Okehampton-based wood fuel distributor Forest Fuels has been shortlisted for Small Business of the Year (fewer than 100 employees) in the national Business Green Leaders Awards.
Organised by Business Green Magazine – the UK's leading source of information for the green economy – the awards celebrate the industry’s most exciting and innovative achievements from the past 12 months.
Peter Solly, managing director of Forest Fuels, said: “The past year has been another exceptional year for Forest Fuels and launched a number new initiatives to make our customers’ lives easier....
An advance party of entrepreneurs from Portugal have visited Exeter to research opportunities to accelerate the growth of their companies in the UK in collaboration with Exeter Science Park.
At the same time, British businessman Piers Corfield from the Science Park based tech business Dashboard is in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, to establish new business links there.
The exchange has been organised through Exeter Science Park’s fast-growth business support partner Fabrica de Startups ( www.fabricadestartups.com ), in an initiative designed to build international...
South West 360 video production company Emotive 360 is offering businesses in Devon and Cornwall the exciting opportunity to win a bespoke promotional video using the latest immersive technology.
Entrants can simply register through Emotive 360’s website to be in the running for £1899 worth of immersive video production free of charge.
Unlike standard video, 360 video allows the viewer to fully control their viewpoint, simply by tilting or rotating their mobile as they watch, using their mouse on the computer to explore the virtual environment.
Wyevale Garden Centres is warning the gardeners of Britain to prepare for an increase of supersized slugs this spring, thanks to our unseasonably mild winter.
Due to a change in recent weather patterns and a lack of hard frost, our slug population is booming. Unlike snails, slugs are active above 5°c and Britain’s mild winter means they’ve been awake for a longer season than usual and therefore able to reproduce all winter – at a much faster rate than usual – the result of which is a population explosion. As these sleepless slugs are laying between 20 and 100 eggs a time, one cubic...
The 4Tunes are a group of 4 award winning singers, who have played almostevery lead in London’s glittering West End
The 4Tunes sing musical theatre classics from the likes of Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera to a modern day Rat Pack. From rock classics from Queen to the beautiful songs of Il Divo.
"It’s a very sore subject around here. There are raw wounds.”
It’s been 30 years since the Battle of the Beanfield – a brutal crackdown on the annual Stonehenge Free Festival. Called away from policing the miners’ strike, officers enforced an injunction around the ancient stones with bloody violence and mass arrests.
Armed with a camera, a map and home-made riot gear, Breach set out to mark the anniversary with a historical re-enactment.
Onstage, the same performers try to capture the 2015 Stonehenge summer solstice: there’s hot dog stands, Hare Krishnas and MDMA-...
Exeter's longest running and largest comedy club returns for the fourth show this spring. Showcasing seasoned and rising stars from the national comedy circuit. Tonight's line up (subject to possible amendment) includes Rob Deering and Matt Green
Price & booking Cabaret style at reserved tables. £13
A well-known nightmarish vision of the future: The Earth’s population reaches seven billion. Dwindling resources, mountains of toxic waste, hunger and climate change—the results of overpopulation? Who says that the world’s overpopulated? And who’s one too many?
After the box-office success of Plastic Planet, in Population Boom curious documentary filmmaker Werner Boote travels the globe and examines a stubborn view of the world that has existed for decades. But he sees a completely different question: Who or what is driving this...
Exeter Pride is a celebration of the LGBTQ+ communities and diversity within Exeter and the surrounding area. We are delighted that Exeter Pride is returning for its 8th year and this year will be bigger and brighter than ever before!
The parade starts at 12noon from St Sidwell’s Centre, Sidwell Street and will feature favourites and new acts for this year, such as; Street Heat, a fire engine, a pink double decker bus, circus performers and many more! We will of course, see the return of our infamous 50m rainbow flag. Gather from 11:30am at St Sidwell’s Centre to be a part of it...
Sidmouth Folk Festival headliner MARNIE comes to Barnfield Bar Presents with their acoustic rock, soul, funk and blues. Support from the sassy Aunt Fanny’s Handbag, sultry vocals, eclectic tunes with swagger and swing!
MARNIE Perform an infusion of Acoustic Roots Rock Soul Funk & Blues (Covers & Originals)
Marnie are a duo but call themseles a band by swapping instruments and operating foot pedals and gadgets to get a full-range sound. There is no backing tape, with an adept use of ‘live’ loops, the Marnie band bring another dimension to their raw, pure sound. With...
