The Exeter Chamber of Commerce held their monthly networking lunch at the Mercure Southgate Hotel, Southernhay on Wednesday this week.
The speaker at this event was Paul Thomas, Head of Trading Standards. Paul gave an update on trading standards delivery at a national, regional and local level with particular focus on how regulation can support the local economy rather than prove to be a burden on business.
Steve Barriball from Exeter CAB gave a short overview of the welfare reforms and how they impact on people in work. He also launched a new campaign to help employees...
BBC Radio Devon held a special birthday brunch at their Devon County Show marquee this morning as part of their year-long 30th birthday celebrations. Specially invited guests, including The Rt Revd Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter, enjoyed a brunch, while Mark Grinnell, Managing Editor of BBC Radio Devon, welcomed guests and spoke of the special relationship BBC Radio Devon has with the County Show. With a total of 31 live radio shows presented over the three days, there are plenty of opportunities for the public to see live radio in action. As ever, BBC Radio Devon will be broadcasting...
Leading food and drink organisation, Taste of the West, is promoting South West food and drink products to global markets as part of its new export sales and marketing service, Taste of the West International, taking advantage of the interest in all things British following the Olympics and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The new service is committed to selling quality Westcountry food and drink products across the world providing regional food and drink producers with an opportunity to boost sales.
Taste of the West Chief Executive, John Sheaves, explains, “440,000 jobs, or nearly half...
Visitors to Devon County Show today and tomorrow (17-18 May) can play their part in creating two brand new world records. And it's all down to the good old pub game of skittles. The records up for grabs are for the most skittles to be knocked down in eight hours, which will, be taking place today. And then tomorrow, there will be an attempt to create an unbeatable record for the most people to complete a skittles throw in eight hours. Guinness World Records suggest the number to beat is 200 people participating in one skittles turn (three balls per turn). And because skittles is associated...
May, love is in the air and brides are getting gorgeous for their upcoming wedding dates. Choosing the makeup and hairstyle for your wedding day is a huge dilemma for many brides. Here are some key factors to keep in mind before you beg your makeup-artist and hairstylist to transform you into Keira Knightly or Kate Winslet for a day you will never get back.
Remain true to what you normally look like, accentuated.
True beauty is unique to each and every one of us. Channeling a celebrity's identity is an insult to your own special kind of beauty. Allow the makeup-artist...
Families for Children (FFC) Patron Michael Caines MBE and his family officially celebrated and launched the ongoing partnership with Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park as they embark on a second year of fundraising and support. Following the generous donation of £7,500 worth of family passes to FFC adoptive families, Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park have enabled FFC to hold a number of respite days at the park for some of the charity's most 'in need' children and teenagers. In addition to providing a welcome break for their adoptive parents, these days enable the children to let off...
A small group of independent cafe owners around Devon have come together to look for the best scone in Devon. The idea came about after some conversations on Twitter about home made cakes and baking, and how small cafes and tea shops may promote themselves to visitors and locals alike.
There are four regional heats each being co-ordinated by a local cafe owner. The Exeter heat will be held on Saturday 25 May 2013, in the Exeter Guildhall Shopping Centre, starting at 10.30am, co-ordinated by Sue and John Taylor from Cafe at 36 in St Thomas, Exeter.
We'll be feeling the groove on Sunday when local singer Annika Skoogh and Steve Dow join us for our next live music gig in Cowick Street. What an ideal way to spend a couple of hours with friends and family on a Sunday morning, listening to some jazz, and enjoying one of our tasty cooked breakfasts, American pancakes and Origin Coffee. Free entry.
There's lots on offer to keep the whole family entertained this weekend:
THEATRE
The Matchmaker Friday & Saturday, 7.30pm, Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth Horace Vandergelder decides to take a wife. He employs a matchmaker, Dolly Levi, who subsequently becomes involved with his clerks and young and lovely ladies. Evening performances at 7.30pm Saturday Matinee at 2,30pm. Ticket Prices £10, £5 under 16s. www.manorpavilion.com
Babe the Sheep-Pig Saturday, 6pm, West Town Farm, Ide Illyria returns to the farm to perform Dick King-Smith's glorious, and most appropriate,...
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, is backing The National Autistic Society’s (NAS) new campaign aimed at improving support for adults with autism in Devon and across England.
One in every hundred adults has autism, meaning there are 300,000 adults in England with the disability.
Neil Parish’s endorsement of the ‘Push For Action’ campaign follows a recent NAS survey of 1100 people across England, which showed that many adults with the disability are missing out on the support they need:
36% of people with autism said they need help to wash and dress.
