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Clyst Honiton Tunnel will be closed for two weeks from Monday 11 to Sunday 24 September for a lighting upgrade.

Currently the tunnel uses 238, mostly 400watt, lights – they will be replaced with 94 263watt LED lights.

The new lights will enable Devon County Council to make large energy savings.

It is estimated that in just four years the cost of installation will be offset by the saving in energy costs.

The new lights will also improve the quality of light in the tunnel and reduce the need for future closures which can be caused by bulk lamp changes and...

TSB Exmouth is this week celebrating Mark Auton’s 30 year anniversary of working for TSB. Mark Auton started as a cashier and is now a local banker. Together, local Bank Manager Raj Panesar and his team have more than 136 years of banking experience between them. Mark Auton (pictured) Local Banker, TSB Exmouth on The Strand, says: “I joined TSB Bank on the youth training scheme many moons ago and I am really proud to still be here 30 years later serving customers in the local community.” Raj Panesar, Bank Manager, TSB Exmouth comments: “Mark is a familiar face within the local community...

Private sector employment in the South West grew at the fastest pace in over two years in August, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®).

The South West PMI recorded its highest reading in four months after climbing to 54.3 in August, up from 54.0 in July. The rate of expansion was also slightly faster than the UK average (54.0). A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity.

Data showed that business activity growth in August was underpinned by increased demand for goods and services, resulting in many firms expanding...

Work has been launched to connect the first 21 communities in Devon and Somerset to a new *ultrafast fibre broadband network that will deliver some of the fastest speeds in the UK. It’s a key milestone for the local government-led Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) broadband programme which has already provided the infrastructure to enable 282,000 homes and businesses to access superfast broadband, and overall more than 327,000 can now access improved broadband. New partner, Gigaclear, an award-winning supplier of full fibre broadband to rural locations, has launched pre-construction...