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Ottery
The Team Otter Twilight walkers. Photo: Otter Garden Centre

Rooting for Hospiscare – Ottery garden centre raises more than £14,000 for charity

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By on Business, East Devon, Editor's Choice, News, Ottery St Mary

A host of fundraising events held over 2021 by garden centre staff in Ottery St Mary has raised more than £14,000 for Hospiscare. The business this week thanked all who had supported the events to raise much-needed funds for the charity, totalling £14,700. It was the third  consecutive year the garden centre in Ottery has backed Hospiscare through fundraising. Jacqui Taylor, Otter Garden Centres managing director, said: “This is, quite simply, a brilliant total. It shows just how much this local charity means to our team and customers. “We are so incredibly grateful for the ongoing support and enthusiasm shown…

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East Devon
Andy Rook (third from left) was instrumental in securing better broadband for 120 homes and businesses in Topsham. Photo: with permission.

East Devon town celebrates better broadband after a successful two-year campaign led by one resident

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By on Business, East Devon, News

A town in East Devon is celebrating better broadband for 120 homes and businesses previously left with poor connectivity. People in Topsham living and working in the Greatwood Terrace area, the High Street, and surrounding streets,  have successfully been connected to a Gigabit capable fibre broadband after a two-year campaign. The community effort was led by Topsham resident Andy Rook, supported by funding from the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme. Andy said: “Around Christmas 2019 I was reading all sorts of erroneous comments on our local Facebook group about broadband in Topsham, because whichever supplier you went to it…

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Exeter
The road layout in Queen Street, Exeter. Image: Google.

Exeter: Temporary Covid road layout in Queen Street to become £250,000 permanent fixture

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By on Business, Exeter, News

A temporary one-way layout on Queen Street in Exeter to encourage social distancing amid Covid-19 is to be made permanent at a cost of £250,000 The ‘pop-up’ layout, which has split public opinion, was implemented early last year to help with social distancing and to encourage walking and cycling. Exeter City Council has agreed to spend £250,000 constructing a layout similar to the current single-traffic track design, with additions of a widened pavement and two cycle lanes. Will Pratt, the council’s lead for transport, strategy and infrastructure delivery, said traffic volumes had reduced by 25 per cent on Queen Street…

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Exeter
Boots, Exe Bridges Retail Park. Photo: Devon and Cornwall Police.

Thieves targeting locked bikes left outside shops in Exeter prompts police warning to cyclists

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By on Business, Exeter, News

Police in Exeter are warning cyclists about thieves targeting locked bikes left outside shops at a city centre retail park. Officers said they have received reports of thefts of bicycles and parts, such as quick-release wheels, while they were locked in racks at the front of Boots, on the Exe Bridges Retail Park, in St Thomas. Devon and Cornwall Police are urging cyclists to use specialist locks to secure bikes left outside in Exeter. William Malcolm, a police community support officer in Exeter, said: “The Cowick and St Thomas team have been receiving reports regarding theft of cycles and theft…

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Exmouth
Pictured here is the Co-operative Food store in Exmouth, on Brixington Parade (image Google) and a box of food past its sell-by date (photo Co-op).

Food past its sell-by date is now on sale in Exmouth, Cranbrook and Exeter as Co-op convenience stores cut waste

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By on Business, Cranbrook, Exeter, Exmouth, News

Convenience stores in Exmouth, Cranbrook and Exeter are giving customers the chance to buy food past its sell-by date. Southern Co-op has announced it is expanded its Reducing Our Foodprint scheme, selling fresh food up to two days after its ‘best before’ date at a reduced price of 20p. Non-perishable ‘ambient products’ – such as tinned fruit and vegetables, dried pasta, rice, jams, tea, coffee confectionery, selected condiments, sugar and sweeteners,  plus and chilled products such as soft fruit and fruit juices – will be sold up to seven days over the sell-by date. The stores in Devon now included…

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East Devon
Photos: stock images.

Network giant identifies rural areas of East Devon for 4G upgrade by summer 2024

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By on Branscombe, Business, East Devon, News

Network giant EE has announced it will upgrade 4G in rural areas of East Devon by June 2024. ‘Partial not-spots’ around the village of Branscombe have been identified as among 35 rural locations across Devon to have 4G upgrades over the next 18 months. Branscombe and nearby areas of East Devon are among 69 rural county-wide locations expected to receive the upgrade between now and June 2024, as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme agreed last year. The network provider said: EE will expand 4G in 69 locations across Devon by June 2024 to improve rural connectivity as…

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East Devon
(Left) A LiveWest new build. Credit: LiveWest/GRW Photography(Right) LiveWest chief executive Paul Crawford. Credit: Robert Coombe

East Devon: Developer hails Cranbrook a ‘real success’ – but says retailers’ lack of confidence is the reason for the delay in building a town centre

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By on Business, Cranbrook, East Devon, News, Property

The chief executive of one of the companies behind scores of homes in Cranbrook has labelled the new East Devon town a ‘real success’, despite the lack of a town centre. Paul Crawford, chief executive of LiveWest, one of the two main providers of affordable housing in Cranbrook, says a lack of confidence by retailers is the reason for the decade delay in building a town centre. He said: “If commerce and retail don’t have the appetite to let that space and therein lies the problem. It’s a bit like asking LiveWest to build houses that no one wants to…

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Honiton
Pictured here are brothers James and Dean Manvell, from Honiton. Photo: with permission.

House developer rewards Honiton brothers who sacrificed birthday gifts so family could save for a new home

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By on Business, Editor's Choice, Honiton, News, Property

Football-mad brothers from Honiton who went without presents so their family could afford to buy their own home have been rewarded for their selflessness. Schoolboys James and Dean Manvell, who recently moved into a new-build three-bedroom home, at Hayne Farm, in Honiton, helped their parents save for a deposit through forfeiting birthday and Christmas presents. When developer Baker Estates heard of the brothers’ sacrifices, site manager Robin Palmer stepped in and gifted footballs and a goal post for the boys’ new garden. The youngsters’ mum, Michelle, said the boys had given up treats for almost a year while the family…

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East Devon The Imperial Road short-stay car park is one of three in Exmouth facing a 20 per cent price hike.
The Imperial Road short-stay car park in Exmouth.

Council cuts costs of winter parking across towns in East Devon in bid to boost trade

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By on Axminster, Beer, Budleigh Salterton, Business, East Devon, Exmouth, Honiton, News, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Sidmouth

Fees in council pay-and-display car parks in East Devon have been slashed until the end of March 2022 in a bid to boost winter trade. East Devon District Council (EDDC) has announced a £2 all-day deal from now until the end of March 2022, valid at its car parks in Exmouth, Seaton, Sidmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Beer, Axminster, Honiton, Ottery St Mary, Lympstone and Colyton. Tickets bought in one town can be transferred and used in another area’s car park on the same day, the council said. The council said its parking cost cuts were as a result from feedback from…

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Archive photo: Fore street in Sidmouth. Image: Google Maps
Archive photo: Fore street in Sidmouth. Image: Google Maps

Major roadworks lasting months announced for main routes in Sidmouth

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By on Business, News, Sidmouth

Major roadworks lasting months are set to start in January until April for the town centre and main route into Sidmouth, the county council has revealed. Devon County Council has announced major resurfacing and drainage improvements will begin on the A375 in Sidmouth, from Monday, January 10, with some evening and overnight road closures. The 12-week roadworks will cover around a 1.2km distance, be carried out in 10 sections, closing stretches of highway as the repairs are carried out, with the finish date expected to be Friday, April 1, 2022. The county council has launched a dedicated webpage highlighting work…

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