A hotel on the outskirts of Honiton announces the arrival of a new Managing Director and its plans for ongoing investment.
The Deer Park Country House Hotel has recently appointed Mark Godfrey, former Managing Director of Harbour Hotels Group, to take the helm of the 25-bedroom hotel.
Mark, whose career in the hospitality industry spans over 25 years, joins the hotel as Managing Director. He will head up the team at the Deer Park and be responsible for overseeing the senior management, the direction of the business and the many projects planned to improve the hotel and...
Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg is reinforcing his aim to make a real difference for policing in our rural areas. The Devon and Cornwall Force has a vision of being the ‘best rural, urban and coastal police service’ and the allocation of resources between these three areas has been long debated. Tony Hogg has always stressed that there will be no ‘poor relation’ in this respect and has quickly reassured those outside our major cities, towns and holidays destinations, that there will not be a perceived ‘favourite’ when it comes to allocating policing resources....
The Department of Education has formally approved the orders to allow the first schools to join the Diocese of Exeter’s new Multi Academy Trust.
The Trust, named St Christopher’s, has been set up by the diocese to enable it to support schools which are becoming academies.
The Diocese of Exeter has 130 church schools across Devon, which educate around 22,000 children aged 4-18. The vast majority of church schools in the diocese (85 per cent) are rated by Ofsted as good or outstanding.
The Trust’s mission statement says: “The St Christopher’s Multi Academy Trust will...
The 2012 Countryside Alliance Awards (aka the Rural Oscars) were presented to top rural businesses by the Secretary of State for Defra, Owen Paterson MP, at a ceremony at the Houses of Parliament on 13 March. The Awards are the Countryside Alliance’s annual celebration of rural produce, skills, enterprise and heritage through our small hard-working businesses. They are now in their eighth year and have become the definitive rural business award to win. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said: “Rural businesses are vital to the country’s economic recovery. The Government is right behind...
The biggest clinical commissioning group (CCG) in the country is celebrating after getting the ‘all clear’ to commission NHS services on behalf of the almost one million people in its area.
And the NHS body which officially authorised the group to carry out its statutory functions has done so without attaching any conditions – putting the CCG in the top 20 per cent in the country.
“Our GPs and staff have worked hard to produce clear and credible plans for the patients we serve,” said Rebecca Harriott, chief officer of Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG. “And, we are...
The Sunday Times Best Places to Live , published in The Sunday Times from Sunday 17 March 2013, will reveal the little Nirvanas dotted across the UK.
The comprehensive and up-to-date two-part guide will take a wide range of elements into account including transport links, quality of schools, natural beauty, low crime rate, property prices, cultural life and unemployment figures. Each area is also assessed on its own individual assets, whether it is a local festival, fascinating architecture or proximity to an airport.
The guide names the 12 most desirable locations in the...
The House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change today publishes its report ‘Ready for Ageing?’ which takes an unprecedented, comprehensive look at the implications of a rapidly ageing population for a wide range of public services.
In response to the report Baroness Greengross, Chief Executive of the International Longevity Centre UK ( ILC-UK ) said:
“Our society is in denial of the inevitability of ageing. We have put off the difficult decisions for far too long.
"The Public Service and Demographic Change Committee argues that there has been a...
In the last 12 months alone, businesses being incubated by a partnership of five UK universities have raised some £30m in investment.
The figures have been unveiled by SETsquared , a collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. The organisation partners in enterprise activities and collectively supports the growth and success of new business opportunities through its five incubation centres.
SETsquared’s Partnership Director, Graham Harrison, shared the partnership’s latest success figures with MP David Willetts as he visited...
Graham Brown has resigned his seat representing East Devon’s Feniton and Buckerell Ward with immediate effect following claims he made about the local planning system to undercover Daily Telegraph reporters.
Earlier today the council referred the matter to the police under the Bribery Act 2010 and its own policy on Fraud, Theft and Anti-Corruption, saying that the comments made by Mr Brown warranted independent examination by the police, who may choose to investigate further.
His resignation means there will be a by-election in the Ward, and the council will release more...
David Cameron has welcomed the election Jorge Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, as the new Pope, saying it is a "momentous day" for Catholics around the world.
Cardinal Bergoglio, who will be known as Pope Francis I, was elected pontiff on the fifth ballot today (Wednesday 13 March) following the papal conclave in Rome.
Addressing the crowds, the first non-European pontiff for more than a millenium said: "As you know, the duty of the conclave was to appoint a bishop of Rome. It seems to me that my brother cardinals have chosen one who is from far away, but here I am...
