Lifestyle

Mobile phone signal has been the only thing that hasn’t been perfect for Nathan and Lizzie Figg since they moved to Nethway Farm in South Devon three years ago. The holiday cottage business at Kingswear, near Dartmouth, is located in a valley that makes their mobile signal hit and miss. When they heard about Connecting Devon and Somerset’s Mobile Boost programme, they signed up and had a Cel-...

Whenever customers enter your bar or restaurant, the first thing that they notice is the look of the place. It evokes a sense of personality in the bar and makes it more comfortable for your customers if you have a good bar design structure.

While food and drink are the main attraction of your bar, it’s not the only thing that will help you attract and gain more customers. The way...

A teenager from Devon is embarking on a mega fundraising challenge during her schoolsummer holidays to raise money for a Westcountry-based disaster relief charity.

Emily Read, 15 will be paddleboarding 220km along the River Thames next month to raise money for ShelterBox, which specialises in emergency shelter.

The international charity is based in Cornwall and provides...

Guide Dogs and Dartmoor Zoological Society are delighted to announce a new pilot project, aimed at improving the customer experience for visitors who have a vision impairment.

This July, 22 members of staff and volunteers from the Zoo have received expert training and advice from Guide Dogs’ My Sighted Guide service.

Guide Dogs is currently piloting this new partner model, in...