Author: JW

There are several ways the Sid Valley recognises the great things that happen in its midst – including the VGS’s very own Champion Awards for Sidmouth citizens. And two the these champions have also received recognition from the Sidmouth Rotary Club/Sidmouth Herald with their annual Citizen of the Year awards – including Angela Carney [2023] and Teresa Loynd [2021]. And now… Continue reading Nominate Citizen of the Year 2024!

Christmas is a season of doing our bit – and the Herald has been letting us know what folk have been doing these last couple of weeks: This year Oasis Cafe has been offered use of the Dairy Shop to open 11am to 1pm offering a space for those just wanting company with a cuppa… Continue reading Sharing Christmas cheer across the Sid Valley and beyond

A couple of weeks ago, and we were celebrating Devon Women in Business. We are now congratulating another businesswoman in Devon who has done very well in the Female Business Awards 24 – which was quite an event last month, organised by the Female Business Network. And so, the Winner in the Eco-friendly business category was… the Devon Eco Boutique in… Continue reading Congratulations Devon Eco Boutique!

“Devon celebrated the best in tourism 21st November as the winners in the 15th Devon Tourism Awards were announced”:  Home | Devon Tourism Awards And amongst the Winners & Finalists were some impressive outfits from the Sid Valley! As reported by Visit Devon: The Sidmouth Tourist Information Centre won Gold in the Visitor Information Service of the… Continue reading Congratulations Sidmouth – at the Devon Tourist Awards!

Devon Women In Business (#DWIB) is a membership network for women working across the county of Devon, providing support and celebrating their achievements through women-only networking events, workshops and the annual DWIB Awards. Earlier this month we saw the Devon Women In Business Awards 2024 happen – with lots of  Awards given out, including to Becki Higgins, Female Sole Trader/Freelancer of… Continue reading Congratulations, Devon Women in Business!

Farmers seem to have had a rough time of late with current worries about the government’s plans around taxing Devon’s farms. So it was great news that the annual South West Farming awards were announced last month – which have now just been awarded, with lots of pictures of winners of the 2024 South West Farmer Awards in the latest Herald:… Continue reading Congratulations South West farmers!

There is an enterprising and active group promoting a vibrant county town: InExeter is Exeter’s business improvement district (BID). We are a not-for-profit organisation run by businesses for businesses. Our mission is to celebrate Exeter, support local businesses, and drive positive change. As a community of businesses, we believe that collectively, we can make a… Continue reading Congratulations InExeter!

This week – on Thursday 24th October – we can learn about saving energy and money – and retrofitting our homes as part of the Climate Awareness Partnership Sidmouth’s series of events to help us both manage our finances better and do our bit for the environment: CAPS – Climate Awareness Partnership Sidmouth The Exeter… Continue reading What we can do to ‘SAVE MONEY: SAVE THE PLANET’ – retrofit our homes!

The Finalists of the Devon Tourism Awards have just been announced. Amongst them we have, as covered before on these pages, these local businesses: The Herald gives us a list of all the East Devon finalists in the 2024 Devon Tourism Awards: The finalists have been announced, and dozens of East Devon businesses are in the running… Continue reading Good luck finalists for the Devon Tourism Awards!

At the beginning of the month, we learnt who the finalists of the 2024 South West Farmer Awards were. And that included Michael Smith of Deapp Farm in Totnes and Vicky Arscott of Sweetlands Farm near Honiton: Finalists in the 2024 South West Farmer Awards revealed | Sidmouth Herald The Deapp Farm is organic –… Continue reading Farming awards announced!