Cannings H2O based in Exeter, Devon are celebrating after collecting two Silver and a Bronze Award at the prestigious British Pool & Hot Tub Awards, hosted by BISHTA and SPATA, held on Tuesday 30th January, at the Ricoh Arena, in Coventry. The British and Irish Spa and Hot Tub Association (BISHTA) and the Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Association (SPATA) are the relevant bodies upholding standards within the Wet Leisure Industry. Rebranded in 2015, the first BISHTA awards were won in 2008, while the first SPATA awards were won in 1978. These well-established awards are the UK’s...
SIDMOUTH-based family Holiday Park, Oakdown, has kicked off 2018 with yet more incredible award success, by winning the prestigious gold award for Best Holiday Park in the South West.
The award was presented to the Oakdown team at the South West Tourism Awards ceremony at the Riviera Centre in Torquay last night.
‘Winning the Visit Devon award last year was just brilliant for us, but now to be awarded the gold at a regional level, really is the icing on the cake,’ said Alastair Franks, owner of Oakdown.
‘The team works incredibly hard to provide our visitors with...
Members of Heavenly Devon Hotels and Restaurants walked away with top awards at the 2017/18 South West Tourism Excellence Awards on Thursday night (Feb 1st).
Following 2017's record-breaking year, entries are now open for the prestigious Food & Drink Devon Awards 2018. These gold standard awards celebrate the very best Devon has to offer by recognising the county’s most respected, influential and passionate artisan food and drink producers and establishments.
The awards, currently in their eighth year, continue to grow with 2017 recording the highest number of entries to date as well as boasting a glittering sell out awards evening. Last year the judges tasted over 250 of the finest products and visited nearly 100 establishments...
The Exeter and Heart of Devon (EHOD) Shared Economic Strategy, which defines the joint growth ambitions of four local authorities and their collective aims to increase competitiveness and improve productivity in the area, has won the ‘Most Innovative Strategy’ award from the Institute of Economic Development (IED). The 2017-20 strategy, launched last year after 12 months of planning, brought together representatives from East Devon, Exeter City, Mid Devon and Teignbridge councils. Each local authority has subsequently taken ownership of one of four common economic initiatives: business...
Students and staff have been recognised for their outstanding achievements at the fourth University of Exeter Medical School’s annual Prizes and Awards ceremonyl.
Some of the brightest and best students from the Medicine, Medical Sciences and Medical Imaging programmes were honoured with top accolades across a range of categories at an evening event at the Eden Project. They were recognised for academic achievement, commitment, and impact on their communities.
The awards also recognise inspirational staff, with students nominating teachers who have gone above and beyond to...
Every class at Stoke Hill Junior School worked hard and had fun learning about road safety during this year’s Road Safety Week campaign (November 20-26, 2017).
Their challenge was to think about how to make the roads around their school safer, and to create a poster promoting road safety.
The national awareness week is the flagship event of Brake, the road safety charity, and has been running for 20 years. The theme, Speed Down Save Lives, was chosen because speeding remains a huge problem in the UK; the risk of injury increases massively with impact speed, and speeding is...
Oakdown Caravan and Camping Park, based on the East Devon coast, is celebrating after winning gold in the ‘Holiday Park of the Year’ category in the Visit Devon Tourism Awards.
The awards, which are now in their eighth year, celebrate the best of Devon Tourism.
And the announcement comes at the end of a very busy period for Oakdown, which has this year seen the introduction of shepherd’s huts and premier pods, a brand-new reception area and a redesigned coffee shop and restaurant.
Alastair Franks, whose family have owned Oakdown since the 1970s, said: ‘To win gold...
Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum has won Gold in the 2017 Devon Tourism Awards for Large Attraction. RAMM also scooped a Silver award for Access and Inclusivity and Bronze award for Artistic, Cultural and Learning Attraction.
The award ceremony was held in Plymouth Guildhall and hosted by travel commentator Simon Calder and special guest, Polar Explorer Anne Daniels. 76 awards were presented to winners from 25 categories, including recognition for restaurants, hotels, attractions, guided tours, holiday parks and many more.
Award winners from this year’s Devon Cycle Challenge have celebrated their achievements at a special presentation at County Hall.
It is the third year that Devon County Council has run the Cycle Challenge as part of Cycle September, and in that time more than 900 new riders have been encouraged to take up cycling by signing up to the scheme. In total, over 2.3 million miles have been clocked up in the past three years. The Cycle Challenge is a friendly competition among workplaces and individuals in an effort to get as many people cycling in Devon as possible. Almost 130...
