The Bordeaux Boys, AKA Steve Bulmer, Dan Fleming, Nick Kirby, James Osbent and Chris Sayer, are leaving their busy schedules behind for seven days to raise money for the charity Balloons.
On Friday 4 April the boys will cycle a total of 600 miles, from Exeter to Bordeaux, to raise money for the local charity.
Balloons provides free community-based support for children, young people and their families living in Exeter, Mid and East Devon, following the death, or before an expected death, of a significant person in their lives, such as a parent, carer or sibling.
A twitter appeal by local businessman Adam Stone against a company’s 'ecological vandalism' has won a £500 donation to the Devon Wildlife Trust. While passing Exeter Car Dealers Bristol Street Motors, Adam saw an employee release handfuls of helium balloons into the sky rather than safely deflate them. After his chance encounter, Adam Stone CEO of Rokk Media and a director of The Daily Uk Ltd took to twitter to challenge the company directly. Adam messaged the company: “@BristolStMotors I watched an employee of yours in Exeter release hundreds of helium balloons just now rather than...
Kate Connock speaks very enthusiastically about working for John Lewis, and having worked for the firm for 22 years she should know what she is talking about. She now sees that extensive experience culminate in her most exciting challenge to date, managing the launch of a very special branch of the brand 'never knowingly undersold'.
However the pride she shows is as much to do with the links John Lewis forges with the local community and how it treats its staff, or partners as it calls them, fairly as it does with the quality products it sells. Despite the mammoth task of...
In a true test of team endurance, a group of cyclists from LHC Architecture + Urbanism have clocked up over 2,000 miles in order to raise more than £2,500 for Balloons bereavement charity.
The team of twenty-one tackled the Devon Coast to Coast cycling challenge on September 10th and 11th, climbing over 4,000 feet and each cycling 100 miles across the two days.
Setting off from Ilfracombe on Saturday, the team was led by Directors Rob Bramhall, Graham Devine, Mark Daley and Urban Design Director Paul Osborne, completing the challenge on Sunday in Plymouth.
Exeter's longest established gift shop Toot Garook is celebrating 20 years of trading this weekend.
Come and join us from tomorrow and over Saturday & Sunday to enjoy 10% OFF ALL PURCHASES, 20% OFF purchases over £50, a glass of fizz, sweet treats and balloons
