Lifestyle

Finding the Perfect Doors for Your Home

We obsess over wall colors, floor finishes, and light fixtures, yet frequently ignore a dominant architectural feature present in every single room. This element dictates flow, influences acoustics, and contributes massively to your home's character. It’s the humble, often overlooked door....

How to refinance your home (even if you have a bad credit rating)

We’re probably all going to need to borrow money at some point in our lives. Whether it’s a mortgage to buy a house, signing up for hire purchase in order to buy a car or using a credit card to do a weekly shop, taking out finance has, for many of us, become a part of our everyday lives.

Unfortunately, for those with a bad credit rating, borrowing money can be difficult. For small...

Vets offer advice to keep pets warm during the cold snap

If it’s cold for you, it’s cold for your pet – that’s the key message from the British Veterinary Association (BVA) as it urges pet owners to take extra precautions to ensure their dogs, cats and other small pets are kept safe from hidden and potentially fatal hazards as temperatures plunge around the UK.

As with humans, pets can fall ill upon exposure to extremely cold temperatures...

UK’s leading commercial coffee machine supplier launches first-ever review website

Bibium, the industry leader in providing coffee solutions to offices and the hospitality sector, has today launched an online review site where commercial consumers can browse, learn, review and purchase coffee machines.

Run by husband and wife team Wyatt and Grace Cavalier, the new offering is based on the TripAdvisor model and will allow customers to sort, search and filter over 600...

Intronauts comes to Plymouth

Green Ginger's new show Intronauts comes to Theatre Royal Tuesday 29 January – Saturday 2 February. It propels audiences into a microscopic world, taking them on a fantastical journey deep into the inner reaches of the human body. Intronauts is a madcap story that sheds light on advancing technology and brings us face to face with big syringes and a tiny submarine.

In a future not so...

Time is running out to apply for a primary school place in September

If your child is due to start at primary school for the first time in September 2019, or junior school for children who have completed Year 2, you only have a few days left to get your applications in.

The deadline for primary and junior school admission preferences is Tuesday 15 January and the Council is urging parents get their applications in on time. If they apply late there is a...

4 Easy Routines That Will Improve Your Health

Taking care of your health shouldn’t be seen as a chore. It shouldn’t be a hard task to undertake, either. It’s incredibly easy, and this article will outline a few routines that will instantly benefit your life.

Although stress is inevitable, and everyone has a bad habit or two, you need to work on these two aspects of your life. Then, there’s the matter of eating a nutritious diet,...

Elderly urged to sign up to Cold Weather Priority

As we start 2019, weather forecasters have said the UK could see another Beast From The East and, liquid fuels trade association The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) is urging elderly people age 75+, using heating oil, to sign up to the Cold Weather Priority initiative, as it responds to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics which show an estimated 50,100 excess...

Why Should You Choose an Island Getaway in 2019?

When it’s cold and wintery outside, there’s nothing quite like planning a sunny holiday to cheer you up! Thankfully, if you live in the UK, your next island holiday is just a short hop away on a plane. It’s time to forget the winter blues, and start thinking about the beach instead. Here are some top reasons why you should opt to visit a stunning, tranquil island for your next escape from...

Steps You Can Take to Start a Charity

Starting a charity can be a very rewarding experience. You are working towards something that is for the greater good, and financial gain is the least of your priorities, in this case.

In order to start your very own charity, you will still need to consider some of the steps that you would take to create any business. For starters, where do your interests lie? Is it environmental?...

The itch to switch revealed: 2 in 3 people in Plymouth would pick a different career if they could choose again

As the nation returns to work this New Year, January continues to prove a popular time for considering career resolutions, as new research released today shows that over a third (37%) of people in Plymouth would be looking to achieve something that makes them happier if they were to change their current career.

The study shows that nearly two-thirds (62%) of people in Plymouth would...

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