Alongside a flurry of new business wins, RAW has been shortlisted for two categories in the inaugural TheBusinessDesk.com South West Business Masters Awards. This leading food, drink and lifestyle PR agency is amongst the select few in the ‘Hospitality & Leisure’ and ‘Creative & Media’ categories.
The shortlist announcement comes hot on the heels of RAW winning a number of high profile new business accounts. During the summer months, The Watercress Company, Royal Warrant holder DukesHill, leading online organic grocery retailer Eversfield Organic and the Millbrook Inn in...
As the winter months loom on the horizon, many people in Devon are concerned about how they will meet their energy bills as the cost of living crisis continues to bite.
Citizens Advice is launching a new campaign to encourage take-up of the Energy Relief Scheme, which can provide up to £100 towards meeting energy bills for those struggling to pay their supplier.
Citizens Advice Exeter Chief Executive, Sue Julyan, said: “Last year, local Citizens Advice offices across Devon helped thousands of people with emergency funds through the fuel voucher scheme, and this year, the...
A weekend bursting with fresh seasonal flavours, culinary inspiration and family fun is in store for food lovers at RHS Garden Rosemoor this October.
Sponsored by Atkins Ferrie Wealth Management, Festival of Flavours celebrates the bounty of autumn and Rosemoor’s Heritage Devon apple harvest with cookery demos, expert talks and garden tours, and an artisan food and craft market. There will also be live music and campfire cooking to get visitors into the festival mood.
Watch live cookery demonstrations and learn how to cook with foraged ingredients, make sourdough or press...
The school summer holidays have been a washout in Devon with bad weather contributing to a reported 20% downturn in tourist numbers but, for one Devon business, all this rain has resulted in a bumper apple harvest.
Barny Butterfield, Chief Cidermaker at award-winning Sandford Orchards comments: “A late cool spring followed by a flaming June was the perfect start to the apple growing season. The wet July filled the water table as the fruit swelled and the late sun at the end of August and early September has put us on track for big sweet juicy apples, and lots of them! We are...
Continuing a year of celebrations to mark Exeter’s new Heritage Harbour status, two large-scale traditional sailing vessels will be mooring at Exeter Quay for the first time in many years. This weekend will see the arrival of both the sailing barge ‘Snark’ on Saturday (23 September) and historic fishing smack ‘Britannia’ on Sunday (24 September). To mark their arrival, the Exeter Canal and Quay Trust have organised a packed programme of family-friendly events over both days. ‘Snark’ is a modern version of a traditional coastal sailing barge that was featured in the Dunkirk sequence of...
More than 140 properties are thought to have been flooded across Devon during Sunday’s flash floods.
The initial estimate has been gathered by the Environment Agency, Devon County Council’s Flood Risk Management team and local city and district council officers as part of the flood recovery operation.
Officers have been on the ground visiting the worst affected areas to investigate the extent of the damage caused by the torrential rainfall. City and district authority “street scene” teams have also been clearing debris from affected areas.
Due to the weather forecast for torrential rain and high winds this weekend, event organisers have reluctantly decided that it’s not safe for the event to go ahead as planned on Sunday 17th September.
The event will now take place on Saturday 7th October.
Canine event specialist A Doggy Day Out will bring the immensely popular Big Bark to Exeter Racecourse for the very first time this on Saturday 7th October (previously planned for 17th September). The day is crammed with ‘wag-tastic’ doggy activities, many hosted by canine experts like Lucy Heath.
Since 2018, two wildlife refuges have protected water birds on the Exe Estuary. Exmouth Local Nature Reserve’s wildlife refuge operates from 15 September to 31 December every year, while Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve wildlife refuge operates year round.
As Exmouth’s wildlife refuge is due to start again this month, people are asked to avoid entering both refuges at this crucial time of year when thousands of birds start their annual migration to feast on the rich food provided by the Exe. Both wildlife refuges are marked by yellow buoys.
Exeter business Woman Sonya Ellis has created a safe space for the community, particularly women at her Craft Hub on Sidwell Street.
Exeter Craft Hub opened in 2019 and has become a welcome safe spot for the local community and shoppers. As well as offering a retail outlet for local crafters and suppliers, the hub also offers an inclusive creative space for the community to come together and enjoy craft workshops and to make connections.
The shop even includes its own therapy pet. Orsa, a qualified NHS therapy dog is important to regular visitors such as families of...
East Devon’s MP Simon Jupp visited Exeter City Football Club’s Cliff Hill Training Ground to tour their new multi-million-pound building.
Visiting the club’s training ground on Sidmouth Road, Simon Jupp MP had the opportunity to look at the new two-storey building, which includes a fitness suite, briefing rooms, physiotherapy facilities, and office space. Construction cost in excess of £3 million and a fundraising campaign to ‘Kit Out The Cliff’ raised £63,000 to equip the new building.
With the project completed during the 20thanniversary year of the club’s purchase by...
