Ilfracombe in North Devon is the first town in the UK to complete a new programme run by the National Campaign for Courtesy to recognise businesses for their courtesy. The Right Honourable Ann Widdecombe presented the Mayor of Ilfracombe with a certificate marking this achievement after more than 100 businesses took part. The 15-week pilot initiative [...]

On Saturday 21 May 2011 I attended the annual general meeting of the National Campaign for Courtesy at the Club for Acts and Actors in London. Now, AGMs are often dry and lacklustre affairs and, while all the necessary campaign business was completed efficiently, the whole event proved very entertaining. One of the reasons was [...]