Press release archive
News that the global chocolate industry is buoyant despite economic trends was welcomed by Browne’s in Okehampton, where the luxury chocolatier is enjoying rapid growth since it was re-established by Joe Keohane and Nick Baker in March...
It will be scented Camellias and Cyclamen as well as traditional Holly and Ivy that greet Duchy of Cornwall Nursery customers this Christmas. Unlike most garden centres in the UK, the Duchy Nursery at Lostwithiel in Cornwall thrives in winter offering a range of outdoor scented and flowering plants thanks to its mild climate and native varieties...
As Christmas approaches the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery near Lostwithiel prepares to challenge our senses with the scent of winter flowering plants, roaring log fires, local food, artisan crafts, the famous Duchy Christmas Tree sale as well as launching a new Loyalty Card scheme...
Devon handmade chocolate and fudge specialist Browne's Chocolatier opens up the truffle market to new audiences with its unique ‘Truffle Pop’ - a beautifully decorated truffle on a stick, appealing to a wider range of budding chocolate connoisseurs at only £1 a pop! The Okehampton based chocolatier’s transportable truffle is the first commercial product of its kind in the UK coming in four natural flavours, caramel, vanilla, raspberry and strawberry...
Cornish developer Wycliffe Estates Ltd has launched its own brand of Localism by offering the residents of Lostwithiel and surrounding area a discount on all 16 open-market properties at the Castle Hill site in the west of the town...
Hambleton In Rutland - At The Cutting Edge of Ultra-fast Broadband After Hambleton’s Network Builders Throw A Party To Switch On Joint Funded Fibre To The Home Network, Residents And Businesses Continue To Celebrate RUTLAND, 1st November – the Finch’s Arms in Rutland is celebrating, and not just because they hosted a successful launch party for Fibre Network Builders Gigaclear...
Hambleton Celebrates Joining Broadband Gigabit Community Hambleton’s Network Builders Throw A Party As They Switch On Joint Funded Fibre To The Home Network RUTLAND, Saturday October 29th at 11...
ALLOCATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN LOSTWITHIEL IS COMPLETE ALL 16 affordable homes contained within the 32 home development at Rosehill in Lostwithiel have now been assigned to individuals and families from the local area, the scheme’s developer has announced...
Encouraging early signs at the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery suggest a busy second half to 2011 with the new sustainably built shop and café attracting record visitors in July...
LUXURY chocolate-maker Browne’s is applying its confectionery expertise to a much-loved traditional favourite with the launch of its own Devonshire and Cornish fudge brands...
THE sustainable development at the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, which will be officially opened by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall on the 12th July, marks an exciting new direction for the Nursery...
OKEHAMPTON should bid to be one of the Government’s 21 new Enterprise Zones to help preserve jobs in its crisis-hit food industry, says the managing director of town firm Browne’s Chocolates...
HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES TO OPEN NEW DUCHY NURSERY BUILDING As work on the Duchy of Cornwall Nursery’s new visitors centre draws to a close, it was announced today that The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will officially open the new site during their annual visit to the county in July...
Written Ministerial StatementGregory Barker MP: Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change 09 June 2011 On 18 March I announced the start of a consultation on proposals to change Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations larger than 50 kilowatts and farm scale anaerobic digestion (AD) of up to 500 kilowatts...
9th June 2011 – The Government’s decision to confirm the out-comes of the Feed in Tariff (FiT) Fast-Track Review come as a massive blow to large scale developers across Cornwall including Solar Securities who have just had planning permission granted for a 5MW site near Bodmin...
Planning permission for a 5MW array just outside of Bodmin was granted by Cornwall Council last Thursday to solar field developer Solar Securities. The project will use solar photovoltaic (PV) technology to silently convert sunlight into electricity over the 15 hectare site just north of the town - generating enough power to supply the needs for the equivalent of around a 1000 homes...
Whether it’s forgetting why you went up stairs, a simple case of ‘Mum-nesia’ or help with work, memory loss can affect us all, which is why Memory Matters South West is launching its Elephant Workshops at the ASDA store in St Austell this Thursday 19th May from 10am to 3pm...
The team which took Sharp’s from a micro-brewery to the UK’s fastest growing producer of cask and bottled conditioned beer is looking for retailers and customers to support its newly acquired North Devon quality chocolate business Browne’s...
Today (29th March 2011) in parliament Cornish and Southwest MPs will have the opportunity to debate the future of the Feed in Tariff subsidy for solar energy schemes...
Cornwall based specialist dementia not-for-profit organisation Memory Matters Southwest has backed the Alzheimer’s Research UK campaign to increase funding inline with cancer, heart disease and AIDS research...
Solar Securities, a solar field developer, is holding a second public consultation event at Cubert Village Hall on 26th January to present final designs plus archaeological and environmental survey results for a renewable energy site at Carines Farm just outside of the village...
Solar Securities, a solar field developer, is holding a second public consultation event at St Mary’s Parish Hall, Bodmin on Friday 28th January to present final designs plus archaeological and environmental survey results for a renewable energy site at Lower Bodiniel Farm north of the town...