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A local family-run garden centre business is being forced to giveaway £100,000 worth of Garden Plants for FREE this weekend as they cannot recruit enough nursery staff to look after the plants if returned to their nurseries for the winter.

Team leader Matt Pollard explains “In any usual year we would return these plants to our nursery to cut them back and grow them on for future years. This year it is simply not an option as like many businesses in our sector and the region we can’t find enough staff to work at our nurseries. It is a constant battle to recruit skilled staff in...

Festival-goers dodged the showers to attend Exeter’s first ever Guildfest rooftop market festival.

The free two-day event, which took over the top two floors of the Guildhall Shopping Centre Car Park, saw dozens of local food and drink brands, craft stalls, workshops and family entertainment.

The area, which has amazing far-reaching views across the city to Haldon and beyond, underwent a colourful transformation for the festival.

And although the weather didn’t co-operate, organisers say they were pleased with the event.

Nikki Fairclough, customer experience...

Global lifestyle brand Ted Baker will open its first stand-alone store in Devon at Princesshay, Exeter.

The store will offer Ted Baker’s mainline menswear, womenswear and accessories collections, along with personal shopping appointments. To celebrate opening day, the first 50 customers will be offered a goody bag, with three of those containing a £50 voucher to spend in-store. All customers spending over £100 on full price product at the new store between the 11th – 18th August will receive a 20% discount.

Michelle Menezes, Princesshay Centre Manager, says, “We’re...

Exeter Airport has seen a 58% increase (July- August 2021*) in passengers being tested by GPDQ for Covid compared to June- July 2021.

With an average of 3,500 passengers travelling through Exeter Airport each week over the summer, pre-flight testing in the airport is proving a good option for passengers looking for a quick, easy and safe test.

Travellers at Exeter Airport can book a test with confidence with GPDQ, a government listed testing provider which has treated over two million patients through covid. Partnering with business consultants, Lion & Gazelle, Covid...