The team at Devon based Spiller & Tait are celebrating after their Organic Japanese Matcha Green Tea received top praise from the Guild of Fine Food with a 3 Star Gold Award in the 2017 Great Taste Awards, the equivalent of the UK’s Food Oscars for 2017 and a 1 Star Gold Award in the 2017 Great Taste Awards for their Signature Blend coffee.
Known mainly as an on-line coffee brand, Spiller & Tait expanded into tea in 2016 after co-founder Simon Spiller tried Matcha Tea for the first time in London. “I’d never heard of Matcha before and saw it on the menu at a swanky café. I...
Exeter School is delighted to announce an exciting development in its participation in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
As of September, pupils will be able to carry out their Gold Award expedition by sea kayak.
Duke of Edinburgh Manager Mark Schramm said sea kayaking would provide an alternative to the usual walking expeditions.
"This will involve canoe and kayak training at Haven Banks, a practice expedition on the Devon or Cornwall coast and a qualifying expedition in the Isle of Skye area," he said.
"As part of the training, the participants will be...
Exeter-based media agency, Aquamarine Media has been awarded ‘Best Marketing’ at the 373 Business Awards.
The awards, which were held on the 13th July 2017 at the Deer Park Hotel, Honiton, had over 65 attendees, with 35 companies up for awards. Aquamarine Media were one of 10 winners after being shortlisted for three categories; Best Marketing, Best Professional Service, and Best Start-up.
The Bing accredited media agency has grown rapidly since establishing in 2015, becoming a member of the Google Elite business program, having a client growth of 78%, and expanding from a...
A conservation charity is offering local green fingered folk the chance to have their patches honoured as a ‘wildlife-friendly garden’.
Devon wildlife Trust is launching its Wildlife Gardening Awards to encourage Exeter people to help the city’s varied and precious wildlife. The scheme is free to enter and open to individuals, private gardeners, schools, housing associations, community groups and businesses based in Exeter. The charity plans to present Wildlife Gardening Award plaques to gardens which are able to achieve six nature friendly criteria from a list of 25 that it has...
At the 2017 Business Awards run by 373 Group, The Cricket Company were nominated in two categories - Best Retail and Best Customer Service.
Attending the Awards ceremony on Thursday, the team discovered they were named in the top three companies for Best Customer Service.
Owner Trevor Griffin said “I’m hugely proud of the team – customer service is at the heart of all we do and something we work really hard on, so to be named in top three companies is a great accolade.”
Later in the evening, TCC added to their achievement by being named as winners in the Best Retail...
A Devon farm has beaten off stiff competition to win not one, but three, highly sought-after awards for its farm-reared pork products.
Taste of the West awarded Kenniford Farm a gold award for its cranberry and rosemary sausages and two silver awards for its scotch egg and Cumberland ring.
The awards celebrate quality, integrity, and provenance of food in the west, and seek to promote and give recognition to local produce that goes above and beyond in terms of quality and taste.
Kenniford Farm has been rearing pigs in Clyst St Mary for over 20 years. The farm is Red...
Independent gift shop, Insideout, who have been trading in Princesshay since the centre was built nearly ten years ago have won Best Gift Shop in the Devon Muddy Stilettos Awards 2017. Simultaneously, Saks Exeter scooped Retail Salon of the Year at the UK Salon Business Awards 2017. Saks is situated next door to Insideout on Bampfylde Lane, launching in2012.
Insideout is a contemporary and eclectic lifestyle store, dedicated to bringing customers the best accessories, homewares and gifts, with a focus on products handmade in Britain. Owned by husband and wife team Paul and Nicky...
Summer brings award success to the shores of Exmouth with the Grapevine Brewhouse, on site brewery Crossed Anchors and resident Ruby Kitchen all winning regional awards.
At the Taste of the West Awards Crossed Anchors won four GOLD product awards for their craft beers. Paddy O’Riordan said “ We are over the moon with these awards, it’s our first year of mainstream production and to win four such important awards is a huge endorsement of our beer, its great news for the brewery and also for Exmouth”
Ruby Kitchen, in residence at the Grapevine, also won a Taste of the West...
In today’s challenging climate, it’s essential for SME and mid-market business owners to have the ambition and drive that it takes to survive in tumultuous times.
A new report has revealed what has helped successful decision makers in business to develop ambition and help them achieve their goals, with half (50 per cent) claiming that supportive friends and family were their biggest drive to be ambitious.
The findings are part of the Ambition Index Report, produced by the Lloyds Bank National Business Awards . The report reveals what 309 SME and 301 mid-market decision...
Business communications specialist Onecom is aiming for a hat-trick of awards after being shortlisted for three major industry accolades.
The company, which has headquarters in Hampshire and offices around the UK, Wales and Northern Ireland, has been recognised for its outstanding customer service, the significance of a major acquisition and the industry influence of Onecom CEO Darren Ridge (pictured)
Onecom is shortlisted in the Best Unified Comms Dealer category of the Mobile Industry Awards (MIAs). The awards, run by Mobile Today, are recognised as a leading event in the...
