This new exhibition will feature mixed craft work by ten makers who have won awards at the Contemporary Craft Festival, which celebrates its 10th birthday in Bovey Tracey this year.
The Devon Guild has asked the winning makers to create something new – launch a new product or show something that they wouldn’t necessarily show on the stand.
Ten out of Ten shows why they are leaders in their field and what it takes to make a winner. Exhibitors include Cleo Mussi, John Luff and Helaina Sharpley. (The Contemporary Craft Festival is held over the weekend of 7 - 9 June 2013.)...
Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, met with Dairy Crest and Dairy Crest Direct (DCD) at an event on 23 April in the House of Commons to launch the new milk price formula to parliamentarians. They were joined by David Heath MP, Minister for Agriculture. Mark Allen, Dairy Crest’s Chief Executive went along with David Herdman, the Chairman of DCD and Stephen Bradley, the consultant who was jointly commissioned by Dairy Crest and DCD to construct the formula, to explain how the ground-breaking formula works and answer any questions from MPs and peers. Speaking after the event, Mark...
Update 30 April: Found: Katherine Hooper has been found safe and well, says Devon and Cornwall Police. She was located in the Paignton area by a member of the public, who alerted police to her location. She was taken to hospital for a full check up. Devon & Cornwall Police thanks everyone for their interest.
Yesterday: Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare and whereabouts of a 24-year-old woman from the Paignton area. Katherine Hooper was reported missing from the Queen Elizabeth Drive area of the town between 9 and 11pm on Sunday 28 April 2013. House-to-...
The Exeter Chamber of Commerce’s April Networking lunch held on 17 April was a sell-out success. The theme of this lunch - ‘Exeter - the South West’s most sustainable city’ - brought together a huge variety of over 110 businesses.
The event included a panel consisting of John Rigby (Chairman of the Low Carbon Task Force), Adam Fox-Edwards (MD of the illustrious Arundell Arms and winner of the 2012 DEBI sustainable business award), Ewan McClymont, Director of Corporate Development for Bishop Fleming) and Keith Budden (Strategic Partnership Manager of E.On, a key supporter of the...
As part of its ongoing commitment to working with the local community Partners (staff) from John Lewis Exeter spent the weekend volunteering at this year’s Exeter Festival of South West Food. Working as ‘Festival Ambassadors’ over the three-day event, Partners from the shop fulfilled a variety of roles including site stewards, gate staff and hospitality.
From welcoming visitors as they entered the festival gates to serving drinks in the VIP lounge, Partners drew upon their expertise in customer service to ensure everyone had a brilliant day out. Thousands flocked to the festival...
John Lewis Exeter has announced the next three charities to receive support through its new Community Matters scheme.
Community Matters allows John Lewis customers to be directly involved in deciding how much each good cause receives, via a token voting system by the front entrance. At the end of each round of voting, John Lewis splits a £3,000 donation according to the proportion of the customer vote they received.
The organisations to receive support from John Lewis Exeter are SOCOPS, Nightstop Devon and ABF The Soldiers' Charity. Community Matters allows charities to...
The search is on to find the best design in Exeter.
People are being asked to nominate their favourite building, structure, piece of art, landscaping project or public realm improvements that has been completed during the past year.
Exeter City Council has launched the Browne Jacobson Exeter Design Award, which will be held once a year, to find the best design that 'Makes a positive contribution to the visual appearance of Exeter'. The award is being sponsored by law firm, Browne Jacobson.
Anyone can make a nomination and only a minimum of details will be required...
Bikeability cycle training in Devon has been given a glowing endorsement from parents whose children have taken part in the course.
A survey by Devon County Council and the Plymouth School Sports Partnership found that 95% of parents rated the cycle training in Devon highly or very highly.
The effect of providing Bikeability in Devon is also demonstrated by the fact that 64% of pupils who had completed the course would now ride their bikes three or more times a week.
Bikeability is a national initiative offering “cycling proficiency” for the 21st century which has...
Exeter Central Library will welcome local author and BBC reporter Simon Hall next week.
Simon has written several novels in which a Plymouth-based television reporter and detective work together to solve a series of extraordinary crimes.
He will be at the library on Tuesday 7 May at 7pm to discuss his new book ‘Shadows of Justice’ in which a television reporter is drawn into a case and forced to fight a desperate battle to stop ever more victims falling into the shadows of justice – himself and his friends amongst them.
