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Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Exeter City Council has today announced it will be submitting an expression of interest (EOI) for the prestigious UK City of Culture title. 

The City of Culture bid follows the culmination of five months extensive engagement and consultation with artists, creatives, cultural organisations and residents to shape the council’s commissioned new five-year Cultural Strategy for Exeter.

This will set out a clear ambition to become a leading city of culture. The new Exeter Culture Strategy is ambitious and will be delivered in partnership with the city’s cultural organisations...

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Mechanic's Liens & Preliminary Notices – Tips & Tricks

Have you ever been around a construction site? If you have, then you must have heard people mention the term “notice” in several occasions for different reasons. The word “notice” is of 2 basic types in terms of construction notices. These are mechanic's liens and preliminary notices . It is very simple for a layman to get confused between the 2 types due to their similar sounding names.

When you talk about the Preliminary Notice, which is also known as Notice to Owner or Notice of Furnishing, it basically refers to a document that lets the recipient know who you actually are the...

Paul and Donna Berry of the award-winning Swan in Bampton.

Swan in Gastropub top 50 for 4th year running – this time at number 31

THE SWAN at Bampton is celebrating this week after being named for the fourth year running as one of the top 50 gastropubs in the country at an industry-wide awards ceremony in Kent recently (January 27, 2020).

The multi-award-winning pub polled in at number 31 in the 2020 ‘Estrella Damm’ Top 50 Gastropub Awards.

Chef-patron Paul Berry, who co-owns The Swan with his wife and fellow award-winning chef Donna, said: “We’re delighted to be number 31 in the new list, 31 out of so many good pubs in the country is amazing. The competition in the industry is tough, so to still be...

Back to the source in Exeter for Gusto Organic

Great Taste Award winning drinks producer Gusto Organic will be showcasing its range of adult focused premium soft drinks at The Source Trade Show on 5thFebruary 2020, the South West’s biggest trade show for the food & drink sector.

Founded by Craig Sams, (the entrepreneur behind Green & Blacks) and Will Fugard, CEO and alchemist in chief, Gusto Organic has harnessed both European and global markets with their organic, Fairtrade and refined sugar free soft drinks. Not only possessing a raft of Great Taste Awards, the Real Cola has been voted the No.1 Ethical Cola in the UK...

Guardian Homecare Carer, Lucy Chalk, who is irelatively new to the care industry having moved to the sector after spending 16 years working in childcare and nursery management.

New Year, new career? Chance to drop-in to find out more

DEVON residents whose New Year’s resolution is to find a new community-based vocation are being invited to consider a career in care by a leading care provider in the county (January 2020).

Guardian Homecare wants to hear from kind, honest and reliable people who are considering making a career for themselves in the care industry and would like to find out more.

Catherine Porter, Manager for the care provider, which operates in the Exeter area, explains: “The New Year is the opportune time for anyone wanting to make a career change to finally bite the bullet and do it. To...

How to Promote your Business using TikTok Advertising

TikTok is the latest platform to take Gen Z by storm, since its inception 3 years ago it has amassed over 300 million followers, which is on par with twitter. If you haven’t heard of TikTok, this is something that you need to change as it will give you direct access to the Gen Z market which is notoriously difficult to tap. Follow our steps to help you promote your business on TikTok.

Create a TikTok Ad Campaign

Your ad campaign on TikTok can be as large or as sm all as you want to make it. You have the opportunity to attract your niche, so make sure that your ad...

Airband celebrates 1000th customer on Devon national parks network

Connecting Devon and Somerset and Airband have announced the 1000th customer on Airband’s award-winning network across Exmoor and Dartmoor national parks.

Claire and Ed Hitch, who farm Devon Red Ruby pedigree beef cattle at their farm in Exmoor National Park, near Whatchet, are Airband’s 1000th customers on the moors. They have been gifted an impressive six months free internet service in honour of this milestone.

Claire Hitch said: “When we took over the farm in September this year, the previous tenants told us we should choose an Airband service, and we’re glad we did -...

BGF celebrates growth in its South West portfolio

BGF, the UK and Ireland’s most active investor in growing businesses, has experienced a year of growth across its South West portfolio in 2019, having invested £165m to date to support the region’s most ambitious entrepreneurs. This includes new investments in Equilaw and Off-Piste Wines.

With Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria high on the agenda, 2019 saw Exeter-based Lightfoot, the connected car technology company, endorsed by The University of Bath for its reduction of CO2, NOx and particulate emissions by 10-20%. Described as the ‘Fitbit for cars’ and backed by...

Midas team building new Deaf Academy go back to the classroom to learn sign language

They may have a huge array of qualifications between them in building trades and site management but the team behind the construction of a permanent new home for the New Deaf Academy are going back to school to learn a new skill – sign language.

People from Midas Construction jumped at the chance to learn more about Deaf Awareness, so they will be better able to communicate with Academy students and staff during the project.

It meant going back to the classroom to understand more about Deaf Awareness as well as learning commonly-used signs, words and phrases under the...

Malnutrition in Devon’s elderly can be prevented with carers’ help

CARERS working for a homecare provider in south Devon are helping prevent the county’s elderly from starving (December 2019).

Guardian Homecare says there is a common misconception that people naturally lose weight as they get older.

Catherine Porter, Manager for the care provider, which operates in the Exeter area, says: “Malnutrition is more likely to occur as a result of an illness, loneliness and loss of mobility. It can be exacerbated due to local shop closures, cuts to meals on wheels services or lunch clubs, as well as poor health, immobility and even bereavement....

Devon's winter teams prepared

Devon County Council’s winter service teams are prepared and ready if they are called into action over the Christmas holidays and throughout the rest of the winter season.

The authority has upgraded six gritters to replace older vehicles in its winter fleet of 37 frontline gritters.

So far this winter, around 3,000 tonnes of salt have been used on Devon’s roads. The Council starts the winter season with around 24,000 tonnes of salt in its depots.

Councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon County Council Cabinet Member for Highway Management, said: “Our gritter drivers have a...

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Exeter announces its bid to become the UK’s City of Culture in 2029

Mechanic's Liens & Preliminary Notices – Tips & Tricks

Swan in Gastropub top 50 for 4th year running – this time at number 31

Back to the source in Exeter for Gusto Organic

New Year, new career? Chance to drop-in to find out more

How to Promote your Business using TikTok Advertising

Airband celebrates 1000th customer on Devon national parks network

BGF celebrates growth in its South West portfolio

Midas team building new Deaf Academy go back to the classroom to learn sign language

Malnutrition in Devon’s elderly can be prevented with carers’ help

Devon's winter teams prepared

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