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Devon’s Lightfoot to be rolled out by Richard Irvin Facilities Management following successful trial

Chudleigh-based Lightfoot’s in-cab training and driver rewards platform is to be rolled out across Richard Irvin FM’s fleet of 225 vans and 90 company cars. Richard Irvin FM, one of Scotland and the UK’s leading Facilities Management specialists, provides services to 9,000 commercial properties and 56,00 domestic properties nationwide. The announcement follows a highly successful trial that...

Jurassic Fibre connects Greendale mass vaccination centre in ultrafast turnaround

Jurassic Fibre recently completed its installation for the new COVID-19 mass vaccination centre at Greendale Business Park.

The Exeter-based internet service provider worked closely with Greendale to provide its full fibre broadband to the site at short notice.

Greendale approached Jurassic Fibre at the beginning of April to say that the business park would be hosting the new...

Salcombe is the UK's most popular second-home location

A new study by Lakeshore Leisure Group has revealed that the UK’s city dwellers are most interested in second home properties located in Salcombe, Falmouth and North Berwick.

The study analysed the Google search history of over 100 UK cities since the beginning of the first national Covid lockdown, to find which coastal and rural locations were being searched for the most in relation...

Salcombe revealed amongst the prettiest towns in the UK

Holiday cottage company reveals Salcombe is ranked the third prettiest town in the UK

With the UK brimming with beautiful towns and its residents discovering more of what the UK has to offer, Welsh cottage company FBM Holidays have conducted research into the prettiest towns across the UK to add to your growing bucket list.

Having reviewed over 160 places across the UK to...

Legendary TV personality Basil Brush to feature in Exmouth panto!

The team behind the Exmouth Pavilion Christmas Pantomime haven confirmed TV Legend and all round good fox, Basil Brush will join pantomime favourite Stuart Earp in this year’s production of Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs.

Basil Brush will feature as The Magic Mirror alongside Stuart Earp as Muddles, Harry Moore as Nurse Nellie, Kassie Malam as Snow White, Jessica Fay Long as The...

Traffic officers helping to keep staycation traffic moving on key holiday route

With holiday destinations in Cornwall hotter than the temperatures this summer Highways England is pulling out all the stops to keep staycation traffic moving on the A30.

Highways England traffic officers have been drafted in to patrol key sections of the A30 in Cornwall and Devon during the busy summer months, and are on hand to deal with everything from live lane breakdowns and road...

Crowne Plaza Plymouth secures national recognition for its support for the armed forces

The hotel has been recognised for its outstanding support to the local armed forces

Crowne Plaza Plymouth, has received an Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award for its continued support to the armed forces.

The awards, which were launched in 2014 by the then Prime Minister David Cameron, were put in place to recognise organisations that employ and support those who serve, as well...

Habito signs 11 year-old skateboarding sensation Roxana Howlett in first brand ambassador deal 

Roxana Howlett, the 11-year-old winner of the 2020 and 2021 Skateboarding National Championships has signed a deal to become Habito’s first brand ambassador.

The six-month partnership has been created to shine a spotlight on skateboarding’s incredible emerging talent and supercharge the next generation of skateboarders. It kicks off just two days before the start of the Tokyo...

New sports pitches for Cullompton approved

By Ollie Heptinstall, Local Democracy Reporter.

Cullompton is to get two new all-weather sports pitches as part of a multi-use games area.

Planning permission has been approved for on Meadow Lane near Cullompton Community College. It will be used by students during daytimes, and be available for the community in the evenings and on Saturdays.

The pitches, with eight...

Go batty at The Donkey Sanctuary this summer 

The Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth will host East Devon’s new travelling creative space – the Creative Cabin on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 August, offering visitors free hands-on activities and the chance to learn all about one of the UK's rarest bats - the grey long-eared-bat.

Activities at the 'Completely Batty' event include making flying bat models and bat masks, as well as putting...

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