Organisers of the Devon Sports Awards, Active Devon and The Exeter Foundation proclaimed last night’s glittering ceremony a huge success as over 250 people came together to celebrate a year of sporting success across the county.
Exeter and East Devon did particularly well winning five of the twelve categories including the coveted ‘Exeter Chiefs’ Outstanding Contribution to Sport Award, in addition to six runner up places.
Neil Parsons who founded Lympstone Amateur Boxing Club in 1968 was announced the ‘Exeter Food Festival’ Senior Volunteer of the Year which was followed...
A major new awards ceremony is to be held next month to celebrate people in Devon who go the extra mile to help others in the community or who are doing extraordinary things without getting the recognition that they deserve.
Coinciding with the Devon County Show, and being held at Westpoint on the Friday evening of show week, the Guildhall Shopping Exeter Pride of Devon Awards is organised by 107.3FM Radio Exe. Members of the public can nominate people they know who qualify for one or more of the following categories:
• Grandparent of the Year Award • Teacher of the Year...
An elite team of chefs from the University of Exeter have won awards in The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) Chefs Competition 2013.
The staff at Reed Hall Conference and Events Centre, an Event Exeter venue at the University of Exeter, are bursting with pride as they celebrate the recent success of colleague Janet Woolacott (Chef de Partie), who scooped the bronze award in the Individual Major Chef of the Year category at this year's TUCO competition.
The annual TUCO competitions are designed to allow chefs at all levels from Universities and Colleges across the U.K...
Exeter Forum has been selected as a finalist in the Project of the Year (between £10m - £50m) category for the 2013 Construction News Awards, to be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London on 11 July 2013.
A record number of entries were submitted for this year’s Construction News Awards. Finalists will now face Dragons' Den-style live interviews to members of the 53-strong jury of esteemed key clients, contractors, consultants, institutes and government departments including:
Exeter's John Lewis Car Park, which recently underwent a £900,000 refurbishment and name change, has scooped a top national award.
The Car Park, which is run by Exeter City Council, was named Best Car Park Refurbishment of the Year at the British Parking Awards. The judges were so impressed with the car park they also gave it the Overall Winner award!
Previously called the King William Street Car Park, the facility was transformed in the lead up to opening of Exeter's John Lewis store last October. Refreshed and up-dated, the facility now offers motorists the freedom of...
Veitch Penny Solicitors are celebrating after being awarded membership to the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) - the mark of excellence for the home buying process.
The firm underwent rigorous assessment by the law Society in order to secure the CQS status, which was introduced to promote high standards in the home buying process.
Law Society President Lucy Scott-Moncrieff said that “with so many different conveyancing service providers out there, the CQS helps home-buyers and sellers seek out those that can provide a safe and efficient level of service.”...
South West Water has won a UK utility industry 'Oscar' for its flagship environmental programme to protect tap water quality for generations to come in the region.
'Upstream Thinking' won the Environment Award at the 2012 Utility Industry Achievement Awards held at the Grosvenor House hotel in Park Lane, London.
Working together with a range of organisations including the Westcountry Rivers Trust, Dartmoor and Exmoor National Parks, Devon and Cornwall Wildlife Trusts, the Environment Agency and Natural England, Upstream Thinking has helped restore thousands of acres of...
Devon Community Foundation hosted their annual Volunteer of the Year awards ceremony at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter, honouring the hard work and achievements of the volunteers from the groups they support. The Street Pastors were recognised with Devon Community Foundation’s Thriving Communities Award for their invaluable help in creating thriving Devon communities.
The Street Pastors was an initiative that was set up to ensure the streets became safer at night. Consisting of volunteers, they work in partnership with the Police, Council and other statutory...
Police officers from around the county have been awarded for their individual acts of bravery and for displaying exemplary acts of frontline policing.
The awards were presented by Superintendent Chris Eastwood, police commander for the areas of Exeter, East and Mid Devon.
Supt Eastwood said, “These awards recognise the excellent work that goes on, both on the frontline and behind the scenes, to keep the areas of Exeter, East and Mid Devon safe. I am proud to be the commander of such a professional and hard working team of officers”.
A South West based marketing and PR firm is celebrating a number of success stories – and all within weeks of one another.
One Voice Media & PR, which has its offices in the heart of Exeter’s business district Southernhay, has enjoyed mammoth success in staging the World Premiere of Ice Age Live! at Wembley Arena on 2nd November.
Ice Age Live! brings the animated film characters to life in a new storyline taken from all three films. After its international launch, the spectacular new production is now embarking on a five year global tour before...
