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Local holiday home owner and artist, Tina Stokes, is celebrating after picking up an award for her property in Devon.

Tina scooped silver in the Best in South West England category for her stunning waterside-facing property, Searles, in the heart of Lympstone.

Searles took home the trophy at the Sykes Gem Awards – a national travel awards programme run by leading UK holiday rental firm, Sykes Holiday Cottages.

Tina, who has lived in Lympstone for over 25 years after moving to study a degree in art, bought the property back in 2010 and has since undertaken major...

Councillors were assured last week (3 October) that work is continuing on delivering superfast broadband in Devon, despite Connecting Devon and Somerset’s (CDS) recent cancellation of contracts with broadband provider Gigaclear.

Councillor Rufus Gilbert, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for Economy and Skills, updated the authority’s Full Council about the on-going work of CDS.

CDS announced last month that it was ending Gigaclear’s five contracts to deliver full-fibre broadband in Devon and Somerset. CDS and the Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency were...

Traditionally, signs are made of plastic or metal, whether it’s a road sign, a billboard or even a sign for your business advertising what you’re all about. However, with the introduction of technology post-millennium, businesses have had the option of choosing digital signs. And today, we’re going to be looking at what exactly digital signs are and why businesses are leaning towards digital signs.

Firstly, what are digital signs? Well, you could interpret an LED-sign as a digital sign which has lights flashing in order to make it visible in the mid of night. However, another type...

The Cabinet Office-led Get Ready for Brexit public campaign is now in full swing. A recent Bank of England Agent’s survey has suggested that almost two thirds of businesses report being ‘as ready as they can be’ for a no deal Brexit.

What is unclear is whether smaller businesses are up to speed on the changes that may impact their individual enterprises and what resources are available right now to help them prepare. Small and micro enterprises make up almost 90% of East Devon’s business base and East Devon District Council is keen to ensure that they are as ready as they can be in...