Flapjackery, the Tavistock-based confectionery company specialising in gluten-free flapjacks, is thrilled to announce its sponsorship of Tavistock's inaugural eat:Tavistock food and drink festival. Scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 21st, 2024, this exciting event promises to be a celebration of the finest local fare, crafts, and entertainment that West Devon has to offer.
Parents receiving essential support at Derriford Hospital are benefiting from packs of premature baby clothes this winter.
At what can be a difficult and worrying time for some parents, Tesco has donated packs of F&F Premature Baby Essentials to the hospital’s neonatal unit. Each pack contains sleepsuits, bodysuits, hats and scratch mitts. The Salvation Army is partnering with...
Devon-based Flapjackery, which is renowned for its mouth-watering gluten-free flapjacks, has been tantalising judges at the Taste of the West awards, scooping an impressive eight golds for a variety of its products.
Eight different offerings were entered in the prestigious awards programme, and each one received the top accolade. The winning products include Orange Tiffin, Ginger...
Next Friday (8 March) marks International Women’s Day and to celebrate Vue is set to screen four inspiring films which follow the achievements of incredible female leads.
Follow the 1971 Women’s World Cup in Copa ‘71 , which tells the story of football teams from all over the world gathering in Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium to compete in front of more than 100,000 spectators....
An open day at Dawlish’s newest care home gave members of the community a preview of the impressive facilities at the £13m development, and a chance to meet the team.
Claremont Manor, a 71-bed care home with five-star facilities in Dawlish, hosted an open event Saturday February 24th, when the home’s new team welcomed visitors with entertainment, home tours, goody bags as well as...
An app-based employee recognition programme that is using science to promote feel-good hormones has launched at a boutique hotel in Devon.
Bovey Castle, which is part of The Eden Hotel Collection, has unveiled The Happy Hub to its 175-strong workforce, which is a programme focusing on activities that help to generate the four key hormones that drive positive mental health – dopamine...
Leading wildlife charity, Butterfly Conservation, has today revealed that counting butterflies reduces anxiety by almost 10%, in new scientific research published in collaboration with the University of Derby.
The pioneering study involved surveying people taking part in Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count in 2022. The results demonstrate that briefly tuning into nature to...
Paignton, Devon. 1 March 2024: South West-based Torbay Pharmaceuticals (TP) has launched a recruitment campaign to support its ambitious growth plans.
The Devon pharma manufacturing company is aiming to strengthen its workforce with over 10 new positions in its production department after being acquired by NorthEdge from Torbay and Devon NHS Foundation Trust in 2023.
Staff from Practice Plus Group Hospital, Plymouth, previously known locally as the Peninsula Treatment centre, have laced up their boots to kick-off a 630-mile walking challenge spanning the next 12 months, which aims to raise £1500 for the South West Coast Path Association (SWCPA).
Having chosen SWCPA as its ‘charity of the year,’ the hospital team aims to ace their challenge by...
Have your say on a draft plan outlining how Exmouth town and seafront will be shaped for the next decade has been created.
Following extensive public consultations in summer 2022, East Devon District Council (EDDC) has now released its draft ‘Placemaking Plan for Exmouth Town and Seafront’.
A questionnaire, asking for feedback will run for two weeks from March 1 until March...
