Princesshay has introduced Braille menus into its restaurants and cafes to show support for Princesshay’s new charity of the year for 2013, WESC Foundation: The specialist centre for visual impairment.
The new initiative aims to help Princesshay restaurants alleviate the issues faced by blind or partially sighted people when choosing what to order.
WESC Foundation, located on Topsham Road provides specialist care, education and therapy to children and young people with visual impairment and complex needs. More than 100 children and young people attend WESC daily, weekly or...
The Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education has responded to the news that one of its catering suppliers, Sodexo, has found traces of horse meat in one of its frozen beef products, by saying: "Of the 80 products recalled as a precaution by Sodexo, the Deaf Academy only uses four, and we have immediately removed them from our kitchens.
"The Academy is committed to the highest standards of health and safety for our students and we were awarded the best possible food hygiene rating by Exeter City Council last year. The majority of our food is cooked on site, from scratch, using fresh...
Gregory Distribution (Holdings) Ltd, the parent company of Gregory Distribution Ltd, has purchased Philson Haulage Ltd from its owners, Phil and Sonia Dickinson for an undisclosed sum.
Philson Haulage is a southern-based transport and distribution business with a turnover of around £7 million and employs 56 people at its base in Chichester. It was founded in 1995 by Phil and Sonia and has successfully developed a strong reputation for service and reliability within the fresh produce distribution sector during the past 17 years.
As we are always striving to bring you only the best star teachers and DJs here at Bar V, we are proud to announce our forthcoming STAR: ♥♥♥ MIGUEL MONTEIRO ♥♥♥
Originally from Portugal, Miguel grew up in Lisbon where he started to develop an interest for Afro Cuban style dance. At the age of 13 he found his talent and started taking his hobby more seriously. He started by learning contemporary jazz, Latin rhythm and Salsa and later moved onto more sensual styles such as Kizomba.
Miguel teaches various styles over the world, including LA Cross Body on 1, New York Mambo on 2...
On the evening of Saturday 23 March a group of daring individuals will be walking through their fears in aid of Children’s Hospice South West when they take on the hottest and shortest of sponsored walks - Firewalk! The charity will be turning up the heat on Teignmouth Beach at 8pm though firewalkers are asked to sign-in from 6.15pm.
To find out more or to register to take part visit www.chsw.org.uk/firewalk or call Marina on 01271 325270
To give people the opportunity to find out more about taking part in an Overseas Challenge the events team from Little Bridge House, Fremington is holding an information evening on Thursday 28 February from 5pm at Strada in Princesshay, Exeter.
If you’ve ever wanted to trek, climb or cycle for charity or you just want to experience the adventure of a lifetime, Children’s Hospice South West could have the perfect opportunity. Come along on Thursday evening to find out more, or further information call Marina on 01271 325270.
Exeter-based Girling Jones (Recruitment Company) is the latest business to register a team of 6 employees to take part in a 200 mile cycle challenge for Children's Hospice South West.
Ride for Precious Lives takes place over three days in June and is the charity's leading cycling challenge for 2013. For more details of the event and how to register visit www.chsw.org.uk/rfpl .
Devon writer Kate Vane's crime novel Recognition has been published on Amazon Kindle.
Kate, who works in Exeter, has previously written TV drama and short fiction. This is her first novel.
Recognition features a trauma counsellor, Nat Keane, who is asked to work with the family of a murder victim. However, she has history with them – she was a police officer on the original investigation who became over-involved with the family.
Nat soon learns that the guilt of the convicted man is being called into question. As she is drawn into the family’s secrets, she is...
Although the UK lost its highly coveted AAA rating over the weekend, the UK equity shrugged off the news this morning very quickly.
At 12.30 the stock market was up 36 points at 6371 with miners and banks leading the way. Antofagasta was up 3.5 per cent and Kazakhmys and Anglo American were not far behind. In the banking sector Royal Bank of Scotland continued its strong run of late up 3 per cent, as was Barclays.
Sterling against the dollar was virtually unchanged and although gilt prices were down a touch the rating downgrade had been expected and caused very little worry...
South Devon based experts in tourism, hospitality and marketing have signed up to offer a FREE speed mentoring service in English Tourism Week in 2013.
The Speed Mentoring event forms part of the English Riviera Tourism and Business Conference at Torquay’s Riviera International Conference Centre on 21st March 2013 being organised by the English Riviera Tourism Company.
The mentoring team will be giving bite size chunks of information about hot topics, delivered on a one to one basis, to tourism businesses who just want to pick up new tips or ask a few critical questions....
