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Brian James, Divisional Director and Head of Office, Brewin Dolphin Plymouth, offers his thoughts on the financial market place.

The FTSE

The prospects for UK equities remain positive although, as with most risk assets, the volatility is likely to be more pronounced as the reassuring warmth of quantitative easing is replaced by the harsh reality of market forces. However,...

Ever fancied writing a blog for an online publication on food, fashion, travel, politics, sport, music, theatre, film, TV, crafts, business, I.T. or just about any other subject under the sun?

Or perhaps some poetry or a short story?

Or a local, national or international news story you would like to share?

Or a review of a restaurant, film, exhibition, album or gig?...

There will be a little less colour on the streets of Torpoint shortly as First Devon starts to repaint their buses into the new standard First Bus livery.

These buses in their garish pink and mauve livery have been a feature in Plymouth and Torpoint for over 8 years now. Over this time the buses have faded and are badly in need of a repaint. Well the first one at least is now out and...

Gordon Dean was a distinguished American lawyer and prosecutor. One of the original members of the Atomic Energy Commission, he became its chairman from 1950 to 1953. It’s said that when Dean died in a plane crash in 1958, among his personal efforts was an envelope with nine life lessons scribbled on the back. These lessons aren’t about the law or about atomic energy. They’re wisdom about his...