From Sunday 2nd October 2022 Stagecoach South West introduce a number of seasonal changes to their network, which primarily affect people travelling in the Torbay area. The changes are designed to reflect the lower customer demand over the autumn and winter months, ensuring bus services remain commercially viable. The bus operator has designed the changes to offer a more sustainable bus network to attract greater passenger numbers over the long term. Focus remains on maintaining vital journeys and connections and to provide a network that best meets the changing needs of the communities...
Westcotts, a UK top 50 firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, has relocated its offices in Okehampton to new larger premises from today (Wednesday 21 September).
Formerly known as Thomas Westcott, the firm’s seven strong team (pictured) will be based at new premises on Cranmere Road, Exeter Road Business Park on the outskirts of the Devon market town.
The move to bigger, more open-plan facilities from its previous location on West Street was marked with a small celebration for the team led by the firm’s partner Sarah Watts who manages the Okehampton office...
TWO members of staff from a Devon-based family-run printed-packaging company recently volunteered to help serve free meals at a charity event for the homeless (September 2022).
Luke and Tristan Besley from Newton Print Ltd attended the event organised by the global charity Rapid Relief Team in support of the Shekinah Mission’s work with the vulnerable.
Tim Besley, Managing Director at Newton Print in Newton Abbot, which specialises in printed carton-board packaging for food and drink producers, said: “We are extremely proud of Luke and Tristan for taking time out of their...
Across Devon, National Trust places are full of warmth as the trees slowly turn to red, orange and gold, enjoy crisp walks with family and friends and steaming cups of hot chocolate. There’s lots on offer this season, from garden tours and fashion exhibitions to exploring history and showcasing nature.
What’s more, every time you experience a National Trust day out, you help care for these special places for future generations
A Devon man who spent a year on secondment from the Royal Air Force at Buckingham Palace as Assistant to the Master of the Household has described the Queen as a “quite remarkable woman” saying it was an “honour and a privilege” to have served her.
Sqn Ldr Adam Fox-Edwards, a former Tornado Fighter Pilot who now owns and runs Devon Hampers from Lifton in West Devon, had the specific task of organising the Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, and recalls how she had a “radiant smile that would light up a room”.
He said: “She had a lovely sense of humour and was very...
Long-standing independent Devon-based company Wistman’s Ltd., specialists in bespoke joinery and carpentry, celebrates its 25th business milestone with a re-brand and move from Dartmouth to larger premises at Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot.
Formerly known as Rendle & Elliott Carpentry & Joinery Ltd., the company was established in Dartmouth in 1997 by Adrian Rendle and Wayne Elliott. Today it is known as Wistman’s Ltd.,
working with both private customers and commercial clients across the South West and the UK. Wistman’s provides a completely personal...
The second half of 2022 is looking very busy and exciting for West Country comedy star and Plymouth Theatre Royal Panto Legend Andy Ford.
He is about to launch into the Autumn leg of his Back in the Saddle Live Comedy Tour around the South West, including shows in Plymouth on 18th September, Torpoint on 23rd September and his home city of Exeter on Sunday 2nd October.
Andy says, ‘ The spring leg of the tour was fantastic but coming down to Devon and Cornwall this Autumn is just such a pleasure and of course I’ll get chance to catch up with friends and family in the...
Ocean Film Festival World Tour splashes into the UK this autumn! September 2022 – February 2023
All aboard for mesmerising ocean adventure! The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is bringing a new collection of the world’s best ocean-themed films to venues around the UK this autumn.
From big wave surfing to tiger shark conservation, the Ocean Film Festival is a cinematic celebration of the planet’s oceans, with inspirational short films from above and beneath the waves.
“Dive into a night of wild seafaring voyages and astounding marine life – without getting your...
DEVON residents are being urged to crack a ‘near impossible’ riddle about the county to earn the coveted title of ‘Devon’s Best Riddle Code Breaker’.
Created by local riddle and code breaker enthusiast Nathan Timblin is a series of mind-boggling riddles that together reveal the location of a secret destination in Devon. The riddles were created by Nathan earlier this year to mark the 110thanniversary of the birth of the late Alan Turing (23 June 1912) this summer. Turing is a famous British mathematician, computer scientist and Nazi code breaker.
Pupils, parents and teachers at Avanti Hall in Exeter are celebrating a fantastic set of GCSE results. This is the first set of external results that the school has had following two years of disruption during the pandemic and initial figures show a huge transformation in GCSE outcomes for pupils since the Avanti Schools Trust took over the school in November 2019. Phil Arnold, Principal is delighted and says: “It has been astonishing to see so many of our pupils achieving grade 9s in many subjects. This year group has seen much disruption over the past few years and we have been so...
