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Brook Green Centre for Learning to become a Centre of Excellence in financial education

Students at Brook Green Centre for Learning, Plymouth, will soon be taught about money and personal finance, after it was announced that the ‘Outstanding’ Special School for ages 11 – 16, has been chosen to join the Centre of Excellence programme in financial education.

The news comes as part of a ground-breaking partnership between the UK’s leading financial education charity, Young...

Bogus trading standards officer scam warning

Householders are urged to be on their guard following reports that fraudsters, falsely claiming to be trading standards officers, are operating in Devon and Somerset.

Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service says that the fraudsters have been knocking on doors and 'advising' residents that they can obtain a refund and compensation following poor work carried out previously....

Plymouth Science Park's £7m space-age building in multiple awards finals

THE stunning new £7 million building at Plymouth Science Park has now been shortlisted for a record four prestigious building and planning awards for its forward-thinking space-age design.

Standing at the entrance way to the park at Derriford, behind the city’s hospital, the new building is the most technologically advanced in the south west.

1 Research Way has already been...

Southern SMEs ‘not worried about the impact of Article 50’

Just 8% think it will have an immediate effect on them

It’s ‘business as usual’ for SMEs in the south of England, following the triggering of Article 50 at the end of March, with just 8% of them expressing concern about the impact it will have on their operation.

Despite the events of the 29th March causing upset amongst large City firms, few small business owners in the region...

Buckland Abbey’s Rembrandt returns home

After being out on loan to the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, for the last five months; Rembrandt’s flamboyant self-portrait has now returned home to Buckland Abbey.

The portrait is the only verified painting by the Dutch master within the National Trust collection. Previously doubted as being authentic, the self-portrait was scientifically verified as being from Rembrandt’s own...

National law firm advises on major partnership

The Plymouth office of national law firm Bond Dickinson LLP has advised its client Rentplus, the affordable homes provider, on a partnership that will see the introduction of the rent-to-buy model to Cambridgeshire.

The partnership was struck with social housing organisation King Street Housing Society (KSHS) and will help address some of the housing issues facing the region, including...

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PKF Francis Clark expands Plymouth team

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A raft of senior appointments has been announced as chartered accountants and business advisers PKF Francis Clark boosts its Plymouth office team.

The investment in new roles comes as the firm – with annual revenue of £38 million, a team of more than 600 people and 60 partners across eight offices – sees continued growth in key areas, particularly tax.

This follows Francis...

UKinbound presents Outstanding Contribution Award to City College Plymouth student

UKinbound – one of the UK’s leading trade associations – gave an Outstanding Contribution Award to Luis Inacio, a student from City College Plymouth, during the college’s Student of the Term Awards on the evening of Thursday 23rd March.

18 years old, Inacio is from Tavistock in Devon and studying a BTEC Extended Diploma in Travel and Tourism. He was presented with the prize for having...

Free seminars to help firms prepare for tax system changes

Free seminars to help business owners navigate what has been described by experts as “the biggest change to the taxation system in a generation” take place across Devon this month.

Next year HMRC will start the implementation of a controversial new taxation regime, called Making Tax Digital, compelling businesses to keep digital accounting records and complete quarterly tax returns...

Plymouth design firm's iconic heritage centre shortlisted for six building awards

THE ICONIC Seaton Jurassic heritage centre has been shortlisted for a record six prestigious building and planning awards for its astonishing and forward-thinking design.

The centre, which was designed by Plymouth-based firm Form Design, was opened last year and has since had 50,000 visitors to the site.

Seaton Jurassic is owned by East Devon District Council and operated by...

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