THE GO-TO nutrition partner for sports teams and athletes across the UK recently revealed how it worked with a Devon-based business to transform its packaging to be 100% kerbside recyclable (February 2023).

Fuel Hub, which provides high protein, macro-controlled meals, designed by nutritionists, worked with Newton Print in Newton Abbot to create bespoke, premium packaging that spoke ‘Athlete Approved Nutrition’ to their consumers.

Michelle Laithwaite, Co-Founder and CEO at Fuel Hub, said: “During our third year of trading, we wanted to take on a rebrand, a whole new...

Worried about your lonely aubergine shrivelling up this winter? Or are wilting salad leaves giving you the ick? Fruit and veg delivery company Oddbox has unveiled the world’s first vegetable dating service ‘Soilmates’. The tool aims to combat food waste by finding a recipe match for lonely or leftover vegetables. The site allows people to enter select vegetables sitting in their fridge drawers producing tasty, low-waste recipe suggestions which put them to good use. It’s like Tinder for vegetables, without the hassle of going on a date. New research from the brand found a fifth of Brits...

This week local bus operator Stagecoach South West are celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2023 by highlighting people across their business who have excelled through the company’s apprenticeship schemes.

Each year National Apprenticeship Week details the benefits that apprentices can bring to local communities, businesses, and the wider economy. With this year’s theme being ‘Skills for life’ it’s a great opportunity for people to consider the public transport sector as a career choice. Stagecoach has been at the forefront of championing apprentices in the workforce for many...

Europe Snacks, a leading European producer of savoury snacks for third party brands, announces the acquisition of 100% of Burts Snacks. This operation enables Europe Snacks to accelerate its growth in Europe’s largest snacking market.

Supported by Apax Partners, Europe Snacks entered the UK market with the acquisition of Kolak Snack Foods in 2016. The acquisition of Burts, which should be finalized in March 2023, represents a further step in expanding the group’s presence in the UK, with the product portfolio being highly complementary.

The combination of the two...

Would you like to get inspired and start planning for the 2023 growing season?

Have you got seeds to spare that are not past their use-by date that you can give away or swap for something else?

Don’t have seeds to swap but would really like to get some seeds and start your gardening journey?

Exeter Seed Swap 2023 is for everyone!

The event takes place on Sunday 26 February, 11am-3.30pm at Maketank, 3-5 Paris Street, Exeter EX1 2JB.

Organised by Exeter Seed Bank , the event will have plenty of seed swapping , displays, stalls, and hands on...

Famous engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel helped shape the South West, creating some of the region’s most iconic and enduring infrastructure. But what does the South West need in future to meet the unprecedented challenges posed by the nature and climate emergencies?

A new podcast series, Beyond Brunel , explores the role of infrastructure in the South West’s transition to net zero carbon by 2050 while also improving people’s lives, helping the region to become more productive and protecting nature and the environment.

Commissioned and devised by the South West...

Hundreds of thousands of trees will be planted in communities across England after two major funding schemes reopened for applications today.

Over £14m will be allocated to successful applicants across both funds, which will support tree planting efforts and contribute to Government commitments to treble tree-planting rates across England by the end of this Parliament, planting 30,000 hectares of trees across the UK per year to meet net zero ambitions.

Round 3 of the Local Authority Treescapes Fund (LATF) will see local authorities drive an increase in non-woodland tree...

Local policing teams in Devon are out and about meeting the public again this month.

There are plenty of opportunities to catch up with your local cops and raise any issues you may want to speak to them about. Regular drop-in advice sessions are held across the county each week and officers are keen to chat to local residents and get to know them better.

On Wed 8 February police from Exeter city local team will be at St Sidwell’s Centre in Sidwell Street, EX4 6NN from midday. They return on 15 and 22 Feb at the same location, same time.

On Thursday 9 Feb from...

South Devon’s Buckfast Abbey has announced that a brand-new, on-site pizzeria restaurant, San Benedetto’s, will soon open to the public on National Pizza Day, Thursday 9thFebruary.

With a tasty selection of quick and easy Italian meals on offer, both to eat-in and take-away, the new restaurant will provide Buckfast Abbey’s 250,000+ annual visitors, and the local Buckfastleigh community, with a wider choice of dining options to enjoy – right on the edge of Dartmoor National Park.

Featuring many Italian favourites, such as pizzas, cured meats and wild gelatos on the menu, the...

Could you star in the premiere of a new musical?

Unity Musicals bring the pilot performance of their new musical theatre production, "Little Ships" to the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter on the 2nd and 3rd of June 2023, and are seeking local theatre performers to join them for the production.

Set in 1940, Little Ships is about a West Country family at the start of World War II. The father who was brought up in England, is of mixed Irish and French parentage and joins the French army. He is part of the 1st Army that for a short time holds Lille enabling the British army to retreat...