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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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International appetite for Burts Chips

Plymouth-based artisan snack brand, Burts Potato Chips is marking a successful year of export growth across key markets in Europe and North America. With a sweep of increased product listings across the USA, Canada and Europe, the company is growing in response to demand for great-tasting quality crisps and is now available in 28 countries worldwide.

Burts Potato Chips has experienced 40% year-on-year international growth in its export business, helping drive overall turnover of £24m in 2016, up from £19.8m in 2015. One highly successful part of the business which supported...

Exeter mum set for literary fame

A new modern day Christmas story, beautifully illustrated by artist Aless Baylis, is now free up until midnight on Christmas Eve on the Kindle Store for families across the world to read in the run up to Christmas A mum-of-two from Exeter is set for literary fame this Christmas having been selected from almost 1,000 competition entries in the search to find a modern equivalent to the timeless festive tale, Twas The Night Before Christmas.

Amazon has announced that the winning children’s story, Sol The Slug’s Night Before Christmas, brought to life with professional illustrations...

Payroll Bureau receives top accreditation

Bishop Fleming Payroll Services have been awarded the highest possible mark in their recent assessment under the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals' (CIPP) Payroll Assurance Scheme.

The professional body for the payroll industry introduced its Payroll Assurance Scheme (PAS) to demonstrate that the payroll and associated processes within a firm are fit for purpose and comply with government legislation; appropriate controls have been set up to eliminate payroll errors, and suitable processes are in place for preparing for legislative and organisational changes. It also...

Thinking of buying a puppy for Christmas?

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards have issued a warning to prospective dog purchasers, advising them to beware of buying from illegal puppy dealers.

Increasing numbers of puppies are being illegally imported into the UK from puppy farms across Europe.

Often they're too young to have left their mothers, and having endured long journeys to the UK, many arrive seriously ill or die within days of being sold.

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards received, on average, a complaint per week during 2016 from people seeking advice about newly purchased sick, mid-described...

Devon logistics firm in 850,000 pallet record breaking Christmas season

Logistics firm Kay Transport, in Ivybridge, is helping to transport an industry record number of pallets this Christmas and move goods worth at least £340 million to the British economy.

Kay Transport is a member of Palletways UK, Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network which reports that, in November, more than 500,000 pallets were moved. December started with a record week of 117,000 pallets handled – the final figure is expected to hit 350,000. The combined 850,000 total is an industry record.

Tim Prout, spokesman for Kay Transport said: “...

Tesco Exeter Vale lend a helping hand to RD&E NHS Trust

The Tesco Extra store in Exeter Vale has granted a Christmas wish for the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with a bumper £2,400 donation, as well as donating £1,000 worth of gift cards to help with refurbishments of the Bramble Ward’s overnight stay room. The Bramble Ward is based at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital that provide specialist and emergency services to residents and visitors in Exeter, East and Mid Devon. The hospital has its own trust which contributes to research and development to improve the quality, experience and effectiveness of healthcare. Jo Evans, community...

Advice for Post Office customers ahead of Christmas Eve strike

The Post Office is reminding customers that the CWU has called strike action in 300 of its 11,600 branches on Saturday 24th December, which may result in the closure of some of these branches.

Kevin Gilliland, Post Office, Group Network and Sales Director, said: “The vast majority of our directly managed branches were open for business during strike action earlier this week. However, we are reminding customers who need to access any of our services before Christmas that all our branches will be open for business as usual on Thursday and Friday.

“Although many of our around...

Thurlestone Hotel scoops two AA awards for dining

The Thurlestone Hotel near Kingsbridge is enjoying extra reasons to celebrate this festive season, with both the hotel’s restaurant and the Village Inn picking up AA Rosette awards following a recent inspection. The Margaret Amelia Restaurant, which previously held one rosette, has now been upgraded with two, while the Village Inn, which was substantially refurbished earlier this year, has been given one rosette for the first time. Awarded by AA hotel and restaurant inspectors, the prestigious rosettes recognise the highest standards of food and service in hotels and restaurants across the...

Visit South Devon partners with YourWelcome

YourWelcome, the leading provider of smart tablet devices for holiday let properties, and Visit South Devon, the official tourism marketing organisation promoting East Devon, Mid Devon, Teignbridge and South Hams, today announced a new strategic partnership. Combining local area expertise provided by Visit South Devon with YourWelcome’s tablet devices, the partnership will provide holiday-let landlords with an unrivalled solution for guests that want to explore the local area.

Holiday let owners that sign up to YourWelcome will be sent a custom tablet device that is left in their...

UK house prices to increase by 3% in 2017

House prices in the UK will see an average increase of 3% over the course of next year as the number of transactions stabilises, according to the RICS housing forecast for 2017.

Following on from the 2016 forecast, the supply pipeline or lack of it is at the forefront of the analysis and dominates the residential market. While there is an improvement, the legacy of building on an insufficient scale has left the average inventory on estate agents books close to a historic low*.

Looking forward, transaction activity will stabilise and is likely to come in between 1.15 and 1.2...

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

International appetite for Burts Chips

Exeter mum set for literary fame

Payroll Bureau receives top accreditation

Thinking of buying a puppy for Christmas?

Devon logistics firm in 850,000 pallet record breaking Christmas season

Tesco Exeter Vale lend a helping hand to RD&E NHS Trust

Advice for Post Office customers ahead of Christmas Eve strike

Thurlestone Hotel scoops two AA awards for dining

Visit South Devon partners with YourWelcome

UK house prices to increase by 3% in 2017

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