Tristan joins family-run Devon printed packaging company

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Mon, 08/01/2022 - 2:53pm

TRISTAN Besley from Newton Abbot has joined a Devon-based family-run printed-packaging company as its Technical Sales Support (August 2022).

The 18-year-old has joined his family business Newton Print Ltd after completing his studies and will be assisting the sales team as well as creating the samples and designs customers’ request.

He said: “This is my first ever job after studying at OSG, Plymouth.

“As part of my role, I will be assisting the sales team with customer support, as well as creating the technical and structural designs for our packaging work. I am...

Cofton Holidays invests £80,000 in new Tree Top Adventure High Ropes Course

South Devon’s multi award-winning holiday park, Cofton Holidays, has invested £80,000 in a new high ropes and skywalks course to enhance its year-round family appeal.

Gold winner of the Holiday Park of the Year and Dog Friendly Business of the Year awards at the Visit Devon Awards 2021/22, Cofton has opened its Tree Top Adventure High Ropes Course for both day visitors and guests staying on site.

Located near Dawlish Warren, Cofton’s adrenalin-fuelled course features 16 different stations, each

elevated eight metres above the ground, high amongst the canopy of...

Ways to Get the Most From Your Warehouse

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Mon, 08/01/2022 - 8:28am

Whether it be a grocery warehouse or a distribution warehouse, there are many ways to use your warehouse space.

You can put extra on-site employees and increase sales; you can move some of the work in the back into a lighter manner so you can increase efficiency, and now you have an extra space to rent out.

Your Customer Needs

Matching your specs to customer needs can make all the difference in how your warehouse works.

For example, you may think that it is important to always have inventory on hand in large quantities, but what if some of your customers just...

Westlife The Wild Dreams Tour comes to Exeter cinemas

Authored by Liv Butler
Posted: Mon, 08/01/2022 - 6:31am

Pop icons Westlife have announced a huge cinema spectacular for Summer 2022, with their massive sold-out concert at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London being broadcast live via satellite into cinemas across the UK on Saturday 6th August.

The UK’s biggest-selling album group of the 21st century, Westlife will perform at the legendary stadium for the very first time in front of a sold out audience.

Promising to be an unforgettable night for fans, the band will perform their hits from their highly anticipated Wild Dreams tour, including Uptown Girl , Flying Without Wings...

Devon Air Ambulance celebrates 30 years of lifesaving service with family-friendly events

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 07/31/2022 - 9:33pm

Devon Air Ambulance (DAA) is proud to reach a huge milestone this Summer as 30 years of lifesaving service are to be celebrated at two family-friendly events, the first of which was held on July 10th at Bideford Rugby Football Club and the second will be held at Darts Farm near Topsham on Saturday 13 August.

This family day out marks 3 decades and over 30,000 missions bringing advanced, time-critical care to communities across Devon and is a perfect time for the charity not only to reflect on the past 30 years but also share what the future holds with everyone.

What is...

Say cheese! Exeter care home celebrates Cheese & Wine Day

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Cumberland Grange care home in Exeter had a fantastic time celebrating National c on July 25th, surely one of the best days of the year!

The activities team and Chefs, got together to source some local cheeses, as well as some more exotic ones, and paired them with all sorts of wines. The residents had great fun trying different styles of wine with the different cheeses along with relishes, chutneys, grapes, plus a range of breads, biscuits and crackers. There was a lot of debate over which flavour combination was best, it was very hard to...

Apprentices resurrecting traditional seaside entertainment to bring puppets, magic and song to Devon beaches

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sun, 07/31/2022 - 5:38pm

Seaside entertainment featuring puppets, magic and songs will return to Devon’s beaches, promenades and quaysides this summer thanks to apprenticeships helping to keep traditional performance forms alive and well through training emerging local artists.

Promenade shows with slapstick, songs and Punch and Judy have become increasingly rare as holiday habits change but that won’t be the case in the county as new trainees run free performances including puppetry, escapology, blade box routines and storytelling.

The training will ensure the skills involved in beach shows are...

Generous Devon shoppers thanked for food donations

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 07/30/2022 - 10:04pm

Tesco shoppers in Devon have been given a big thank-you after providing nearly 30,000 meals to support local food banks and frontline charities.

The 29,966 collected across the county between June 30 and July 2 was part of a total of 1.3 million meals donated by generous Tesco shoppers across the UK in large stores, with an additional 20 percent top-up added by Tesco.

The items of long-life food donated during the Tesco Food Collection have been shared with food banks in the Trussell Trust’s network, as well as frontline charities supplied with food by FareShare, to help...

A Sliding Doors Moment

Authored by SCOUT77
Posted: Sat, 07/30/2022 - 8:31pm

Dedicated to the man in his mid-fifties that hopped on the GWR train 24.7.22 in the afternoon that embarked around Truro and hopped off at Exeter. Wearing a black, long sleeved t-shirt, jeans, and brown shoes. Sitting in coach H seat 62 on the aisle.

Volunteers needed for Return Journey of the Chatty Bus

Authored by Sharon Goble
Posted: Sat, 07/30/2022 - 11:31am

A Devon health and wellbeing charity is seeking ‘chatty’ volunteers to come on board once a week to provide friendly conversation, information and support to local people on the number 57 bus between Exmouth and Exeter. The Chatty Bus, organised by Westbank Community Health and Care, relaunched on Thursday, 28th July as part of an initiative to reduce loneliness and social isolation.

Westbank’s Chatty Bus route initially began in November 2019 but was put on hold because of Covid restrictions. The route is being relaunched with new funding from Devon County Council’s Connecting...

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