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As part of their fundraising challenge for Children’s Hospice South West, Helmores Estate Agents are organising a cycling, walking and running journey from Ilfracombe to Exmouth.

Following the Tarka Trail, roads and the Exe Estuary cycle route members of the Helmores team, supported and sponsored by local businesses and the public, will be completing the 93 mile route in relays on Tuesday the 14th June. In total they hope to cover over 350 miles between them and raise plenty of money for a worthy cause.

The adventure is part of the firm’s commitment to the Children's...

Are you a young farmer with an innovative idea of how to make your job easier? If so then you could be in with a chance of winning £500 to develop your concept thanks to a new Mole Valley Farmers competition.

The Mole Valley Farmers Innovation competition is exclusively open to young farmers up to 26 years old and includes three age group categories; 10-14 years old, 15-18 years old and 19-26. £500 is up for grabs for each of the category winners, with one overall winner also gaining support from Mole Valley Farmers to develop and/or share their idea.

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Exeter-based Flybe this morning announced pre-tax annual profits of £2.7m.

The figure compares with a loss of £35.6m the previous year and was helped, in part, by cheaper fuel prices.

The company said there had been an 8.2% increase in passenger revenue and 5.9% increase in passenger numbers but that conditions remained "challenging".

Saad Hammad, chief executive, who is steering the company through a three year turnaround plan said: "We delivered top-line growth in a difficult revenue environment, expanding our network and carrying more passengers than last year...

Leading independent wholesaler M.J. Baker Foodservice completed record-breaking sales at its annual foodservice trade show. The Newton Abbot-based firm, which runs the biggest foodservice event in the West Country, concluded deals worth more than £600,000 at the event at Newton Abbot Racecourse. More than 700 foodservice professionals, including leading independent food manufacturers from across Devon, Cornwall, Bristol and Somerset, and some of the UK’s leading suppliers, attended the show, which smashed the £500,000 sales mark set in 2015. The trade show, which was free to visit,...