Devon Air Ambulance Trading Company Limited has been rated ‘Outstanding’ following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in June this year.
The CQC is the independent regulator of health and social care in England, ensuring safe, effective, compassionate, high quality care services to patients. By monitoring, inspecting and regulating services across all healthcare organisations, the CQC ensures organisations like Devon Air Ambulance meet the fundamental standards of quality and safety.
In 2019, the operational part of Devon Air Ambulance, the Devon Air...
The Devon-based leasing broker were crowned winners during last week’s awards ceremony.
On a day of celebrations which were streamed live from Media City, Manchester and hosted by Channel 5’s news presenter Dan Walker, their success was not limited to just the automotive industry.
Carparison also ranked as the 17th best company to work for within the South West across all industries and finished 34th out of the top 100 across the UK.
The Best Companies surveys are an invaluable barometer to measure staff engagement with the whole team quizzed on topics such as...
The only tech business support programme for the whole of the South West of England is launching for its second year, after helping companies secure £1m.
Tech South West StartUp Studio 2021 saw the likes of Paranimo, Eate, Groundwaves, Milbotix and a clutch of other early stage pre-seed companies go on to raise £1m of grants and investment since completing the programme - with some still actively fund-raising; seeking another £1m!
Now StartUp Studio is back and open to new entrants. Companies must have been trading for less than two years to qualify.
Police investigating a road traffic collision in Alphington, Exeter, involving a car and a pedestrian, are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
Officers were called to reports of a road traffic collision involving a grey Ford Focus and a female pedestrian in Church Road, Alphington, at around 8.45am on Friday 26 August.
As a result of the collision, the pedestrian, a woman in her 60s, sustained life changing injuries and was taken to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
There’s just over a month left to apply for free trees from Devon County Council.
Devon County Council is offering free packs of trees to landowners and communities within Devon, thanks to the Emergency Tree Fund granted by The Woodland Trust.
Each pack will contain 45 trees, comprising three types of native broadleaved tree commonly found throughout the county.
A total of 3,150 trees were planted by landowners across Devon who took part in the scheme last year, which also supported The Queen’s Green Canopy initiative as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee...
Barchester’s Cumberland Grange care home in Exeter invited the local community and their pooches into their home to celebrate National Dog Day on August 25th, without a doubt one of the best days of the year!
Residents and staff put together Doggy Party Bags which included a variety of yummy treats and tennis balls, and the Chef made some delicious cakes and biscuits for the humans. Everyone sat together in the garden having a wonderful time. Lots of cuddles were had and lots of treats were given to the lucky pooches.
General Manager Julie said: “We reached out to our...
Construction of the new Cranbrook town centre is due to start on Tuesday 30th August.
The consortium of developers, Henry Davidson, Hallam Land Management, Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon will start work on a supermarket, high street shops with homes above, a town square and a children’s day nursery.
This major milestone will ultimately provide a town centre that will serve the population of up to 20,000 people and other communities nearby. Completion for the supermarket and children’s day nursery is due next year and high street shops with apartments above are due to be...
InExeter are pleased to announce further Word Play event dates.
Word Play was launched in July and following its success five extra dates have been confirmed for 2022. It is a free, family friendly event for children celebrating storytelling and the beauty of the written word and is held at Positive Light Projects on Sidwell Street.
Ann Hunter, InExeter BID Manager comments, ‘I am really pleased that InExeter are continuing Word Play. The focus is simply to inspire young people to engage with reading and writing through a range of free fun and creative workshops and...
On the 8th August, Buy Rope donated a full day of profits to a Devon based charity called Hector’s House Cat Rescue to celebrate International Cat Day.
Hector’s House is a cat rescue centre, committed to rescuing, neutering and rehabilitating abandoned and stray tom cats. Hector’s House is formed of volunteers who have experience working with cat rescues but have a passion for the strays. They ensure all cats receive a health check, neuter and further treatment if necessary at local veterinary practices. This is all funded through charitable donations.
Stagecoach South West Managing Director Mike Watson has confirmed plans to stand down in January 2023 after 11 years in various roles across the wider group.
Mike (48), who has more than 25 years’ experience in the bus sector with several major public transport companies, was appointed to lead the south-west business on an interim basis in December 2019. He was confirmed as Managing Director in February 2020 just before the start of the pandemic.
During his time as Managing Director, Mike has been responsible for a team of over 1,000 employees, with over 300 vehicles...
