by Becky Bradbury | Jan 27, 2015 | Press
It’s the busiest time of the year for a Scilly flower farmer, but Ben Julian, co-owner of St Martin’s-based Scilly Flowers, has flown off to Malaysia as a ShelterBox volunteer to help those whose homes have been destroyed by intense monsoon flooding. Ben and his...
by Becky Bradbury | Jan 26, 2015 | Press
The Brend Hotel Group has become the first hotel company in the South West to launch its own Apprenticeship Academy. The group, which has eleven luxury hotels throughout Devon and Cornwall, has been offering vocational training to staff since 2004. Formal...
by Becky Bradbury | Mar 28, 2014 | Press
With summer on its way and Easter just around the corner, the National Garden Scheme (NGS) in Cornwall has some very special gardens open for charity across the county this April. On the Cornwall-Devon border, Ince Castle in Saltash will once again be opening the...
by Becky Bradbury | Jan 19, 2014 | Press
Bryan Coode, from Carwinnick near Grampound, has been appointed the new chair of the National Garden Scheme in Cornwall. Mr Coode has taken over the reins from William Croggon who held the position for fourteen years and whose tenure resulted in a significant...
by Becky Bradbury | Jun 28, 2013 | Press
BJ Sherriff, the market leader in protective beekeeping clothing, is celebrating its 45th anniversary this July. Dissatisfied with the protection available in the 1960s, beekeepers Brian and Pat Sherriff utilised their knowledge of clothing manufacture from their...
by Becky Bradbury | Oct 17, 2012 | Press
It’s not often that a business is named after a sixteen month old child but that’s what happened when Ross and Soraya Jackson-Hicks opened Rudi’s, a new hairdressing salon in Falmouth. Rudi is their son and, whilst he hasn’t yet started picking up scissors, the salon...