Exeter Farmers’ Market has been given a silver award in this year’s South West Flavour Awards organised by Taste of the West.
The market, which is organised by Exeter City Council, takes place every Thursday at the junction of Fore Street and South Street and opens for business from 9am until 2pm. Produce offered for sale includes meat, poultry, fish, organic vegetables, bread, cheese and eggs.
The judges praised the excellent service offered by the stallholders and were impressed by the atmosphere at the market.
The managing director from one of the South West’s leading housebuilders says he’s pleased with the performance of the business and believes it’s firmly on track to meet end of year expectations.
Simon Perks, managing director for Exeter-based Persimmon Homes South West says the autumn selling season has seen visitor rates rise six per cent ahead of this time last year and weekly private sales rates rise four per cent.
Speaking as Persimmon plc releases its Interim Management Statement which covers the period from 1 July 2012 to 12 November 2012, Simon said: “House buyers...
Tomorrow, people across Devon and Cornwall will be choosing their first Police and crime commissioner (PCC). The role has been created to ensure the policing needs of your community are met as effectively as possible and to oversee how crime is tackled in your area.
The elections may well have been surrounded by a certain element of controversy, from whether the should be taking place in the first place to the lack of resources given to the candidates and even the amount of information supplied to the voters. However, vote you must or your voice will not be heard....
As I told you last time, I got a job in London. And so for the last week or so I have been hurriedly packing up my Devon life and saying my goodbyes.
Two things have struck me about the packing up side: firstly how much ‘stuff’ I have accumulated over the years; and then how the most unlikely material possession can prompt such vivid memories.
Given this move is all about a new start for me, I was keen to sort my belongings and clear out the rubbish so I could start afresh. It was this desire to clear out that led me to inadvertently dumping all my jeans and trousers in a...
After all the bad headlines concerning ash dieback, a Devon-based charity is now providing good news about a brighter future for our trees and woodlands.
Devon Wildlife Trust is planning to plant more than 1,000 throughout Exeter in its ‘The Big Tree Plant’ initiative which aims to attract more attractive green spaces for the city’s people and wildlife.
The charity will be working with community groups including more than 500 local school children to plant native trees which include rowan, oak, hazel, alder and hawthorn, along with fruit trees including cherry and...
A very special event at The Guildhall on Thursday 15th November 2012 will honour the members of 307 (Polish) Squadron RAF who protected the skies over Exeter during the Second World War.
Michael Parrott, who is a 'Friend of Higher Cemetery', was researching the history of the Cemetery's two chapels when he was shown a wooden memorial to a 307 Pilot tucked away on the wall of an unused corner of one of the chapels.
He managed to obtain a translation of the memorial dedicated to Kazimierz Jaworksi and this led to further research on the night fighter squadron that...
The two winners of this year’s Face of Princesshay competition have been announced after a glamorous finale evening at Exeter’s Thistle hotel.
Lucy Nicholson and Ashley Knight made it to the very end of the contest, which started in Princesshay in September with hundreds of entrants, and were awarded the coveted titles in front of a packed room of guests on Saturday night, including the Deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Percy Prowse, on Saturday night.
Lucy is studying for a BTEC in Beauty and Ashley works at Princesshay’s Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge...
Commuters in the South West spend the equivalent of five working weeks travelling to and from work every year, according to a TUC survey released today.
TUC analysis of figures from the Labour Force Survey, which compares pre-recession commute times (2006) with the most recent available figures (2012), shows men in the region spend an average of 53.4 minutes a day commuting (an increase of 1.6% over six years), while women spend an average of 41.2 minutes (an increase of 0.4%). This works out at 4.45 hours a week, or 195.8 hours a year – the equivalent of five working weeks....
Some people in Exeter who are currently exempt from paying council tax will probably have to pay a small monthly charge next year.
The government has decided to abolish the council tax benefit scheme that supports residents on a low income to pay their council tax bill.
Instead, the responsibility for providing that support will transfer to local councils beginning next April. The cut in government funding means Exeter will need to save over £1 million in the first year alone.
Everyone, apart from pensioners (who are protected by law), will have to pay something...
A Bristol-based sealant specialist has employed a new contracts manager to lead the company’s expansion in the South West of England, which will include a new office in Exeter.
Joe Prowse, who is originally from Torquay, has been taken on by S&D Sealants, who specialise in the supply and fit of sealants and mastics to the construction trade across England, Scotland and Wales.
Mr Prowse has over 15 years’ experience in the mastics industry and will be responsible for building recognition of the S&D brand and winning new clients for the company. He...
