A local digital marketing agency will be hosting a free event next month for tourism business owners who are looking to make the most of the region within their marketing.
The event, to be held on Tuesday 9th April 2019, will focus on how Devon and Cornwall tourism businesses can tweak their current promotional activity in order to drive extra bookings and enquiries.
Now in its sixth year, MiHi Digital has already helped a number of award-winning regional tourism businesses to improve their digital marketing, and will be sharing their specialist insight at the event, along...
Buying a house is an exciting time. You will spend weeks, perhaps even months, searching for the ideal property, and eventually,you will step through the door of the one that you know you will call home.
However, no house is perfect, and even the best one you see will have work that needs doing to it to make it exactly what you want. Here are some of the easiest, most cost-effective pieces of work you can do after you move into a property to make it more comfortable and more like home.
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One of the very best ways to change the look of a room – or entire house...
West Country house builder Devonshire Homes has announced a re-structure of its senior management team to spearhead the firm’s ambitious five-year growth plan.
The independent house builder, which is on target to deliver 181 homes in 2019, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the London and Devonshire Trust (LDT). LDT has confirmed an increase in its investment in the house builder to facilitate the growth ambitions to deliver over 250 homes per annum by 2022.
The Tiverton-based business has appointed former Devonshire Homes’ chairman, Daniel Stephenson, to the role of Chief...
The picturesque estuary town of Topsham, just four miles from Exeter, will be celebrating the end of winter with Spring Forward Saturdayon the 30th March. Just before the clocks go forward to welcome warmer days the town will be buzzing with a fair-like atmosphere, with the majority of shops, cafés and restaurants taking part, and live music around the town.
The event is in its second year and is set to be a fabulous, vibrant day, full of offers from local businesses, Spring treats, children’s activities and foot-tapping sounds from talented local musicians.
When the Right to Buy (RtB) scheme was first introduced in 1980, then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher praised the programme as a way for the UK to create a "property-owning democracy". In the nearly 40 years since, the scheme has proved to be anything but. Rather, it has become a huge drain on taxpayers.
Mounting data shows that RtB has created a wealth transfer scheme whereby some council renters have purchased their homes at a great discount only to turn around and resell them for excessive profit. As evidence mounts in favour of ending the programme in England, there is a very...
KAPOW! The UK’s much-loved biggest and best family festival, Camp Bestival, have once again joined forces with pioneering family ravers Big Fish Little Fish to get the party started with its eight-date regional rave tour.
Kicking off on the 10th March, the family rave comes to Exeter Phoenix on Sunday 28th April. Fantastic fun for kids of all ages, the events will include top notch DJ’s, glitter cannons, arts and crafts and more to create a party like no other. What’s more, this year's theme will see little ones and parents alike channeling their inner heroes and superheroes for...
The Exeter Business Awards are looming on the horizon , with 14 categories available for budding entrepreneurs and savvy businesspeople to go for. You can be up for as many awards as you feel you are eligible for and can enter fairly simply on their website. Awards range from Outstanding Business of the Year, Employer of the Year, and even an Excellence in Customer Service award. This means that the entire staff of a business are eligible for at least one award, and the very best have until April 18 2019 to get their nominations in for the ballot. The awards night is on June 21 and will...
An RSPCA inspector is set to trek to Everest Base Camp to raise funds for animals in need.
Marije Zwager, an inspector based in Exeter, will be taking part in the trek this September with a group of like-minded animal lovers to raise much-needed funds for the RSPCA.
Everyday Marije experiences first-hand the cruelty that is inflicted on innocent animals and the work the RSPCA does to prevent this. She says this is why she is pushing herself to the limit to raise funds to help even more animals.
“I really enjoy the buzz I get from physical exercise and being in...
An Exeter law firm has taken another step in the battle against plastic pollution by working with one of the South West’s brightest community interest companies, Beach Guardian.
Stephens Scown LLP signed up to the Plastic Free Exeter pledge in late 2018 and has been taking action to cut down on its plastic use since then. This has included arranging a plastic collection along Exeter’s Quay, collecting all the plastic used in one week to assess where it comes from and looking at ways to reduce this as part of the firm’s ‘Giving Back’ program.
The picturesque estuary town of Topsham, just four miles from Exeter, will be celebrating the end of winter with Spring Forward Saturdayon the 30th March. Just before the clocks go forward to welcome warmer days the town will be buzzing with a fair-like atmosphere, with the majority of shops, cafés and restaurants taking part, and live music around the town.
The event is in its second year and is set to be a fabulous, vibrant day, full of offers from local businesses, Spring treats, children’s activities and foot-tapping sounds from talented local musicians.
