Organic veg box company Riverford has won Rising Star of the Year Award at a national awards ceremony recognising excellence among employee owned businesses.
Judges at the Employee Ownership Association Awards praised the new culture of co-ownership across the Riverford business, which they said had helped it secure the win, and a successful first year under the new ownership model.
“The award celebrates a business that already, in its early life, has an effective employee ownership culture where its commitment to engaging its workforce is driving a strong financial...
A new partnership between the University of Exeter and Powderham Castle will help experts to continue to discover more about Devon’s most illustrious family.
Historians Professor James Clark and Professor Henry French are exploring the extraordinary archives at the ancestral home of the Earl of Devon to discover more about the long history of the Courtenay family, the landmark castle and Devon and the West Country region as a whole. The work has led to new exhibitions, reinterpretation of the collections at Powderham, a new understanding of our most significant medieval kings, and...
An official opening of Exe Sailing Club’s new clubhouse extension took place on Friday 15 November, when guests, including those who donated or loaned money for the project, as well as the professional and volunteer workforces who made it happen, celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Since the current clubhouse was built in 1974, the number of members has doubled, and the range of sailing activities has diversified. The club offers a wide range of sailing events including racing, cruising, sail training, junior coaching and regular activities for disabled people through the...
From Giving Tuesday on December 3rd, a day when the public are encouraged to give to charities, Mecca Bingo clubs across the country will be launching Mecca Full House - a dedicated recreational zone exclusively for carers every Tuesday throughout the month. Working alongside Carers Trust, the Mecca Full House leisure zone will be available to all carers on Tuesday afternoons throughout December, giving them the opportunity to socialise with others within the caring community.
There are an estimated 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK. Many are caring round the clock for a relative...
Hopeful business entrepreneurs are being given the chance to level up their skills thanks to Exeter College’s free qualification on creating a business start-up.
Any adult with an interest in developing their business skills or starting their own venture can attend free of charge, whether they are just curious about the subject area or already have some skills they want to develop.
This part time course, which will provide learners with a NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Creating a Business Start-Up, is designed for those who want to gain an understanding of how businesses are...
Stagecoach has announced that the head of its South West of England bus operations has moved on after a 20-year career with the company.
Stagecoach South West Managing Director Bob Dennison, who joined Britain's biggest bus operator in November 1999 as a shift fitter, stepped down last week.
Bob began his bus industry career in 1994 as an apprentice mechanic in New Zealand before starting work with Stagecoach in Hull.
In 2000, Bob achieved a place on Stagecoach’s Staff Development Programme, and subsequently moved to Cambridge as Engineering Supervisor.
Six talented trainees are continuing their career journeys, having successfully completed their training to become newly qualified solicitors at Devon-based law firm Stephens Scown LLP.
The group of newly qualified solicitors has joined a number of teams across the firm, having trained for two years. Each trainee has spent time with three teams during their traineeship, covering a wide range of civil law services.
Stephens Scown is committed to giving its people the opportunity to move between offices to follow their chosen career pathways. Jessica George trained...
Every Spring and Autumn Freemasons from all around Devon meet to support local organisations and charities who are require financial assistance, amongst those included are Schools, Youth Centres and locally based charities including Hospices, Hospital Services and Cancer Charities.
The money is raised through the “WAKE FUND” a trust conceived by Right Worshipful Brother William Alexander Kneel, the Provincial Grand Master of Devonshire from 1970 to 1984, the late owner of Kneels laundry & dry cleaners (Now Johnsons). Since the idea was initiated the fund has grown through the...
Stagecoach South West have released their Christmas and New Year bus schedule detailing services over the holiday season.
To coincide with the start of late night shopping in Exeter, Stagecoach South West will be offering a '5 for a fiver' ticket, allowing five people to enjoy return travel on the Honiton Road Park and Ride for just £5 on Thursdays. Services will run from Exeter city centre to the Park and Ride until midnight, enabling people to make the most of the festive fun on offer in the city centre.
Services are set to finish slightly earlier on Christmas Eve, in...
Some of the latest innovations to help people live independently in their own homes will be showcased at a special event in Exeter this week (w/c 25 November).
Devon County Council and its NHS partners, in partnership with HFT (a national charity supporting adults with learning disabilities), is inviting people to the “Smarthouse” event in Exeter tomorrow (Tuesday 26 November), Wednesday 27 November and Thursday 28 November.
The Smarthouse is an interactive flat which uses technology that can provide care and support to enable people to live safely at home.
