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Cornish Bakery to open in Exeter

Cornish Bakery, the independent, founder-driven company first started in Mevagissey, Cornwall, has announced that it will be coming to Exeter.

The beautiful, design-led new bakery is set to open in style on Monday 17thNovember. The company already successfully operates bakeries nearby in Sidmouth, Totnes and Taunton.

Located in a corner unit at 38 High Street, what was previously a Mountain Warehouse shop will be transformed into a stunning welcoming space for up to 46 visitors to gather and relax whilst enjoying the bakery’s range of exceptional food and drink....

Moortec's expansion continues with new UK headquarters in Plymouth

Moortec, specialists in the design of in-chip monitors, has based its new UK headquarters at Plymouth Science Park.

The move will see the creation of several new jobs at the site, building on the existing team of experienced designers and engineers. Moortec’s move confirms PSP as the largest science and technology centre in the south west.

The company provides monitors and sensors that are found within today’s cutting-edge silicon chips, helping to increase their reliability and performance.

Moortec’s design work can be found in range of applications ranging from...

Devon’s Good Game Set to Expand After Securing £80k Investment Deal

Authored by HarryWild
Posted: Tue, 10/10/2017 - 11:59am

Award-winning charcuterie company, Good Game, has been awarded £40k of EU funding, matched by a further £40k investment of their own as part of a growth strategy.

To support the company’s ambition to increase production by 300%, the Topsham based manufacturer has completed its custom-built premises at Darts Business Park. Compared to their previous warehouse in Clyst Vale, the new spacious location will allow Good Game to hang meat, develop new products, package products and create additional office space.

Best known for producing naturally dried game and cured meats made...

Eden Motor Group goes the extra mile for Macmillan Cancer Support

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/10/2017 - 11:43am

Local Vauxhall retailer, Eden Motor Group, recently brewed up a massive £15,200 for Macmillan Cancer Support after taking part in the ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’. Eden Motor Group, with dealerships in Exeter, Honiton, Newton Abbot and Torquay, served up slices of cake and numerous cuppas on 29th September in order to raise much needed funds for the charity. What’s more, a group of brave men from the Eden dealership in Exeter were also stripped bare for the cause after having their legs waxed, and a senior member of the Eden management team also took part in an exercise bike marathon...

Breastfeeding celebration at RAMM

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 10/10/2017 - 10:28am

Breastfeeding mothers converged on Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) on Thursday (5 October) to see the winning painting in the BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition (4 October to 3 December) and celebrate breastfeeding.

The world’s most prestigious portrait painting competition came to Exeter straight from the National Portrait Gallery, London. This year’s winner, ‘Breech!’ by Benjamin Sullivan shows the artist’s wife, Virginia, nursing their baby daughter, Edith. Mother and child are locked together in an intimate nursing scene. To celebrate its message of normal...

Aquamarine Holds Harvest Festival for St Petrock's and Exeter Foodbank

Exeter-based media agency, Aquamarine Media, is holding a Harvest Festival at the Generator, to raise food donations and money for local charities, Exeter Foodbank and St Petrock’s.

The Harvest Festival is ongoing throughout October and a harvest basket is being filled with tins of food by local business people and Aquamarine team members at their Generator office at Exeter Quay.

The Bing accredited media agency that offers services in PPC (pay-per-click advertising), Content, and Social media, is also holding a ‘Bake-off’ style bake sale at 1pm on the 27th October at the...

Gro donate swaddles to Exeter hospital

The iconic Exeter based nursery brand, the Gro Company is delighted to announce that it will be donating 1,000 of its latest product, the Hip-healthy Groswaddle, to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

The arrangement, which has now officially begun, aims to support every baby born from now to December to have a healthy start in life.

A truly lovely gift from the UK’s most trusted sleep experts, the Hip-healthy Groswaddle will ensure parents can safely swaddle and soothe their newborns and have confidence in their swaddling technique. Thanks to its intuitive design the...

Devon Council Leader welcomes £50 million pylon investment in Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/10/2017 - 7:54am

With only two months to go before the completion of a £50 million project to refurbish over 300 pylons spanning 100 km between Cornwall and Devon, the leader of Devon County Council visited one of the most complex locations for equipment replacement – Trago Mills, near Exeter.

Councillor John Hart learned first-hand about the purpose of the works and technology that National Grid is deploying on the project. Innovations include Sky Safe where safety cables and machinery are suspended between pylons to avoid disruption caused by scaffolding.

National Grid Project Manager...

South West growth momentum slows in September

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/10/2017 - 7:46am

The private sector in the South West lost growth momentum in September, with business activity and new orders increasing at the slowest rates in three months, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®).

The South West PMI recorded 52.9 in September, down from 54.3 in August. The rate of expansion was weaker than the UK average. A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity.

Data showed that, despite September’s slowdown in growth, South West firms continued to take on extra staff.

The weak pound and salary increases...

Prestigious national appointment for Exeter lawyer

Penny Scott, partner at Cartridges Law, has been appointed as Chair of The Law Society’s Family Law Committee.

Penny, who has served on the committee for five years, took up the position this month. The committee is made up of specialist family law solicitors from throughout England and Wales who advise The Law Society on family law policy and development.

She said: ‘It really is a great honour to chair this committee. As well as generally reviewing and ensuring high standards of practice in family law we undertake specific projects - such as examining how how family law...

Devon receives national investment to help older people get active in nature

Devon’s Local Nature Partnership has been awarded £500,000 of National Lottery funding from Sport England to deliver a new and exciting five year programme that will support older people in Devon and Torbay to connect actively to nature.

The ‘Connecting Actively to Nature (CAN)’ programme will help over 3,000 inactive people to discover the combined benefits of a more active lifestyle with the psychological benefits that being outdoors in nature brings.

Hannah Colston, Senior Development Manager at Active Devon said: “We know from local consultation that people have a...

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