Molly Walkers, a resident at RMBI Care Co. Home Cadogan Court, in Exeter, has recently celebrated her 102nd birthday. To mark the special event, Molly was presented with birthday cards and flowers from family and friends, and the Home’s staff decorated her room for the occasion.
Molly was born on 24 July 1920 and has lived in Devon all her life. Although she spent her early years in Dawlish, she lived in her house in Exeter for 80 years before moving to Cadogan Court. She was married to Dudley, known to many as Lee, and had two children: a son and a daughter. Molly worked at the...
With the summer holidays in full swing, Devon-based Gone Wild Festival with Bear Grylls ’ has partnered with the UK’s number one cereal bar brand, Nature Valley , to encourage families across the country to get out more, enjoy nature, and feel ‘rewilded’.
Held at Powderham Castle from 25th to 28th August 2022 , Nature Valley Gone Wild Festival with Bear Grylls is an action-packed family friendly festival for adults and children aged 6-18 years. As well as a wide range of exhilarating outdoor experiences including obstacle courses and circus shows, this year’s musical line-up...
According to a recent report by Construction Skills Network (CSN), the construction industry will need over a quarter of a million extra workers by 2026 to meet growing demands in the UK sector ( CITB ). With many workers ending their careers in the UK due to Brexit and some companies downsizing throughout the pandemic, many construction businesses are facing a lack of skilled workers in the industry. And as demand soars, the most affected sectors are likely to be private housing, infrastructure, and repair and maintenance.
If you’re hoping to expand your company and bridge the...
In a bid to strengthen the South West’s circular economy and to tackle throwaway culture, a leading waste management and recycling company has invested £290,000 in machinery and facilities at its specialist plastics reprocessing centre.
DCW, the Zero to Landfill firm based in Exeter, has introduced a new 10,000ltr fountain blender, an extruder machine and a mezzanine to its Marsh Barton plastics recycling and reprocessing plant, DCW Polymers. Together, the machinery will increase production of DCW’s recycled plastic furniture range by 400% and create eight new jobs.
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...
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...
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...
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 (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.
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...
