The annual Tech South West Awards have opened for entries as the prestigious event returns for a fourth year to celebrate the region’s tech sector.
Covering the whole of the South West from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset to Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, the awards showcase innovation across the region’s fastest growing sector.
Awards include Best StartUp, Women in Tech, MarineTech, Commitment to Diversity, Workplace Culture, AgriTech, Tech For Good, FinTech and Commitment to Talent.
The launch comes hot on the heels of the release of the SW...
This August, a group of world famous adventurers and explorers will make their way to Devon creating a once in a lifetime opportunity for kids and adults to see their heroes and hear all of their exciting tales in one place. Bear Grylls, known for his wild adventures, will be joined by expedition legends including Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Ed Stafford and Laura Bingham at Nature Valley Gone Wild Festival, and for the first time the festival is now offering day tickets.
Those living across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset will be delighted to hear that after many requests Nature Valley...
AN Exeter optometrist whose diagnosis saved a woman’s sight is raising awareness about the importance of eye tests.
Emily Beard, who works at the Specsavers Exeter store, assessed a 33-year-old woman whose sight was deteriorating.
As part of an extensive eye examination Emily used a hospital-grade optical coherence tomography (OCT) machine to look at the woman’s eyes and what she saw concerned her, so she urgently referred the woman to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
They immediately did an MRI scan and found a tumour pressing down on her optic nerves. The...
Re-flow's Co-Founder & Managing Director, Michael Saunders, has completed his 400-mile run to raise money for the prevention charity, PAPYRUS.
Over the past four weeks, Michael has run a 10-mile commute from his home in Cheriton Fitzpaine to the Re-flow offices in Exeter, Devon. Undertaking this distance twice a day, he’s completed just under a full marathon every weekday, for 4 weeks in a row. Overall, this has amounted to 400 miles and 40,000 feet of elevation – the equivalent of scaling Mount Everest one and a half times.
Family and friends of a young woman lost to a brain tumour have visited a research centre where scientists are searching for a cure for the disease which took her life.
Mum Paula D’Souza from Exeter and dad Michael Bullous of Teigngrace, Newton Abbot, were invited to the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the University of Plymouth on Wednesday (27 April) to place tiles on the Wall of Hope in memory of Emma Louise Bullous, who passed away in January 2021, aged 23.
Emma, who graduated from Birmingham University in 2019 with a BSc in Geology and Physical...
Outdoor heated pool and Pool House Restaurant & Bar to launch in May 2022
Firmly established as one of the finest country house hotels, this month, Lympstone Manor celebrates five years since launch, and is showing no signs of slowing down its evolution. Late Spring 2022 is set to bring the launch of the hotel’s highly anticipated outdoor swimming pool and neighbouring Pool House Restaurant & Bar, as well as the unveiling of the vineyard’s first wine, Triassic Pinot Noir, following the planting of 17,500 vines in 2018. The news follows swiftly after the hotel’s launch of six...
IKEA is bringing the bank holiday fun this weekend with in-store activities from Friday 29th April until Monday 2nd May for the whole family to enjoy. Customers with an IKEA Family membership will also receive £5 off purchases when spending £50, and £10 when spending £100¹.
IKEA stores in Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Milton Keynes and Reading are launching a number of free activities for the four-day extravaganza. Kids can let their imaginations run wild and get creative with face painting and balloon modelling, or experience the thrills from the marvellous magician. Or there’s the...
An incredible £11,469,389 of National Lottery funding went to projects in Exeter in 2020/21, according to new figures released today to mark the launch of this year’s National Lottery Awards.
A total of 106 National Lottery grants were allocated in this period, providing crucial support to arts, sports, heritage and community organisations in Exeter.
The National Lottery Awards are an annual celebration of the inspirational individuals and groups who do extraordinary things in their community with the help of National Lottery funding.
Leading film critic Mark Kermode and acclaimed filmmaker Carol Morley are the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum’s first patrons.
As part of the new role they will champion the collections of the museum and the opportunities they offer for anyone who loves film and the moving image.
Peter Jewell, who together with Bill Douglas built the collection that founded the museum, located at the University of Exeter, has also kindly agreed to become an honorary patron.
Mark Kermode is the best-known film critic in the UK. He is chief film critic for The Observer and co-presents...
