Goa Spice Premier in Exeter has been shortlisted in the South West's Best Curry category of the English Curry Awards.
After months of fierce competition, over 15,000 nominations were received from the public across England, which guarantees to be an extremely tight contest. Judges will now visit shortlisted restaurants and takeaways from all over England who are battling it out to make the best curry in the country.
The Cowick Street restaurant will find out if it is a winner at a glamorous ceremony taking place in Manchester on Monday 31 August.
A pioneering student entrepreneur support programme has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.
The IGNITE scheme, which supports budding student entrepreneurs to gain experience and develop their ideas, has been nominated for The Duke of York Award for University Entrepreneurship in the 2015 Lloyds Bank National Business Awards.
Representatives from IGNITE will join other finalists at a special award ceremony, held on 10 November at Park Lane’s Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
Founded in 2012, IGNITE provides the perfect environment to encourage students...
Two award-winning holiday parks owned by the same Devon family have been awarded the highest accolade achievable in the tourism industry.
Ladram Bay Holiday Park and sister park Castle Brake have both been awarded five Gold Stars each through the VisitEngland National Quality Assessment Scheme.
Ladram Bay is situated in Otterton near Budleigh Salterton on the Jurassic Coast. Sister site Castle Brake is set on the edge of Woodbury Common, only a short drive away from the coast.
The accolade comes after Ladram Bay officially launched close to £3million worth of new...
Last week a local award winning at-home care provider celebrated several staff member service milestones. Bluebird Care Exeter and East Devon understand how important staff longevity and commitment is to the happiness and welfare of their customers, so take time each quarter to recognise, celebrate and simply thank the staff who have reached service achievements.
William Flint, Director said “Our Care Workers are the lifeblood of this business, their dedication and commitment to doing the best job possible is staggering, so to take time out to thank them is so important” Husband...
The 12th annual Startups Awards – the UK’s most prestigious awards for up-and-coming companies – are now open for entry.
Sponsored by the UK’s favourite business insurance broker Simply Business and organised by Startups.co.uk, the number one website for start-ups and small businesses, the Awards recognise the success of Britain’s newest businesses which have been trading for four years or less.
This year’s event will take place on Friday 27 November at the underground vaults of Vinopolis, near to London Bridge, hosted by comedian Alun Cochrane.
The Family Law Company’s Associate Solicitor, Grace Bradley has been shortlisted in the prestigious national Family Law Awards.
Grace qualified in 2009, having studied Law and German in Scotland and Germany. Unusually, she is qualified in both Scots and English law. She also spent time working for a law firm in Argentina before joining The Family Law Company in Exeter, where she specialises in private children law and financial matters, with a particular interest in cases involving international issues.
Ms Bradley said: “To be shortlisted for such a respected award by some...
The Grand Western Canal Country Park and Stover County Park have today (Thursday 23 July) been named among the best green spaces in the UK.
The parks, which are both managed by the County Council, are among a record-breaking 1,582 parks and green spaces across the country, and 90 in the South West, to be presented with the Green Flag Award.
The prestigious award from environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, provides recognition that the Grand Western Canal Country Park, near Tiverton, and Stover Country Park, near Newton Abbot, are achieving the highest possible standards,...
The finalists for HJ’s 2015 British Hairdressing Business Awards have been announced and Exeter’s Radiance MediSpa salon has been shortlisted for the Front of House category, sponsored by Salon Genius.
After a two-day judging process, category sponsors, influential business associates and industry peers respected for their vision and success, agreed that the Radiance MediSpa as a leader within their chosen discipline. Along with five other finalists, Radiance MediSpa will now wait until Monday 14th September when winners are announced by a celebrity media host at the prestigious...
The exceptional achievements of staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital have been celebrated at the hospital’s Spring Extraordinary People Awards.
The seasonal awards are a way of celebrating extraordinary staff who do exceptional things and often go above and beyond to provide high quality services. Nominations are made by fellow staff members or patients who want to acknowledge the contribution of an individual or team, and the winners in each category are chosen by a panel of judges from the Trust’s Executive Board. The spring awards ceremony, which was hosted by Trust...
The Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI) Awards is open for entries.
The DEBI Awards, which have been running for over two decades, recognise businesses and other organisations across the county that are attaining high standards of environmental care in their day-to-day operations.
After a successful focus on environmental degradation in 2014, this year’s theme will be ‘Celebrate Devon’.
Peter Morgan, DEBI Chairman said: “There is much to celebrate in Devon when it comes to the environment ‒ whether the beauty of the moors, coastline and countryside or the...
