The health of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK remains at its lowest level in three years, according to the SME Health Check Index, a quarterly economic index compiled by leading economics consultancy - Centre for Economics and Business Research Limited (Cebr) in association with CYBG PLC, owner of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks. These are unprecedented times for many SMEs and the latest index shows that things are getting even tougher, with the results presenting little improvement since the last quarterly index review. Overall the latest index is down to its lowest...
Launched just in time for Christmas, the new Devon Cook Book offers a mouth-watering celebration of the county’s truly bountiful food and drink scene.
Produced by Meze Publishing, and created in collaboration with Food & Drink Devon, it showcases the fantastic culinary community which calls Devon home and features over 40 regionally-sourced recipes. Priced at just £14.95, and available to order online now with a free gift wrapping service, it is the perfect Christmas gift.
The Devon Cook Book, just like its eponymous county, is brimming with creative recipe suggestions...
Explore, Discover & Enjoy Exeter with Curious About Exeter
Are you curious about Exeter? Looking for an unusual and quirky activity which gets you out in the fresh air whatever the weather? Take one of our self-guided walks with a treasure hunt theme – looping around the better-known sights, as well as some of the more unusual and quirky ones, which combined make Exeter a fascinating place to explore!
You’ll get everything – detailed directions, maps, clues (with answers in the back!), and interesting snippets about the history of Exeter and the people that have shaped...
Teignbridge's multi award-winning Cofton Holidays, based close to Dawlish Warren, is among the South West’s leading tourism businesses to be chosen for the finals of the South West Tourism Excellence Awards, which will be presented at a prestigious ceremony at the English Riviera Centre on 01 February 2018. This year saw a record 645 entries in the competition, which is now in its 8th year following its launch in 2010. Finalists were selected from across the region, which covers the Isles of Scilly, Wiltshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. All finalists will be...
TSB Okehampton is pleased to announce Scallywags Pre-School is set to benefit from fundraising and volunteering support as the Bank’s new Local Charity Partner for the next 12 months and has presented them with a cheque for £100 to kick-start the partnership. TSB has given more than £1.7 million to local causes across Britain since its local charity partnerships launched in 2015. This year a record 27,000 nominations were received from local charities across the country to join the programme which sees TSB Partners from 550 branches and eight office sites volunteer and raise money on...
Lighting supplied by Exeter electrical wholesaler Devondale Electrical has helped set the tone for the newest café and cocktail bar to open in the city.
Lloyd's Lounge is located in Catherine Square, between the popular Princesshay shopping centre and Cathedral Green. It’s the latest venture for Lloyd Gardner whose restaurant café, Lloyd’s Kitchen has proved a great success.
The new bar, designed by Hand Drawn Home Designs from Plymouth, is a unique, standalone pavilion with glass walls. It has a fresh, contemporary interior with a stunning lit marble counter.
Freemasons Donate £600,000 to Support Hospices Incredible Contribution to the Community.
Seven Hospices within Devon have been chosen to receive a grant totalling nearly £10,000 from the Devonshire Freemasons. This grant comes through the Masonic Charitable Foundation and will be used to enable the hospices to continue their fantastic work.
The amounts donated to each hospice will be:-
Children’s Hospice SW (Little Bridge House Barnstaple) £1,083
Whether you are a mature student who has decided to pursue a university degree, or you're a sixth form or college leaver that's had a gap year, it can be hard going back into education. Everything you have been taught seems to have gone from your mind, or if you haven't been in education for years, everything can feel totally different. Laptops and keyboards have replaced pen and paper, and this can feel very overwhelming. Whether you've been out of education for one year or twenty, don't fret, there is plenty of help out there for you.
Business activity in the South West lost growth momentum in November, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®).
The South West PMI recorded 52.8 in November, down from 54.0 in October. A reading above 50 signals growth in business activity. The rate of expansion was the second-weakest out of the 12 monitored UK regions, with only Scotland posting a slower rise in private sector output.
Despite client demand also rising at a slower rate, businesses in the region continued to create new jobs.
GLITZ and glamour were the order of the day, when local charity, Hollywell Housing Trust, celebrated their third birthday and thanked their supporters by throwing a festive fundraising ball.
The ball, held at Rockbeare Manor, just outside Exeter, came at the end of what has been a mammoth year for the Trust, which finds homes for vulnerable adults with learning disabilities and autism, in privately rented accommodation throughout Devon and Cornwall. Hollywell sources suitable property and then provides the vulnerable person with the housing and tenancy support they need to live...
