is scorching with a temperature of over 1000 degrees Celsius, and it rains glass, sideways...
Approximately 2,000 properties in the Alphington (EX2) area of Exeter were thrown into darkness this evening after being affected by a power cut due to an unknown fault. After being plunged in and out of darkness, the power now appears to have returned.
Let us know if you were affected or have any further details.
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In the meantime, here is some useful advice from Western Power Distribution on what to do during a power cut...
Check to see if your neighbours are affected. If not, the problem could be with your fuses.
