RUBY Modern Diner on Exeter's Queen Street is celebrating having won a Taste of the West 2013 Gold award. These prestigious awards celebrate excellence among food retailers, producers and hospitality businesses across the South West.
RUBY has also been nominated in the Best Takeaway category at the Food & Drink Devon Awards . These awards celebrate the very best our county has to offer across food production, retail, hospitality and service.
Erin Allgrove, Joint Managing Director of Modern Diners Ltd said, “Its great to see the provenance and quality of our food...
Members of the Exeter Chiefs’ squad put their business brains to the test recently when they visited local drinks manufacturer Frobishers. The players were challenged to create a new juice drink and come up with a marketing strategy to present in a ‘Dragons' Den’ style pitch to senior members of the Frobishers team. The day was part of the RPA’s (Rugby Players’ Association) Player Development Programme which aims to individually assist players in their personal and professional development, helping them to identify a second career and providing them with skills for a smooth transition into...
A BBC documentary to be screened this autumn will give an eye-opening insight into what sexual health staff in Exeter deal with on a daily basis.
Staff from the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust are appearing in the second series of Unsafe Sex in the City, which starts tonight (Wednesday 2 October) at 9pm.
The fly-on-the-wall documentary follows doctors, nurses and other staff from the GU medicine and sexual health clinic in Sidwell Street and focuses on how they are tackling sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young people.
Oxjam Exeter has announced some of the venues that will together host up to 120 live music acts during the Oxjam Exeter Takeover weekend, taking place on 19 and 20 October 2013.
The Takeover weekend venues confirmed are The Cavern, The Phoenix (bar), Mama Stones, The Old Firehouse, The Revelry, Cellar Door, The Lemon Grove, The Angel and the Orchard at National Trust Killerton, where Takeover ticket holders will be able to attend their annual Apple and Cider weekend.
Oxjam Exeter is part of a national live music festival, taking place in up to 60 towns and cities across the...
Saks in Princesshay, one of Exeter’s favourite hair and beauty salons, has a brand new star. Adam Barkworth, who has been training with Saks since September 2012, has won the highly regarded title of Advanced Apprentice of the Year in the National Saks Education Awards 2013.
Adam achieved this fantastic award through in-depth research into styles and trends and drawing inspiration from the environment around him. By collating pictures, colour swatches and examples of make-up, fashions and hair styles, Adam was able to decide on his final look for the competition.
The first winners of a national monthly promotion being run by Scandinavian furniture brand, Ekornes Stressless, were an Exeter couple that were entered into the prize draw by Potburys of Sidmouth.
Each month Ekornes selects one lucky customer at random to win their choice of Stressless recliner and footstool.
The winners of the first monthly draw, Mr and Mrs Szpek, went to Potburys in April to find a nursing chair for their imminent first child. Mrs Szpeks’ father has had a Stressless chair for several years so Mrs Szpek thought a Stressless chair would make an ideal...
Exeter Labour Party's HQ at Clifton Hill was bustling with people from every continent at its 'Multicultural Lunch' with Ben Bradshaw on Saturday 28 September.
Ben, Labour Party members and councillors including Exeter City Council leader Cllr Pete Edwards, his deputy Cllr Rachel Sutton and Labour Group leader on Devon County Council, Cllr Richard Westlake, got a flavour of life as experienced by members of Exeter's varied and growing communities, as they answered questions on a wide range of issues.
A lively debate was followed by the sharing of food brought by the...
Less than two weeks after local charity See the Future had a collection pot stolen from a shop in Honiton, Devon’s social media users have come to the aid of the charity and helped it win a charity donation from the Exeter Cleaning Company.
Exeter Cleaning regularly runs competitions and giveaways on their Facebook account at http://www.facebook.com/exetercleaning and has a tradition of ensuring that local charities benefit as well. Their latest giveaway was a £100 donation for a local charity.
Online supporters of See the Future, which funds research into conditions...
Exeter-based renewable technology specialist Fair Energy has partnered with the world’s largest wood heating manufacturer to offer homes and businesses across the region a wider choice of renewable energy solutions.
On 1 September, Fair Energy announced its partnership with world leading Austrian manufacturer, Fröling, launching a new comprehensive range of biomass solutions for domestic and commercial customers backed by quality design and technical support.
The new range of pellet, chip and log boilers will make renewable heat technologies more accessible to a wider...
