A young Exeter apprentice has secured a solid career foundation thanks to a Redrow scheme offering a range of key trainee roles across the business and is urging others to do the same this National Apprenticeship Week.
The scheme offers trainees paid positions across the country, in a variety of roles ranging from bricklaying and groundwork to customer service and administration....
A Devon spring water company which puts sustainability at the heart of everything it does is set to double its area of operations. Devonia, which has reused 2.2 million bottles since it began trading, saving nearly 300,000 kilograms of glass from going into a landfill, is the only spring water company in southern Britain with a business model based on the concept of reusing bottles time and...
Fuel poverty grants have been issued to charities in Devon, as part of a drive to help local people live more sustainably and stay warm this winter. The awards have come from Western Power Distribution (WPD), the electricity distributor for the region, which distributes £1 million a year to community initiatives and local good causes through its ‘Community Matters’ fund.
The National Trust in North Devon is calling for helpers to plant 11,000 trees at Woolacombe and Combe Martin to help fight climate change, increase biodiversity and prevent flooding.
The National Trust has tree planting days planned across North Devon. On the weekend of the 19-20 February, 10am-3pm at Woolacombe (near Marine Drive) they are hoping to plant 8,000 trees (as part of a...
All roads lead to Exeter Racecourse for its Super Sunday (February 13) race meeting with more than £100,000 in prize money, and some of British jump racing’s most exciting prospects among the entries.
Top horses, top jockeys and top trainers are the order of the day with a slice of the very best jump racing action heading west to Devon for racing fans to enjoy.
The Heart of the South West LEP (HotSW) has appointed Frazer-Nash Consultancy to undertake a feasibility study into the potential for smart and sustainable aviation and aerospace testing and demonstration facilities within the Heart of the South West (Devon and Somerset).
The HotSW is a business-led partnership between the private sector, local authorities, universities and colleges...
Food banks across the south are to receive donations totalling £30,000 thanks to Southern Co-op members scanning their cards as they shopped in December.
Membership cards were scanned on nearly 300,000 separate occasions which the independent co-operative is converting to 10p per swipe and rounding up to £500 per food bank.
From Alton and Banwell to Wimbledon and Worthing (...
Local health and care provider, Livewell Southwest, has been named as the new organisation responsible for the running of the Mayflower Medical Group of GP practices in Plymouth from April 2022.
The Group, which covers five sites in Plymouth, is responsible for providing GP services for nearly 40,000 people in the city.
The current arrangements, with provider Access Health...
Planting of the first 4,000 trees through the Woodland Trust’s Emergency Tree Fund (ETF) project in Devon is being carried out by a partnership of local councils, community groups and schools.
Thanks to the £300,000 fund, Devon County Council has teamed up with Parklife South West who will be co-ordinating the work on the ground. ParkLife South West is a not-for-profit social...
