At the end of March 2013, the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW) will move its operation from Haldon Forest Park to the Innovation Centre on the University of Exeter campus.
It's definitely all about the girls this week as some of the best female minds in Devon's business community gathered for a special award ceremony at Exeter's Golf and Country Club.
The event, organised by Womens Development Unlimited (WDU), celebrates the achievements and advancements of businesses in Devon specifically run or owned by women.
All the candidates are on the Fast Track 4 Growth programme run by the WDU which is a highly subsidised programme of skills training, mentoring, coaching and action learning. It provides specialist women to women advice and aims to...
As the horror story of so many processed beef dishes containing a high percentage of horse meat continues, there has never been a better time to vow to only eat meat which you know the provenance of. Buy local, from a producer such as Moostone Meats in Wembury (Devon), and not only can you be fully confident in the fact that it is 100% beef, you will also enjoy some of the best meat available to you.
Producer Moostone Meats prides itself on the quality, traceability and known provenance of the meat sold. The Ruby Red beef and home bred lamb, which they sell on-site at their farm...
The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) held its annual conference at the Rougemont Thistle Hotel in Exeter. The CPD event, which was co-ordinated by Glen King PR, sponsored by WSP and supported by Parsons Brinckerhoff, attracted 75 delegates from the industry.
In the evening, 150 construction industry guests from across the South West region attended the black-tie dinner and enjoyed a three-course meal. Professional raconteur David Gunson gave a humorous after-dinner talk and £1,135 was raised for the CIHT dedicated charities.
Why not try home and garden maintenance company with a difference? Project Petrock is a social enterprise set up by Exeter-based charity, St Petrock’s, with the aim of helping people who are or have been homeless into work or training.
Project Petrock aims to help people by providing volunteering in ‘real work’ situations. Volunteers gain on-the-job training from an experienced builder while making meaningful use of their time and gaining a current volunteering record. Since March this year, of the 18 volunteers joining the project, two have gone into employment and three into...
Individuals, businesses, schools, clubs and organisations in Exeter are being asked to show their support for patients and their families affected by the devastation of a brain tumour diagnosis, by buying and wearing a bandana on 1 March.
The date marks the first ‘Bandanas for Brain Tumours Day’ organised by two leading brain tumour charities, South West based Hammer Out which runs a brain tumour support group in Exeter and The Brain Tumour Charity.
The two charities are launching this major new awareness and fundraising day to help promote the Brain Tumour Awareness Month...
Workers at Barratt in Exeter have been showing support for the city’s homeless by donating the proceeds of an annual raffle to Shilhay Community.
The charity works as a not-for-profit organisation, supporting people who are homeless and vulnerably housed in Exeter, East and Mid Devon. It also acts as a key partner in the Devon & Cornwall Rough Sleepers Partnership, which provides an emergency helpline for the general public to call if they see someone sleeping rough.
Money raised by the raffle will go towards a housing project that aims to add extra units to the 70-plus...
The heat will be turned up on curry chefs in Exeter and Teignbridge this week in an attempt to find out who can rustle up the best balti.
Ten of Exeter and Teignbridge's finest curry chefs will be putting their best dishes to the test on Wednesday (20 February) at @34 Restaurant, Exeter College. At stake will be the prestigious title of Exeter & Teignbridge Curry Chef of the Year 2013. This year for the first time, Exeter City Council has joined forces with Teignbridge District Council to combine the event.
Contestants have two hours to prepare and serve a curry, a...
A Devon secondary that has cut its energy use in half has been named the top Green school in Europe.
Okehampton College has won the prestigious Zayed Future Energy Prize and been awarded $100,000 to spend on renewable energy.
Since 2009, the college has cut its gas and electricity use in half, saving £60,000 a year in energy bills and reducing its CO2 emissions by more than 50 per cent.
That has been achieved by installing solar panels to produce Green electricity, changing 3,000 lights to low energy and introducing hi-tech measuring and management systems to track...
The NHS in Devon has been nominated for a prestigious award for its efforts to promote the importance of getting vaccinated against flu to healthcare staff.
Public health bosses at NHS Devon developed an e-card that encourages healthcare staff to get protected against flu.
It has been shortlisted for a national NHS Employers’ flu fighter award and the local NHS will find out if it has been successful on 27 February at an awards ceremony in Leeds.
The e-card was sent to staff by email and the message was spread further on Facebook and Twitter – reaching NHS staff as...
