Leading wine expert Stan Parks will be joining The Magdalen Chapter’s Head Chef, Ben Bulger, for an evening of impressive food and wine matching.
Tickets are now on sale for this event that is taking place on Wednesday April 17th at 7pm at The Magdalen Chapter Hotel, Exeter. Guests will be able to indulge in an array of wines from across the world as well as enjoying a lively commentary from one of the UK’s top wine experts.
The evening’s host is Stan Parks, from Milton Sandford Wines, who has been sourcing great wines for over two decades. His love affair with wine started...
Climate Week - Britain’s biggest climate change championing event taking place from 4 to 10 March - has announced that the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT's) ground-breaking farm building conversion, with a minimal carbon footprint, is a finalist in the 2013 Climate Week Awards. In so doing, Climate Week has recognised that farming has a huge role to play in helping to combat climate change.
This revolutionary building, which was originally a redundant brick built cattle shed, is owned by the GWCT's Allerton Project farm at Loddington in Leicestershire. This leading...
Devon’s Crealy, located just off junction 30 on the M5, is reporting a great start to the year and the double award-winning Park is predicting a good year for the South West tourism industry.
February started off well, for Devon’s Crealy, when it was announced that they had been voted ‘Overall Winner’ and ‘Best Family Attraction’ by Primary Times readers and scooped the Star Awards for the second consecutive year.
Josh Haywood, General Manager of Devon’s Crealy said, “We were absolutely delighted to learn the readers of Primary Times had voted us the winner of two Star...
The Institute of Directors has moved its South West regional headquarters to the Bristol & Bath Science Park.
IoD Director General Simon Walker visited the new offices where he met regional IoD representatives including South West Chairman Richard Ayre, South West Director Simon Face and regional staff, along with the Bristol & Bath Science Park’s chief executive Bonnie Dean.
Simon Walker, who has led the 38,000-member Institute of Directors since October 2011, said: “I’m delighted that the IoD now has a base at this hugely impressive Science Park.
A newly published book, ‘Calming Colic - How to Help the 10 Causes of Colic’ by osteopath and naturopath Christian Bates, contradicts the thinking on the NHS website which says that, ‘...the causes of colic are unknown and that there is no cure’.
Colic is a common and generally unexplained condition and the number one complaint among newborn babies. It causes distress and disruption in sleep patterns, both for the baby and its parents, and is often explained as a digestive imbalance.
Having treated many babies for colic over a 15 year period, the author began to see...
Newly-formed acrobatic partnership Matthew Beviss (10) and Jamie Jeffery (16) maintained Honiton’s recent record for excellent men’s pair partnerships by taking the Grade 3 South West title at last weekend’s regional preliminaries in Taunton.
The pair will now go on to represent the south west region at the national finals in Stoke on Trent in May.
Matt, a pupil at Honiton Primary School, and Jamie, a pupil at The Woodroffe School in Lyme Regis, were competing in their first serious competition together after Jamie joined the club just over six months ago. The duo performed...
Students and activists gathered outside Apple's flagship store in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, on Tuesday to protest what they claim to be 'poor working conditions' in Apple factories in China.
Recent investigations in 2012 by New York-based China Labor Watch found that working conditions in factories suppliers to Apple in southern and eastern China uncovered violations of workers' rights, including excessive overtime and low wages.
One protester dressed as an Apple worker was seen crawling along with floor, leaving bloody marks while holding a sign reading 'iPad mini iSlavery...
In the wake of the horse meat scandal, consumers have told the NFU that they want to see more British food on supermarket shelves and in restaurants.
More than 86 per cent of shoppers are as likely or more likely to buy more traceable food that has been produced on British farms. A further 78 per cent agree or strongly agree that supermarkets should sell more British food.
The results of the One Poll survey, commissioned by the NFU, come as the farming organisation holds its national conference in Birmingham today (Wednesday 28 February) with Tesco chief executive Phillip...
Shops in the Dorset town of Sherborne closed for one hour on Tuesday (26 February) in protest of a plan to open a Tesco supermarket in the village.
Signs in shop windows read: "CLOSED DOWN FOR HOUR BUT IT COULD BE LONGER (OR PERMANENT) IF TESCO COMES TO TOWN".
Even a local horse got involved with a coat emblazoned with the message "no thanks Tesco".
As well as the shops closing, dozens of people gathered in the town to send a clear signal to the supermarket giant, which is clearly unwelcome. (NewsPoint)
Innovation is the life-blood of all successful business, large or small. The ability to embrace change, to develop new products, to identify new markets is essential – “standing still is not an option“.
Business owners and leaders in Devon are invited to attend one of two high profile “Business Spark” events. The events are aimed at helping organisations find out how to access the benefits of knowledge and innovation – without jargon and without breaking the bank.
The Exeter Business Spark is being hosted by the Met Office on 28 March with the support of Devon County...
