FareShare South West , a charity who redistribute good quality, in date surplus food to frontline organisations supporting the most vulnerable, has announced that it is launching its core service into Exeter.
The announcement of this long-term support for the city and wider region follows crisis response work undertaken during the pandemic, when the charity delivered more than 200 tonnes of ambient food for use across Devon and Cornwall from their emergency warehouse in Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol.
FareShare South West is partnering with Exeter Food Action to launch and...
Vue Exeter recently reopened to the public with a brand new look, featuring The Recliner – luxurious soft leather seats in every one of its seven screens, along with new Snacks and Seats Touch Screens.
The renovation of the screens at Vue Exeter to The Recliner will allow visitors to find their perfect viewing angle for the ultimate big screen experience. The luxury seats, made with padded leather and a handy fold-away tray to hold drinks and snacks, are now available throughout Vue Exeter, in time for families to get back to the big screen this half term.
Exeter-based online advertising business, Launch Online, has been crowned the top agency in its class at the European Agency Awards 2020 for its work through the pandemic to support South West and UK tourism businesses.
Launch Online won the award for best European PPC Agency (Pay Per Click) and Best PPC Campaign, specifically for its work with UK self-catering business, Aria Resorts, to help guide the hospitality business through the turmoil of the pandemic and secure a vital sell-out summer season.
The European Agency Awards were held on October 22, rewarding digital,...
Business is blooming for independent, award-winning British Academy of Floral Art based in Dunchideock, near Exeter, with internationally renowned co-directors, Julie Collins and Tina Parkes taking on three new tutors and doubling the size of their Devon-based floristry training centre for beginners and professionals.
Fellow master florists Julie and Tina first met whilst teaching at Bicton College in East Devon, before establishing their new joint venture in Woodbury in 2008 and moving to Dunchideock Barton seven years’ ago. The academy offers professional floristry training and...
As the UK descends into various tiers of lockdown restrictions for the second time this year, known as local ‘Covid Alert Levels’, new research shows that some of the top cities in England with the highest percentage of people living alone - are also dealing with the highest tiers of restrictions.
The new research by insurance comparison experts Quotezone.co.uk ,shows the top 5 cities with the highest concentration of people living alone are Coventry with 21%, Leeds 20%, Liverpool 20%, London 23% and Sunderland 22%. Two of those, Liverpool and Leeds, are facing or could be about...
Hall & Woodhouse (H&W), the leading independent family-owned brewer, has raised over £9,000 this summer through its charity dish initiative and Unlock’d lager campaign, in aid of local charities across the south.
The 52 pubs in H&W’s managed house estate have included a charity dish on the menu since re-opening to the public after the nationwide lockdown in July. Over £5,000 has been raised through the sale of honey-roast ham this summer, with 25p from each purchase going to the pub’s chosen charity.
Alongside this initiative, H&W also pledged to donate...
A CARE company in south Devon is urging anyone being made redundant from a customer-facing role in the county to get in touch as their skills are needed in the sector (October 2020).
Guardian Homecare, which cares for people in the Exeter and surrounding areas, wants to reassure job seekers thinking of a care role that the skills they already have are transferable.
Manager for the care provider, Catherine Porter says: “At the moment there are many companies in the retail and other customer-facing sectors such as Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Boots, Topshop and the Co-op...
Exeter people planning on dressing up this Hallowe’en are being urged to void having a ‘sight-mare’ by looking after their eyes.
Exeter Specsavers store staff are hoping that fancy dress revellers don’t play a trick on their eyes by using costume contact lenses and make-up, and instead treat them to the care they deserve this Saturday.
Scott McGowan, ophthalmic director at the store, says: ‘While novelty contact lenses may seem like a perfect costume addition, they can damage eyes – especially if not handled in the right way.
Rare posters showing the glamorous stars of cinema’s Golden Age have returned to Britain, thanks to a donation by one of the world’s foremost movie memorabilia collectors.
The artwork has been given to The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter. The gift comes as the museum has recently reopened to the public after lockdown so everyone can again enjoy the collection of over 80,000 artefacts.
Movie and actor posters from the early part of the last century can be rare because they were designed only to last for a few days. They were printed on inexpensive...
With the pandemic having had a detrimental effect on local businesses across the region, RGB Building Supplies’ latest ‘Support Local’ initiative is giving away £500 worth of independent shop and venue vouchers every week until the end of January.
The new initiative kick-starts on Monday 2nd November, when 10 RGB customers will win a £50 voucher to spend at their local butcher. Then, every Monday until 25th January, RGB will launch a giveaway where prizes will include 10 £50 vouchers to spend at an independent high street store to help with the cost of Christmas presents, five £...
