The finalists for the prestigious 2017 Exeter Foundation Devon Sports Awards have been announced and all 30 are outstanding. To mark the 20th year of the awards there are some exciting new categories and the finalists include people from all aspects of community sport from coaches and volunteers to sportspeople from a really diverse range of sports.
The Awards which will take place on 30th June at Sandy Park celebrate diverse sporting contributions and achievements from community level coaching right through to elite sports performers. The main purpose of the Awards is to recognise...
PUPILS and staff at Kentisbeare Primary School are celebrating after receiving a gold award for their outdoor learning programme – the only school to achieve the accolade in the Devon.
The school, which is near Cullompton, was awarded gold in the recent Learning Outside the Classroom awards.
And the prestigious honour comes hot on the heels of the school achieving a recent glowing Ofsted report and being placed as the ninth best primary school in Devon in the Primary Real Schools Guide.
Helen Ainsworth, head of school, said they were thrilled with their recent...
Farmers from across Devon have made it to the shortlist of the region’s premier agricultural awards, the Devon Farm Business Awards. The awards, which are in their fourth year, are organised by Addington Fund, Stephens Scown LLP and Devon County Agricultural Association. Designed to celebrate and showcase the best farmers and farming businesses in Devon, the awards will take place on the eve of the Devon County Show, on 17 May. The event’s organisers highlight the strength of the shortlist as a reason for optimism in the face of the challenges currently facing the farming sector. Ian Bell...
Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, has scooped a prestigious Exeter Living Award.
The Awards, which took place at the Great Hall at the University of Exeter last week, celebrate the best of Exeter. Citizens Advice Exeter won in the charity category, sponsored by Wilkinson Grant & Co Property & Acquisition Agents.
Dennis Mardon, Chairman of Citizens Advice Exeter said: “We are absolutely delighted to win this Award. The charity category was very competitive and we congratulate all the finalists for the work that they have done over the last year....
THE stunning new £7 million building at Plymouth Science Park has now been shortlisted for a record four prestigious building and planning awards for its forward-thinking space-age design.
Standing at the entrance way to the park at Derriford, behind the city’s hospital, the new building is the most technologically advanced in the south west.
1 Research Way has already been nominated for awards from the city’s Evening Herald newspaper and also the RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors) and to that clutch it has now added two more nominations from the prestigious...
Five Exeter building projects have been shortlisted in the 2017 Michelmores Property Awards which celebrate outstanding property and construction projects in Devon, Somerset, Bristol, Dorset and Cornwall, across ten categories.
The Met Office's High Performance Computer Complex was shortlisted in the category of Public Project of the Year and Building of the Year, whilst the Exeter Cricket Ground Development was shortlisted for Commercial Project of the Year.
Meanwhile, the Cranbrook & Skypark District Heating Scheme, was shortlisted under Sustainable Project of the...
Stagecoach Group has launched its 2017 Champions Awards for employees – and is inviting bus and coach passengers in the South West to nominate their favourite member of staff for the Customer Service Champions Award.
This is the eighth year of the company’s Group-wide Champions Awards that recognise staff achievements in a number of categories including safety, environment, health, innovation, community and customer service.
The awards are open to employees across Stagecoach’s bus and rail operations in the UK and North America and around 150 staff members have been...
The nationwide search for the UK’s best fishermen, seafood restaurants and ports is set to close on 17 February and time is running out to nominate your favourite. The Fishing News Awards, the country’s only awards programme recognising the hard work of those serving in the fishing industry, is back for 2017 following its successful relaunch last year.
The awards cover twelve categories, including specialist awards for particular types of fishing, ports, technical achievements and restaurants, and prizes for the Young Fisherman of the Year and Lifetime Achievement. The awards are...
2016 has been a successful award winning year for law firm Wollen Michelmore and the year is ending with the news that in 2017 they are once again shortlisted in five categories in the Devon and Somerset Law Society annual awards.
Earlier this year, the firm, which has five offices across Devon, were successful in securing three awards at the same event: Client Service of the Year, Rachel Carter won Solicitor of the Year and Chief Executive, Chris Hart was awarded Leader/Law Manager of the Year.
In the 2017 legal awards there are 12 categories and Wollen Michelmore have...
Exeter College has been shortlisted for four coveted awards including ‘College of the Year’ and ‘Teacher of the Year’ accolades, in the Times Educational Supplement Further Education Awards 2017.
As well as being nominated for the College of the Year, Exeter College is also a finalist in a number of other categories.
Here is a full list of the awards Exeter College has been shortlisted for:
