A team from Otter Garden Centres have been busy sprucing up a pair of flowers beds at Ottery St Mary Hospital.
The makeover was in response to a plea last year from hospital nurses asking Otter to help improve the flower beds for the benefit of both staff and patients. They had become neglected due to greater concerns about the fate of the hospital which was for some time under threat of closure; as a consequence, the flower beds were full of woody shrubs and brambles with no blooms to be seen.
Initially, all the woody shrubs and brambles were removed ready for planting up...
A long-established family business in Exeter has taken a bold step into the future by joining forces with the UK’s largest signs and graphics network. Earlier this year, following the retirement of the previous owners of Signs Express (Exeter), local brother-and-sister team Mike Back and Diane Moore, owners of KBS Signs, officially took the reins, completing the network’s first-ever franchise rebrand.
KBS Signs, a trusted name in the local signage industry since 1960, had been a proudly family-run business for over six decades. Now trading as Signs Express (Exeter), the company is...
A brand-new McDonald’s restaurant in Exeter opened on Wednesday 4th June.
Following significant investment from local Franchisee David Shawyer, the restaurant is open for dine-in, takeaway, Drive Thru, Click & Serve and McDelivery. Opening hours will be 6am – 11pm, seven days a week.
The new 104-seater restaurant has created around 132 new full and part-time jobs for the local community and features table service, self-ordering kiosks, a large outside patio area and a Drive Thru with Smart Digital Drive Thru menu boards.
The British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund is marking its 150th deal having driven almost £66m of investment into new and growing businesses across the region.
Launched in 2023, the £200m fund is increasing the supply and diversity of early-stage finance for smaller businesses across the whole of the South West, offering loans from £25,000 up to equity investment of £5m.
The British Business Bank is the UK’s government-backed development bank dedicated to making finance markets work better for smaller businesses.
The Four Seasons & The Lark Ascending performed by London Concertante
Internationally acclaimed chamber orchestra London Concertante will come to Exeter on Friday 27th June for a 7:30pm performance at the Cathedral .
Set amidst the gentle glow of candlelight, the programme celebrates some of the greatest works in the classical repertoire – from Mozart’s effervescent overture to The Marriage of Figaro to Vivaldi’s visionary Four Seasons . Rounding off the evening is Vaughan Williams’s exquisite The Lark Ascending , a piece adored for its soaring, lyrical solo violin...
Commercial solar panels, or photovoltaic (PV) systems, allow businesses to generate their own electricity directly from sunlight. Designed for higher capacity than residential panels, they cater to the substantial energy demands of factories, warehouses, offices, and commercial properties across the UK.
Installing commercial solar panels gives businesses a reliable and sustainable energy source, reducing dependency on traditional energy suppliers and insulating companies frouctuating energy prices.
Why Businesses Are Turning to Commercial Solar Panel Installation in the UK...
Over 160 producers, hospitality businesses, retailers, academics and food sector professionals from across the South West united last week for the inaugural Gather summit, a landmark one-day event spearheaded by Food Drink Devon in collaboration with the University of Exeter.
Held at The Forum, University of Exeter, on Wednesday 11th June, the summit delivered a powerful day of insight and inspiration for the region’s vibrant food and drink community. An impressive line-up of keynote speakers including David Edwards from the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, BBC Gardeners...
If you’ve undergone a medical procedure and it hasn’t quite gone to plan, then it’s easy (and natural) to feel shaken up about it. You’ve entrusted your body into the care of professionals, and that trust has been tarnished.
What matters is that you have a means to repair the damage, where possible, and that you’re able to seek the justice you deserve. But how do you do these things? Let’s take a look at how to get back on track after having suffered medical negligence.
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Numerous entrepreneurs often hesitate when considering adapting to refurbished tech. It is often associated with uncertainties regarding performance, dependency, and enduring viability, especially when the integral operations rely mainly on IT consistency.
A recent 2023 study conducted by Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP UK) highlighted that investing in refurbished electronics can abate the carbon emissions by up to 75%, projecting their growth role across sustainable business strategies. This strategic alignment meets the transition among UK businesses towards...
