Quicke’s Hard Goats’ Cheese collected the coveted Best English Cheese prize at the British Cheese Awards 2015 that took placed at the Royal Bath and West Show on 26th May.
Created at Home Farm in Newton St Cyres, Devon, Quicke’s Goats’ Cheese uses locally sourced goats’ milk and the same traditional cheesemaking methods that Quicke’s has perfected over the years. Matured for six months, the result is a pale cheese that has a wonderfully smooth, creamy texture and an almond finish.
In addition to being announced as Best English Cheese, Quicke’s also collected gold, silver...
It’s the first week in June and its Festival time at Cygnet Theatre!
Cygnet is hosting seven visiting companies, giving thirteen performances spread across the first week of June between 1st and 6th.
All the companies have local connections and all seven are bringing brand new plays.
Festival@Cygnet kicks off with a fun exploration of festival life in the 70’s, from Substance & Shadow, whose Tribes & Tribulations is a humorous and poetic take on the mud, crowds, bands and junkies of free festivals.
The variety of subject and configurations of the...
Now in its fourth year, 10:10’s Solar Schools project has worked with a network of 65 schools across the country, raising nearly half a million pounds and installing over 830 solar panels.
Solar Schools helps schools raise money to put solar panels on their roofs. It offers schools a way to boost budgets, cut carbon and forge new bonds with their local community. With an extension of the project launched this month, it’s now even easier for schools to get involved.
Depending on the size of the roof and the number of panels installed, Solar Schools could save an average of £...
Exeter-based counsellor Rosemary Pell, has received an Award of Fellowship, from the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers (AIRSO), for her outstanding work with the Road User Support Service (RUSS). A member of AIRSO, Rosemary has been recognised for her ongoing dedication to RUSS by being invited to become a Fellow of the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers (FAIRSO).
AIRSO, an individual membership organisation was founded in 1965, it represents those who are in any way connected with the promotion and delivery of road safety education and training, road...
Exeter Dementia Action Alliance (EDAA) held a Dementia awareness event at Muddifords Court last week for carers, local businesses and national organisations.
Some of the companies who were represented included: Barclays Bank, RD&E, Age UK, Healthwatch Devon, a number of GP's, Exeter University, Devon Drivers Centre, Devon & Cornwall Police, Handelsbanken UK, Cartridges solicitors, a number of local Councillors including the Deputy Mayor of Exeter Councillor, Lesley Robson and many prominent business leaders and organisations who have an active interest in increasing...
Devon is known for its exceptionally lovely landscape as well as its vibrant artistic community, one of the largest of any county in Britain.
For 16 days in September many of those artists will be opening their studios to the public.
Devon’s varied natural beauty, fine pubs, cafes, farm shops and seaside attractions make Devon Open Studios’ free full colour event guide a handbook for a blissful day out venturing down hidden lanes to bucolic villages, across moorland to stop in stannary towns or over cliffs to find artists by the sea.
If you want to strike success in a business meeting- offer a plate of shortbread, new research reveals.
A study of 2,000 business workers found one in four say they’re more inclined to close a deal in a meeting because of the biscuits provided, with shortbread, chocolate bourbons and flapjacks all likely to win a favourable reaction.
In fact, having the right selection of snacks was deemed more crucial to meeting success than making good small talk beforehand, the study found.
And while it's easy to take the biscuit, there are unwritten rules- waiting for the...
A 'knee-jerk' fund-raising Yomp to raise money for victims of the Nepal earthquake looks to have raised £45,000.
In a blog post, Paul Mattin, who completed the 170-mile yomp from Devon to the Nepal Embassy with fellow businessman Nick Sprague, thanked those who had contributed to the appeal
In his post he said:
"Many of you will have followed the effort on Twitter and Facebook, but this little flyer will I hope round off what we all achieved.
"The 170 mile stroll, over 5 days (that's @ 35 miles per day) was undoubtedly an ill-thought-through idea! But...
To mark World No Tobacco Day (Sun 31 May) Public Health and Trading Standards across Devon and Somerset are highlighting their work against the sale of illegal tobacco products in our communities, which is the theme of the day this year.
Illegal tobacco continues to be a major problem in the county, with the majority being offered for sale from private homes and through Facebook. In total, Trading Standards has seized 64,501 genuine non-duty paid cigarettes over the last year.
Recent operations include a seizure by Trading Standards Devon and Somerset of 6kg of counterfeit...
A leading Devon law firm has scooped a national award at the inaugural Legal Innovation Awards for its ground-breaking iPhone App for clients.
Stephens Scown LLP launched its “My Lawyer” App in November 2014 as a way of allowing clients to keep track of their cases quickly and easily while they were on the move. The App allows clients to view documents, keep up to date with costs, pay bills online and diarise key dates.
Stephens Scown won the Client Management Innovation category of the Legal Innovation Awards beating a number of larger national law firms including Pinsent...
