A Devon based cider maker is celebrating its silver jubilee year in style after winning a national retailing award.
The Green Valley Cyder Barn and Ale House retail outlet based at Dart’s Farm at Topsham near Exeter has won the nationally recognized Drinks Retailing Award for Independent Cider Retailer of the Year 2014.
The Cyder Barn has grown from a small outdoor unit selling only cider pressed on site and made only from Devon apples to a large in-store retail outlet stocking 180 ciders and perrys from the UK and across Europe. It is now probably the largest retailer of...
NFU group secretary Shirley Smith has been recognised twice for her tireless work on behalf of the organisation’s members.
At the recent Devon annual open meeting Shirley, who works in Newton Abbot, was presented with the Salter Shield for her work on behalf of the county’s farmers.
Then at a national awards dinner she was honoured again with a ‘high achiever’ award which is given in recognition of outstanding achievement and excellence in membership retention and recruitment.
“It’s always difficult managing our time and it’s very much a team effort. Everyone in the...
Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park has been granted the overall winner of the Primary Times Reader Star Award and the winner for the Best Family Attraction in Devon for the third year running. Crealy Meadows Caravan & Camping Park also won the hotly-contested category of favourite Holiday Destination with its new glamping and camping site.
The hugely popular all weather family attraction won a large percentage of votes across a number of different categories demonstrating its versatility and ability to accommodate the needs of the local family market.
Forty young people from Devon have been honoured for achieving their Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award.
The young people have completed their Gold award and were presented with their awards by Deputy Lieutenant, Sir John Evans QPM DL LL.B at a ceremony at County Hall in Exeter.
The ceremony was attended by Helen Jenny MBE, Chair of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme in Devon, and Devon County Council's Head of Child and Adult Protection, Fiona Fitzpatrick
The DofE is a personal development programme undertaken as part of leisure time activities. It challenges young...
A budding Mathematician from the University of Exeter has been crowned the UK’s best and brightest student after winning a prestigious national competition.
Second-year student Emily Burton, 19, saw off competition from more than 4,000 students from 149 universities nationwide to win the National Student Challenge 2013.
Her prize for winning the coveted accolade is a paid internship with leading global engineering and technology services company, Siemens.
For the competition, Emily had to take part in a variety of practical tests which included individual and group...
Devon-based PR and marketing firm Astley Media has scooped a top accolade at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations PRide Awards in Bristol.
The agency, based at Northernhay Place in Exeter, won Gold for Best External Publication for its work alongside client Stagecoach South West.
The publication combines a timetable, map, social media links and discount vouchers to tourist attractions along the route of the rebranded Hop 12, which runs from Newton Abbot, through Torbay, to Brixham.
Targeting tourists, a partnership was forged with the English Riviera Tourism...
Well, Sandy Park - the South West's Premier Conference and Banqueting facility - has just landed yet another top accolade after it was crowned 'Rugby Venue of the Year' at the prestigious Rugby Expo Awards in London.
Home to the famous Exeter Chiefs , the popular, multi-million pound Devon venue beat off competition from across Europe, including the likes of Saracens and Clermont Auvergne to pick up the much coveted crown.
The Rugby Expo award is just the latest honour to be bestowed on Sandy Park, which as well as being named...
The University of Exeter Forum, designed by Buro Happold, won the Award for Education or Healthcare Structures at the Structural Awards 2013 The awards took place at The Brewery in London on Friday 15 November, recognising the finest achievements in structural engineering from around the world. The University of Exeter Forum Designed around the theme of assembly and open debate, the Forum is a central part of the University of Exeter’s campus. The Awards judges admired the use of “an elegantly expressed, sustainable and efficient timber gridshell roof,” noting that: “the simplicity of the...
An Exeter School teacher has been awarded the Lord Lieutenant’s Certificate for Meritorious Service.
Mathematics teacher and Combined Cadet Force Commander, Dr Geoff Chapman was presented with the certificate over half-term.
Headmaster Mr Griffin said he had increased the school’s large contingent through his inspirational and efficient approach each week, on summer camps and Easter Adventure Training.
“He has modernised the corps, developing its activities to include a tri-service entry cadre, new uniform and DoE awards and overseen three successful biennial...
Staff at the Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital have celebrated over 100 years of continuous long service.
Nine staff members, with 115 years of service at the hospital between them, were recently given awards by Hospital Director Paul Taylor.
The staff honoured were:
Ulrike Kroeger, Theatre Practitioner - 10 years Rebecca McDermott-Brown, Ward HCA - 10 years Colin Parnell, Health and Safety Coordinator - 10 years Andy Waterman, Hospital Porter - 10 years Lorraine Vaughan, Outpatients Staff Nurse - 10 years Jason Finney, Theatre Manager - 15 years Nicky Yukon, Theatre...
