Now in its 4th year, the Paignton Harbour Festival, Torbay’s friendliest family seafood and music festival takes place at the harbour on Saturday 28th July, founded by Crabstock’s Adrian Bartlett and Alan Henderson, Operations Manager for the Blue Sea Food Company, (formerly Browse Brothers) with their committee including Paignton’s Harbourmaster Simon Pinder and local Paignton townspeople to raise awareness of the harbour area and money for the Brixham Fishermans Mission and South Devon and Channel Shellfishermen Association.
This family friendly event has lots to do including...
South West Law firm, WBW Solicitors, have joined forces with the nation’s heart charity to beat heartbreak forever. The 12 month partnership will see staff at WBW Solicitors raising enough money to fund a moth’s research to grow new blood vessels – a vital part of any future therapy to repair damaged hearts, helping find new ways to operate, diagnose and treat heart disease, which costs the charity £5,000. The staff’s decision to support the British Heart Foundation came after they very sadly lost one of their colleagues, Ian Bradbury, who died suddenly in February 2018 due to a heart...
Truro-based offsite construction specialists ‘Building with Frames’ has launched a new turnkey, transportable offsite manufactured product that promises to provide tourism, business and domestic customers with a quick high quality building solution that meets latest building regulations.
The building, which can take as little as eight weeks to be delivered from an order, provides customers with a finished living space delivered to their site and modified to their own specifications. The compliance of recent ‘Building Regulations’ means the buildings are energy efficient and can be...
As part of an exciting modernisation and investment programme taking place across the Post Office network, a brand new Post Office has opened at Broadway Stores, 7 The Broadway, Exeter, EX2 9LU on Thursday 24 May.
The new branch offers customers a wide range of Post Office services, from posting letters and parcels to collecting and returning online shopping items. Customers can also take advantage of a wide range of banking services including cash withdrawals and balance enquiries for customers of all the main UK banks.
The new Post Office services are available seven days...
Crafty Cakes in Exeter celebrated their 30th birthday this month and what do you need for any celebration….cake, and that’s just what Crafty Cakes had lots of when they celebrated by hosting a party last weekend.
1988 saw the birth of Adele, Rick Astley hitting the spot with Never Gonna Give You Up, Red Dwarf landing on our TV screens and the start of what was to be a very successful business in Exeter.
“We are proud to have been designing and baking cakes for 30 years, we have seen many businesses come and go but thanks to what we offer we are thriving” said Becky. Becky...
More than 7,000 people enjoyed a first-rate day out with glorious sunshine at The Shops at Dartington’s free May Food Fair on 27-28 May. The best of Devon’s food and drink scene came together, from vibrant street-food markets to artisan producers, with top chefs demonstrating recipes and offering tricks of the trade.
In addition to food activities, visitors threw their own clay pottery, enjoyed live jazz, got up close to birds of prey and were entertained by magicians, caricaturists and community groups. The summer sunshine created a contented laid-back atmosphere for visitors to...
Exeter-based Lightfoot, the award-winning in-vehicle technology and driver rewards platform, has taken its range of driver incentives to a new level with the launch of Lightfoot Rewards, a new package that provides a vast range of deals and discounts to encourage better, more efficient driving.
Drivers participating in the Exeter consumer trial will be among the first in the country to enjoy Lightfoot Rewards, which offers around 100 new discounts including: 10% off at a range of high street stores and restaurants, up to 50% off days out, and up to 25% off travel. Fleet drivers...
The Crediton Parish Church Flower Festival has introduced some unusual visitors to the church in the last few years.
In 2016 a 1929 Austin car was part of the exhibits with flowers and last year a rhino became part of a flower display. More information, including photos and videos of previous Flower Festivals can be seen on the Flower Festival Facebook page www.facebook.com/creditonparishchurchfestivals .
Flowers will arrive this week from Covent Garden and from local flower producers in the Southwest, before being made into entertaining, colourful and creative floral...
When Devon artist Jennie Rhodes was asked to create a picture in aid of the Torbay Special Care Baby Unit and Exeter Neonatal Unit, little did she realise the units’ tiny tots would play a major part in her design, which raised an amazing £10,000 at a charity auction.
Jennie’s aim was to produce a picture that was not only unique but also relevant to the babies cared for at the units, so she enlisted the help of Vanessa Diamond, Ward Sister at Torbay Hospital’s Special Baby Care Unit.
With parents’ permission, Vanessa and her staff captured the babies’ tiny footprints in...
Mid Devon student Sharon Birch has spoken of her joy at being award a coveted academic prize after her life changing return to education with an Access to Higher Education course.
Sharon Birch, who is from Crediton, has been awarded the Plymouth University Academic Partnerships Prize for her exceptional University Level studies at Exeter College.
Sharon started her degree journey with an Access to Higher Education course at Exeter College, and then progressed on to a University Level course. She has now completed her her BSc (Hons) in Health and Social Care and is planning...
