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People-Centred Economic Development puts the human element into profit

By PRSD, on Wednesday, June 17, 2009

The People-Centred Economic Development, based in Gloucestershire, has been redefining profit for in human terms. Jeff Mowatt from the company spoke about the social business

Find the funding opportunties you need for your next new project

By PRSD, on Monday, June 15, 2009

You know how it is when all the cupboards are bare, and you’ve got so many projects you want to pursue but for a little lolly (that’s money to you). We know that feeling only too well. Well, here’s some funding opportunities that have come across our desk

Culturally homogenized Devon debate over on D+CFilm

By PRSD, on Friday, June 12, 2009

A few things over on D+CFilm have caught our eye this week, not least South West Screen’s notion that naming something after a Devon myth alienates people from up-country.

Devon County Council up for green Ashden Award for RE4D scheme

By PRSD, on Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Devon County Council is up to win £30,000 for its Renewable Energy for Devon scheme in the local authority section of the famed Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2009, which take place in London on Thursday, June 11.

Art and food at The Cattle Market Café, Tavistock

By PRSD, on Friday, May 22, 2009

Think of a cattle market café and a slightly shabby eatery serving doorstep sandwiches and caustic tea might come to mind – ubiquitous welly-boots and associated manure making for surroundings that are more sterile than welcoming. So the Cattle Market Café in Tavistock is a bit of a welcome surprise.

Kids, keep the car at home and Walk ‘n’ Talk to school this week

By PRSD, on Tuesday, May 19, 2009

It’s day two of Walk to School Week, and this year’s theme, Walk ‘n’ Talk, is giving rise to a Devon County Council competition to design a cartoon journey to school which features a speech bubble conversation. It all sounds like a great photo-story opportunity to the former ‘Jackie’ readers in the PRSD offices.

Exeter natural paint firm in running for environmental award

By PRSD, on Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Exeter firm Nutshell Natural Paints are up for an Award for Environmental Responsibility.

Devon community hospitals to introduce new recycling initiative

By PRSD, on Thursday, April 30, 2009

Hospitals in Devon are set to introduce a recycling initiative that will reduce the NHS’s carbon footprint.

Parade’s on in Exeter to mark the start of the Summer Festival

By PRSD, on Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The parade’s on!

A parade, which will also celebrate Lammas, will mark the start of Exeter Summer Festival, and incorporate large-scale sculptures, banners, masks and music from schools and communities throughout the city.

Mila Oshin from Exeter-based band Drunk With Joy – uplifting downbeat electronica

By PRSD, on Saturday, April 11, 2009

Exeter-based electronic pop combo Drunk With Joy are in the last 20 of the Red Stripe Awards. We caught up with the enigmatic Mila Oshin to talk her about joy, gigs and how music makes nothing else matter

The Torbay Bookshop shortlisted for independent bookseller award

By PRSD, on Saturday, April 4, 2009

Our bookworm buddies at The Torbay Bookshop have been named one of the top independent booksellers in the country again.

Colin Shaddick picks up third place in Great British Eccentric awards

By PRSD, on Friday, April 3, 2009

In the competition to be the most eccentric person in Britain, it can be fair to say there are no losers, or more accurately, Barnstaple’s “splendidly eccentric poet” Colin Shaddick came in a strong third, so he got a trophy and a place won a place on the podium, beating back the likes of Lord