Are you the owner of a restaurant or pub in the South West? Maybe you run a café or tea room or perhaps you have a desirable farm shop or delicatessen? Whatever your line of business, if it’s in the food and drink industry, don’t miss out, enter Taste of the West’s ‘Hospitality & Retail Awards’ now. To ensure everyone has time to be included in these highly regarded awards, the deadline has been extended to Monday 17 June 2013.
Taste of the West is renowned for recognising excellence and dedication throughout the food and drink industry. In addition to the aforementioned awards...
Devon County Council’s Adult and Community Learning Service has been praised by independent education inspectors for the quality of the teaching and support it offers its learners.
Ofsted say outcomes for learners using the service are good, with rising success rates on courses leading to accreditation and higher level qualifications, as well as those designed to develop people’s personal and social skills, with “many learners making substantial gains in their confidence and self-esteem” say inspectors.
Their report, published this week, highlights the quality of the...
The performance of Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer and the Devon and Cornwall force is scrutinised in the first of a series of publicly viewable one-to-one meetings with Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg.
The PCC holds the Chief Constable to account for the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan. The correct mechanism to achieve this in a structured, comprehensive and transparent way is being developed, and part of this includes regular meetings that will be viewable by the public in full.
The first part of the June interview covers four main areas:
The Woodland Trust is concerned almost 84,000 ancient, veteran or notable trees are in danger from a multitude of pests and diseases, including 7,000 treasured ash trees which could be at risk from ash dieback. More than 115,000 trees, some of which have survived for more than 1,000 years, are registered on the charity’s Ancient Tree Hunt website and the majority of these could face direct threats from pests and diseases.
Ancient trees are the natural equivalent of listed buildings; they’ve stood for hundreds of years and witnessed historic events while watching silently in the...
The first day of the Exeter Respect Festival 2013 has been hailed as a resounding success as a record number of people - approximately 13,500 in total so far according to Cllr Ian Martin, one of the Festival organising committee - flooded through the gates of Belmont Park for Exeter's celebration of diversity. With the weather set to be fine again tomorrow (2 June) it is fairly safe to say that the Festival will smash last year's total visitor numbers of 20,000 over the two days.
The Festival continues to grow from strength to strength, attracting a cosmopolitan crowd from all...
Devon County Council has received £4.7 million of funding towards two vital road schemes which will help deliver economic growth and tackle congestion.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has today (Friday 31 May) announced the latest £165 million of Local Pinch Point funding, with Devon successfully bidding for £2.96 million towards the Crediton Link Road and £1.75 million for the Tithebarn Link Road which accesses the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point.
Final plans for the Crediton Link Road were approved by Devon County Council’s Cabinet earlier this week. The single...
Plans are being drawn up to regenerate the Axminster Carpets’ spinning mill at Buckfast, just weeks after it closed with the loss of more than 100 jobs.
The ambitious project has been undertaken by The Buckfast Abbey Trust which bought the 9.24 acre site from administrators at the end of March.
Consultants have been appointed to help develop the masterplan which will be discussed with local residents.
Although the area closest to the Abbey will be enhanced, it is envisaged that much of the large building erected in the late 1980’s will eventually be occupied by...
Andrew Stamp, the CEO of Exeter-based company Brain-In-Hand, will be one of the keynote speakers at The Autism Show later this month.
Mr Stamp will discuss 'the human side of assistive technology' at the prestigious event at ExCel in London. The Autism Show is a national event for autism dedicated to parents, carers and professionals.
Brain-in-Hand Ltd, which is located at Exeter University's Innovation Centre, has developed a personal technology system to assist people with Asperger’s Syndrome, high-functioning autism, acquired brain injury and a number of other conditions...
Consultation on proposals for part-night streetlighting in residential areas of Exeter is getting underway.
Devon County Council is inviting local county councillors, Exeter city councillors and the Police to provide their views in order to help shape plans ahead of wider consultation later this Summer. No recommendations are being made at this stage - stakeholders are being asked for their comments as a starting point in developing initial proposals.
As part of the County Council’s on-going programme to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs, street lights in some...
