Devon

Chartered Accountants, Haines Watts, one of the UK’s leading accountancy firms, has unveiled its new website. The new site is designed with business owners in mind, offering a multitude of resources and showcasing real business owners sharing their stories and challenges and how they have overcome them.

With Devon offices based in Bideford, Exeter and Crediton, the new Haines Watts website, utilising a fully responsive design will offer business owners the best experience possible no matter what device they are using. Going responsive has enabled Haines Watts to use the most up to...

UKIP Parliamentary Candidate Derek Sargent and ‘flying column’ supporters hit the streets of Bideford on Saturday morning. Almost everyone spoken to in and around the town’s High Street and Pannier market areas, pledged their support for Derek in the upcoming May 7th election and some said they’d already voted by post.

The days activities began with the discovery of more signage vandalism on Churchill Way, Northam, quite an ironic choice, where a large banner had almost been ripped off a fence but, being a UKIP sign, it tenaciously clung on despite the attack.

One UKIP...

Three leading organisations in a North Devon village, who come together to improve the lives of local residents and visitors, have won this year’s Prince of Wales Award, which will be presented at the Devon County Show, May 21-23.

Swimbridge Jubilee Hall Committee, Parish Council and Parochial Church Council will jointly receive the accolade awarded by HRH The Prince of Wales, administered by Devon County Agricultural Association (DCAA), to recognise community sustainability initiatives in rural Devon.

Lady Arran, one of the judges, said: “We greatly enjoyed visiting the...

A woman has died following a collision in Cullompton on Friday.

The woman was cycling along Old Hill, Cullompton around 5.30pm on 24th April when she collided with a road sign.

Paramedics and police attended the scene and the woman was taken to the RD& E via land ambulance where sadly she died.

She is thought to be a Romanian national in her 40s. Her next of kin are being traced.

No other vehicles are believed to have been involved in the collision.

The road was closed until 11pm while investigations at the scene took place.

Any witnesses...

A Devon-based insurance and financial services company is celebrating its Exeter 10th anniversary.

Pavey Group opened its Exeter office at Pynes Hill Business Park in 2005, with just one employee and one client, expanding from its Torquay base.

Today the firm has a team of 31 people in the city and more than 2500 clients, having moved to offices at Peninsula Park on Rydon Lane in 2012.

Geoff Gale, Pavey Group Director, is Head of the Exeter office. He said: “That very first client – and still a significant and valued client today – was the National Trust. From there...

It’s the second evening meeting of the summer at Newton Abbot on Thursday 30th April with the first race, the Newtonabbotrace On Twitter Maiden Hurdle, due off at 16.45.

With 132 horses having been entered across the seven races, including fifteen in the feature £10,000 Newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Chase over three and a quarter miles, a good turnout is expected.

The race is for horses rated up to 135 and course winner Prince Tom, trained near Taunton by Alexandra Dunn, and Bertie Boru, twice successful last season for Philip Hobbs, are both on the maximum handicap mark...

By Rob Jennings-May

Young tennis star Jake Harrison has spoken of the city’s recent surge in courts and facilities playing a massive part in the early stages of his career.

The 17 year old – who reached the last eight of last year’s Senior National Student Finals – remarks upon the benefits to both College and University students, as well as the general public in the county’s capital:

“It is huge, I play with people all the way from Ilfracombe, Seaton, and myself from Sidmouth. That’s a large radius and mileage – so having such good courts and academies in Exeter is...

Over 200 guests of Hospiscare enjoyed hearing from the renowned business guru Lord Digby Jones at a dinner held at the University of Exeter on Wednesday (22nd April) evening.

Lord Jones spoke to the local business community on diverse subjects such as his running of the London Marathon, being interviewed by Jeremy Paxman and the British success in Formula One.

On the general election, he voiced his concern over two issues that he felt no political party was addressing: illiteracy, which he described as the ‘biggest obstacle to growth,’ and the rising age of the population,...

People are asked to meet at the Imperial Recreation Ground slipway in Exmouth at 2.30pm on Saturday 9 May, to spend a couple of hours cleaning up the estuary.

In return for their time, volunteers will be welcomed aboard Stuart Line Cruises for a free cruise of the estuary, including a free buffet and live music from Ace Music jazz band, at 5.30pm.

Exe Estuary Officer, Stephanie Clark, says: "Over the past few years volunteers have made a substantial impact on the health of the globally important Exe Estuary by helping to clear large and often dangerous items of litter that...

There’s no better way to say it than with flowers. Which is exactly why NAFAS (The National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies) is using beautiful little bunches to spread some love around the UK on National Flower Arranging Day (Friday 1st May 2015).

The charity plans to distribute over 60,000 bouquets across the UK embracing ‘The Lonely Bouquet’ concept for the second year in a row. Across the Devon and Cornwall 56 clubs plan to distribute bouquets.

The campaign has been supported by a host of celebrities including Alan Titchmarsh, Jamie Oliver, Lulu, Kimberly...