The first quarter of 2016 has seen a boost of confidence within the jobs market in the South West with hiring intentions of +9% according to Manpower, the world’s workforce experts. This is a jump of seven percentage points from the last quarter.
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,102 UK employers. It asks whether employers intend to hire additional workers or reduce the size of their workforce in the coming quarter. It is the most comprehensive, forward-looking employment survey of its kind and is used as a key economic statistic by both the Bank...
As part of its Well Built Community Fund, RGB Building Supplies is calling out to groups that support those with disabilities to explain how £1,000 worth of building materials could help to complete a project.
Having pledged to giveaway £1,000 of materials every other month, RGB has recently supported a youth group, an animal welfare centre and a project to help the homeless.
Perhaps a group would like to create a sensory area, set up a social room, or develop an outdoor space for use by those they support? Whatever the reason, RGB would like to hear about it.
Local sportspeople, clubs and volunteers have been celebrating their success at Teignbridge Council’s annual Sports Personality of the Year Awards, which saw ultra runner Kevin Carr, crowned overall Teignbridge Sports Personality of the Year.
The popular gala awards ceremony was held on Friday 4 December at the Langstone Cliff Hotel in Dawlish Warren. Mr Carr also picked up a Special Award created in his name for his epic feat of becoming the fastest man to run 16,300 miles around the world.
Kevin ran more than a marathon a day every day for almost two years, crossing 26...
Police have confirmed that the body found in a vehicle near Fenny Bridges in East Devon on Wednesday 2nd December is that of 71-year old Hilda Mary Oakland.
Her family have supplied this image of Hilda.
Charles Robert Broom aged 66 years from Honiton has been charged with murder and is remanded in custody to appeared before Exeter Crown Court on Thursday 17th December.
United Airlines is to be the presenting sponsor for the ‘UK Challenge’, the leading corporate team building event in the UK organised by IMG, a global leader in sports, events, fashion and media.
‘UK Challenge Presented by United Airlines’ will take place at Dartmoor from 30th June to 3rd July 2016. The event, which has been creating powerful business benefits for a variety of companies for more than 25 years, challenges teams intellectually, strategically and physically with a number of missions to complete across three days and nights.
The directors of a long established family-run home care agency today spoke of their shock and anger after a former member of staff was found guilty of fraud.
Melanie Harris, from Fremington, was convicted of the crime when she appeared before Exeter Crown Court.
Harris, aged 44, spent thousands of pounds belonging to a vulnerable client to support her own lifestyle.
Emily Whittaker, a Director and Registered Care Manager of Cygnet Care (Devon) Limited, said she was horrified when the crime was uncovered.
She said: “We were devastated when the crime came to...
Coastal change will be the focus of the Devon Maritime Forum’s meeting this week.
Entitled 'Understanding, Managing and Coping with Coastal Change', the meeting at Langstone Cliff Hotel in Dawlish on Tuesday 8 December, will examine how and where our coast is changing, as well as assessing current predictions for future change.
Speakers from Plymouth University, the National Trust, and Environment Agency, all of whom work at the forefront of coastal change research, management, policy and planning, will address the issue, including flood and coastal risk management at...
2015 marks the 30th anniversary of music icon Shakin’ Stevens’ classic ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’, which topped the charts in 1985 and continues to re-chart globally each year.
To celebrate the occasion, and for a cause close to his heart, Shaky has re-recorded the hit adopting a Folk/Rock style, and renamed it as ‘Echoes Of Merry Christmas Everyone’, with the proceeds of sales for this year going to The Salvation Army. The song was officially released on 4th December via Right Track/Universal, also hints at the feel of his new album, due in 2016.
Thousands of Stagecoach South West bus passengers are set to benefit from easier journeys as the company launches a transformational new responsive website that will let customers check live running times for their services and buy travel straight from their Smartphone.
As part of a new online platform, Britain’s biggest bus operator has launched the UK’s first nationwide online bus planning service to help its 2million daily customers access journey and ticketing information more easily for Stagecoach services across the country. The new website is designed to make it as simple as...
Owners of small businesses across Exeter took to the streets in a specially-commissioned open top bus to spread their ‘shop local’ message to Christmas shoppers.
Stagecoach South West’s open top bus drove around the shopping areas on the outskirts of the city collecting owners of small businesses. They were taken to the Exeter Phoenix where they took part in a debate with MP Ben Bradshaw and city councillor Rosie Denham about the issues affecting them in Exeter.
The event was organised by the Exeter branch of the Federation of Small Businesses to mark Small Business...
