News in Sidmouth

In an ever-changing situation, how can employers choose the best option for the future of their business and their employees?

The Covid-19 outbreak has had an extreme impact on all our lives and whether you're a business owner, employee or self employed you will be worried about your future and how to support yourself financially.

In the last few days listening to all the news of the development of the Corona virus around the world I have been brought back to my days at university when I was studying for my degree in Biology and Chemistry.

Among the many things that crossed my mind there was something I remember being said to us by one of our lecturers. How true it was, I don't know, but at the moment it looks like his words were filled with great wisdom and knowledge. He said to us: "Nature has its own ways of controlling the population and that is the reason we see famine and epidemics, war and natural disasters occurring at times.

Don't discount the benefits of Yoga, Pilates and flexibility training.

If you think keeping fit and training are all about the fast cardio think again. Whether you are a runner, a footballer, or a rugby player; whatever your sporting activity and no matter how fit you are, flexibility training will enhance and improve your general fitness.

Many young workers in East Devon are missing out on basic employment rights and pay writes Sue Cockayne of East Devon HR, based in Sidbury.

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New Year has been and gone, and January has stretched on for about 649 days (or so it feels).

Your mojo packed up and left weeks ago, it's dark, cold, and raining, and you have a list of excuses longer than your arm saying why you can't go to the gym today.

"This is a really tight budget and it's getting harder to find savings. This is the hardest one so far."

Those were the words of Jennie Stephens, Devon County Council's chief officer for adult care and health, at last week's Health and Adult Care Scrutiny Committee meeting.

Sidmouth Nub News recently attracted more than 1,000 likes to our Facebook page. To celebrate this milestone we've put an article together celebrating all things Sidmouth.

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I have been meaning to post something about the Sidmouth Beach Management Plan for a little while as I have been concerned about the reaction that some residents have had to it. So, here's my take on it.

For several years the District Council has been working up a plan to tackle the erosion of the cliffs at East Beach, to better protect Pennington Point and to respond to the forecasted increasing sea levels and changing weather patterns that are expected to lead to rising flooding risk in Sidmouth and significant increased sea over topping along the Esplanade.

Fitness instructors, personal trainers, and pretty much everyone else in the health and fitness industry get asked a lot of the same questions. But without doubt, one of the most frequently asked is whether it matters if you work out morning or night, before eating or after.

For years there have been differing arguments for both, and personally I am a strong advocate of fitting fitness into your lifestyle however and whenever works best for you. But there's no denying that there is a compelling case for exercising before breakfast.

As we rapidly approach our first birthday we ask where the last 12 months have gone?

Antiques on High Sidmouth opened its door last December as the sister company to our award-winning Oxford High street store and it has gone from strength to strength in the last year with 33 professional dealers some local and some from Oxford now housed in our smartly decorated premises.