Business owners and directors from 160 companies met at an historic West Country setting to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Exeter firm Sidaways Chartered Accountants.
The Chapter House at Exeter Cathedral was the historic venue for the celebration event, which was also helping to raise money for the company’s charity partner, Devon-based Farms for City Children.
Jeremy and Sarah Sidaway started the business, now based at Pynes Hill in Exeter, in 1990. Today, there are 10 employees and over 650 clients, across the South West and beyond.
The UK’s most enticing food and drink RoadShow is visiting Exeter next weekend as part of the 2015 Gastro Alfresco campaign!
The Gastro Alfresco summer RoadShow, along with nine of the country’s most beloved brands, is visiting Exeter Vale Tesco Extra on Saturday 27 June and Sainsbury's Exeter, Alphington Road on Sunday 28 June. on their crusade to bring the UK off their sofa and into the sun. With the longer and warmer days, Gastro Alfresco addresses a real need for a healthier and more relaxed way of life; life alfresco.
For almost two decades, Gastro Alfresco has been...
The current battle for the leadership of the Labour Party is in full swing with televised show downs between the candidates hitting the airwaves. A new edition of ‘A History of the British Labour Party’ by a historian at the University of Exeter has recently been published. The book brings up to date analysis of the party, examining both Gordon Brown's period in office and the Labour Party under the leadership of Ed Miliband. Professor Andrew Thorpe's study has been the leading single-volume text on the Labour Party since its first edition in 1997 and has now been thoroughly revised...
Bluebird Care, an award winning at-home care provider in Exeter and East Devon have announced the launch of a new Community Grant scheme.
The is the first time the local care provider has offered the grant and William Flint, Director of Bluebird Care Exeter and East Devon, said: “Bluebird Care are passionate about making a positive difference to people’s live, be that of our customers, our staff or by supporting local community projects.
"Our grant scheme aims to provide local community and volunteer groups with much needed funds to enable them to continue to perform the...
Cygnet’s annual Summer School is an exciting week for anyone over 18yrs wishing to perfect their acting skills.
Working with Alistair Ganley (Cygnet’s Artistic Director) and other key staff, participants will explore voice, movement and improvisation as well as a variety of dynamic approaches to acting and character development.
The week will conclude with an informal showing of work in progress to an invited audience of friends and family and tutors.
This course is ideal for actors of all levels: from potential drama school entrants to seasoned actors and for...
Blue Fizz Events are holding a ‘Strawberries & Cream’ Wedding Fair at the Deer Park Country House Hotel, Honiton, on Wednesday 1st July, 6pm-8.30pm.
The Strawberries & Cream Wedding Fair is all about giving brides fabulous summer wedding inspiration, perfect for the bride & groom looking for a quintessentially English wedding style.
The evening will be full of music and entertainment, with over 25 fabulous wedding exhibitors brimming with new ideas to excite the imagination.
The Deer Park Country House Hotel is one of our favourite wedding venues and...
On 25th June 2015, 825 Lush shops across the world will kick off a two week campaign for general acceptance and equality of LGBT Rights across the world as human rights.
Shops will be asking their customers “What if your love was illegal?” and encouraging them to post selfies with the campaign’s fundraising product - a gold soap scented with Lush’s Love fragrance - telling the world why they think #GayIsOK.
By purchasing the aptly named Love soap (£4.00 for a 120g bar), you are supporting grassroots LGBT groups fighting daily for equality all over the world. The #GayIsOK...
The inaugural Wonder Fields Festival will be coming to fields in Devon from July 17th-19th 2015.
The festival is taking place at Great Fulford, Dunsford near Exeter, but this is no Glastonbury Festival! Hosting just 500 fun-loving folk from across the South-West and beyond, Wonder Fields aims to bring the spirit of imagination, fun and of course wonder, to the countryside, with the event featuring 60 music acts, a children’s area, spa, crafts and wild food foraging amongst many other activities.
Multi-genre music includes acts such as Bristol-based heavy weights Dub Mafia,...
To mark this year’s Deafblind Awareness Week, Roger Mulholland a young deafblind man is leading a sensory walk around the quay and river in Exeter on Tuesday 23 June.
Roger who is deaf and registered blind, is a regular volunteer at Café 55 a unique café in central Exeter staffed by disabled people and run by national deafblind charity Sense.
The 28-year-old from Tiverton who received the Duke of Edinburg Gold Award in 2012 and was named ‘Deafblind Person of the Year’ in 2011 was born deafblind. He has also learning difficulties and a heart condition and communicates using...
