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Packing a punch! Kate and her kits
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SITE SEEING Exeter Business Improvement District (Exeter BID) has launched its new ‘In Exeter’ website aimed at both residents and visitors. The website is part of a £2.4million package of initiatives being carried out by the consortium of levy-paying businesses in the BID zone. It focuses on four key areas: Go Shopping; Eat, Drink & Stay; See and Do; and City Business. There is also a Business Directory, What’s On page and a News & Offers section. Says BID CEO Craig Bulley: ‘The new website is a real achievement of Exeter BID and represents 641 city businesses. It is a source of information for anyone using our wonderful city and a fantastic resource for our members. I am sure it will become the ‘go to’ site for visitors and residents of Exeter with all the latest and exciting events and offers to enjoy in the city.” For more: inexeter.com Twitter: @InExeter #InExeter Facebook: facebook.com/InExeter
IT’S ALL ABOUT DE BASS Pipity, a Topsham-based fledgling company, has just scooped a hat-trick of prestigious awards. The brainchild of multi-tasking local mum-ofthree Kate de Bass, the portable activity case for children has won a Junior Design Award, Loved by Parents Award and Right Start Best Toy Award – all within a fortnight. Designed from Kate’s kitchen table, the product aims to keep children’s artistic minds occupied while also being practical and portable. Taking a step back from digital era distraction techniques, Pipity packs are full of arts and crafts supplies to stimulate young brains either at home or on the move. Says Kate about her wins: “Pipity sprang from a desire to find things for my own children that would spark their imaginations, keep them creatively busy and be easy to take out and about. I’m over the moon that Pipity has been recognised in these awards.” A sample of the new site
MOVERS, SHAKERS, ETC LHC Architecture + Urbanism has announced five new promotions at its Exeter and Plymouth design studios. Both Alex Lammie and Steve Tapp have been promoted to associate directors, while Keiran Bartlett, Peter Koch and Phil Sanders rise to associate. . . Anouska Musson (right) of Tozers in Exeter has been promoted to associate solicitor, having qualified as a solicitor over five years ago. Paul Kelly, managing partner and head of the parks team, comments: “I am delighted that Anouska has received this well-deserved promotion. Her work within my team has been tremendous, so many congratulations.” Intellectual property specialist Tom Moore from Stephens Scown LLP has been appointed to the board of directors of Food & Drink Devon. . . And the Deer Park Country House Hotel, near Honiton, has welcomed Hadleigh Barrett as its new head chef.
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