Less than a year after launching, Devon-based independent online wine and spirit merchant, Wickhams has been included in the Decanter Retailer Awards 2021 shortlist, in not just one but two categories. Launched in November 2020, new start-up Wickhams is included in the fiercely contested ‘Newcomer of the Year’ and ‘England & Wales Specialist’ category shortlists. With a record number of entries, 2021 was the biggest year to date for the awards with the winners due to be announced on Wednesday 6th October.
The Decanter Retailer Awards offers wine drinkers in the UK an...
Willis Towers Watson, the global insurance broker, has selected Lightfoot’s trail-blazing in-cab driver coaching technology and rewards platform as a self-managed solution to help company car and van fleet clients enhance driver safety and reduce accidents on the road.
Selected as a Motor Risk Management Partner, Lightfoot will be made available to all Willis Towers Watson clients in the UK. That represents many hundreds of businesses that will have access to Lightfoot’s driver-focussed in-cab technology. Blending alerts that keep the driver in the sweet spot of their engine with...
Devon-based GripHero, the maker of the world’s only single-item release static-safe hand-protection dispenser, is drawing attention to the importance of protecting the health and wellbeing of EV customers who are prone to picking up contaminants and illness from recharging point handles.
The campaign follows research which reveals that charging points are teaming with germs that have been shown to be transferable to others seven times before leaving the skin.
While the world’s attention has focussed sharply on preventing the spread of Covid-19, other illnesses, contaminants...
Trading for less than 12 months and already taking Exeter by storm, the Easy Eats team is set to reopen their takeaway delivery service on Wednesday 15th September after a well-earned summer break.
Locals will be pleased to hear that Easy Eats will be resuming their tempting takeaway service 5 days a week, every week, Wednesday through to Sunday. Regulars and newbies of Easy Eats and their delicious dining can expect the return of their usual worldly cuisine all homemade with love and local produce, with the likes of sticky-sweet ribs, killer kebabs & curries, veggie &...
The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Best Published Novel, is Rachel Joyce for Miss Benson’s Beetle (Doubleday).
Miss Benson’s Beetle was selected by judges Jon Coates, Dwayne Fields and Pip Stewart, along with a reader’s vote equating to one seat on the judging panel. The six-strong shortlist from across the globe, comprised two fiction debuts alongside four well-established authors.
Niso Smith, founder, said: ‘ The novels competing this year have been a beacon in challenging...
An Olympic mother-and-daughter duo are inviting people from Devon to join a month-long charity challenge for runners of all abilities.
Diabetes UK’s Month of Miles is all about choice, as those taking part can choose when to start and how far to go. They have a month to complete their chosen distance, and all funds raised will go towards helping transform the lives of people living with diabetes across the UK.
Month of Miles has the support of Diabetes UK ambassadors Liz and Eilish McColgan , who have competed at Olympic Games more than 30 years apart. Mum Liz won 10,...
Pregnant women are being reassured by the NHS in Devon that having the COVID-19 vaccination is the best and safest way to protect them and their baby from the serious complications that can be caused by the virus.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 have a higher risk of intensive care admission than women of the same age who are not pregnant.
The risk of serious complications is low but a recent study of more than 340,000 births in England by the National Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Audit found:
Women who tested positive for COVID-19 around the time of birth
A team of cyclists will embark on their very own Tour de Devon this week to raise money for FORCE Cancer Charity.
John Heathershaw from Exeter (pictured second left above) set himself the challenge of a coast-to-coast ride to celebrate five years of being cancer clear.
The father-of-two was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma in September 2015 at the age of 39.
FORCE helped him through months of treatment and subsequent complications in his mental and physical health.
“I hadn’t ever really conceived of getting cancer,” John admits.
FORCE Cancer Charity and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital’s Radiotherapy Department have celebrated a milestone in the treatment of prostate cancer.
The hospital has treated its 1,000th patient with high dose-rate brachytherapy, using equipment bought by FORCE.
Bill Collings received his therapy at the RD&E’s Wonford unit.
The treatment is also known as HDR brachytherapy or temporary brachytherapy.
It is a type of internal radiotherapy that involves inserting thin tubes into the prostate gland.
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