On 7th October, the staff in the Woods Bryce Baker office in Preston once again welcomed shoppers, colleagues, friends, family and clients old and new to join them for the annual Macmillan Coffee Morning.
There were treats aplenty spread on the green Macmillan tablecloth-clad table, including a selection of doughnuts, Bakewell tart, cookies, muffins and cakes in a variety of flavours,...
To support the country’s first ever UK Savings Week (26 September – 2 October), colleagues at the Yorkshire Building Society branch in Paignton are holding an event designed to provide people with help to build financial resilience and reach their savings goals.
UK Savings Week is being introduced following the collaboration of a number of building societies, credit unions, consumer...
The Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-school on Midvale Road, Paignton has gained a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating following its latest inspection which took place in April.
The family-run nursery group has had five Ofsted inspections across its settings so far this year and has achieved ‘Good’ results on all of them.
The report has praised the nursery’s staff and managers for working...
South West Business Council have announced this year’s regional recipients of the prestigious Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
The Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and other organisations who excel in one of four categories: International trade, innovation, sustainable development or promoting opportunity (through social mobility).
For the last two years, Hoburne Devon Bay holiday park in Paignton has been supporting Devon Air Ambulance as the park’s nominated charity.
Despite covid measures and restrictions on fundraising events, the popular family holiday park has raised more than £14,000 for the much-needed local charity, which responded to 1,900 incidents across the region last year.
A nursery worker from Paignton has celebrated over 20 years of service at a local day nursery and pre-school.
Racheal O’Reilly has spent her career working at the Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-School at South Devon College in Long Road where she is an Early Years Educator with a Level 3 qualification.
The family-run business, headed up by husband and wife team Tony and Bev...
Back in October, Woods Bryce Baker, the Experts in Property on Torquay Road in Preston, launched a hedgehog-themed colouring competition for pupils of Oldway Primary School, to help raise awareness of the hedgehog’s plight for survival in the UK.
The competition attracted around 50 entries, the pictures all beautifully coloured by the children, aged between four and 10.
The family of a 10-year-old from Paignton, Devon, living with life-long effects following her diagnosis with a brain tumour, is working with the charity Brain Tumour Research to share their story of hope and heartbreak this Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Brain tumours kill more children than leukaemia
One in three children who die of cancer are killed by a brain
Food delivery company Deliveroo has announced its early launch in Paignton. This means that locals can now order food from a range of restaurants and grocery retailers in the local area.
Deliveroo is an app and website that enables Brits to check out the very best local food in their area. The British company has seen great success and is now available in 12 different markets across...
