Everys Solicitors’ new commercial team has brokered a deal that will see Thailand Carpet Manufacturing become joint owners of a leading quality UK upholstery manufacturer.
Colchester-based Alstons has announced the sale of the business to a joint venture comprising the existing management team and Thailand Carpet Manufacturing, an affiliate company of the Srivikorn Group.
The move into upholstery by Thailand Carpet Manufacturing Plc reflects the company’s strategy of diversification. An announcement has already been made to the Stock Exchange of Thailand and the deal is due...
South West Communications Group has set up a second free webinar to enable businesses to find out more about the SuperConnected Cities scheme.
swcomms has already informed many businesses they are now eligible for a SuperConnected Cities voucher worth up to £3,000, but has organised this second super-quick free webinar – 15 minutes plus questions – to give them the details they will need without disturbing their days' work too much. There will be an opportunity for businesses to ask questions via a live chat facility.
The first webinar was held last week and was over-...
With exciting expansion plans ahead, Energy Hair Design has been investing in the development of home grown talent to expand their team.
The Darts Farm based salon has recently been celebrating the graduation of four of their apprentices in NVQ Level 2 and NVQ Level 3 Hairdressing – working closely with The Learning & Skills Group.
Graduate stylists; Sophie Tregale 18, Ellie Phillips 17, Grace Mangeng 20 have all recently passed their NVQ Level 2 in hairdressing which has involved all aspects of basic hairdressing. They have now started their NVQ Level 3 which involves...
Police are reminding the public to be vigilant about telephone scams and to follow some simple advice to prevent them from becoming a victim of this type of crime.
This follows an incident in Winkleigh recently where the victim was contacted by a person claiming to be from the bank in an attempt to gain personal information and to relieve the victim of his bank card.
Detective Constable David Major said: “The person on the phone claiming to be from the bank was very convincing, they explained to the victim that they needed a new bank card and over the course of a few...
Hundreds of Ring & Ride passengers, staff and volunteers enjoyed a special celebration event yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the service in Devon.
The Silver Jubilee party at Seale Hayne in Newton Abbot, brought together those connected with Ring & Ride schemes from across the county.
Among those who attended was Freda Hayes, who is the longest serving passenger of the Tiverton Ring & Ride service, having been a regular since November 1990.
Freda said: “The Ring & Ride is my saviour. I have made so many friends on the Ring & Ride bus...
Exeter law firm Browne Jacobson has seen turnover grow 17% to a record £58.9m for 2014-15, up from £50.2m in 2013-14.
All five of the firm’s offices posted impressive organic growth figures with its Exeter office, which opened in August 2012, seeing turnover grow by 40% with its education team posting 16% growth.
During the year the Exeter office also announced the partner appointments of Lynne Rathbone from Stephens Scown and Dale Collins from Bond Pearce whilst adding a number of high profile clients including Cornwall Council, CORMAC, South Devon Healthcare NHS...
Artigiano in Exeter is holding a Music and Craft Beer festival from Thursday 21st May –Sunday 24th May. The Artigiano Acoustic sessions kick the weekend off on Thursday with Richard James. Friday evening sees Adam Isaac headlining with local artist Charlotte Ward supporting. On the Saturday evening Artigiano's DJ night, will party on with Elka. Sunday delivers a musical fest from 3pm till late, with Richard James hosting and other local acts from across the South West to create the party. Ask anyone who was at the Early May Festival - it was a ball! We will be celebrating craft beers...
Railway posters, a promenade performance of Jason and the Argonauts and a talk by author Tom Cox are amongst the happenings at Exmouth Festival.
This year’s Festival includes theatre, music, visual arts, westcountry traditions and activities for all the family. Highlights include:
• A commissioned artist will reinterpret the railway posters of the early 20th century, creating a new series of “Visit Exmouth” posters which will be displayed at railway stations from Paddington to Exmouth.
• Four of Swords will be performing their family-friendly adaptation of Jason and...
Organisers of the Devon County Show are putting the last minute touches to the county’s largest annual event which opens on Thursday (May 21-23) at Westpoint, Exeter. More than 95,000 visitors are expected for what promises to be an entertaining and informative three-day show celebrating local farming, food and country life. Show Secretary Ollie Allen said they were getting ready to welcome around 95,000 people to the 120th County Show. “The atmosphere at the showground is very like Christmas Eve,” she said. “We can’t wait to throw open the gates on Thursday morning and welcome people to...
The new film version of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd feeds into the ongoing fascination for fashion depicted in classic novels and their modern adaptations for TV and film. A new online facility has been developed by the University of Exeter and Dorset County Museum to catalogue references to clothing in Hardy’s writing and the time in which he lived.
The costumes worn by the actress Carey Mulligan, who stars as Bathsheba Everdene in the latest Far From the Madding Crowd production, will be on display at the Dorset County Museum until the 8 June and will provide an...
