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Plymouth accountants support JJ 20/20 campaign

The team at Parkhurst Hill & Thomas Westcott Chartered Accountants in Plymouth is supporting Jeremiah's Journey by signing up to take part in the children's charity's 20th anniversary fund raising campaign.

Now in its 20th year, Jeremiah's Journey, which works with children who have suffered bereavement or have someone close to them with a terminal illness, launched the JJ 20/20...

Connecting Devon and Somerset celebrates success of £94m first phase

One of the largest South West engineering projects undertaken in recent years was today hailed an “outstanding success” as it nears completion.

The Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) superfast broadband partnership revealed that the latest information from BT showed the programme’s £94 million contract has achieved – and is now expected to exceed - the major target of making...

SW hiring sentiment slides but workers remain in demand

Employers in the South West are becoming more cautious about hiring as we move deeper into 2017 according to ManpowerGroup, the world’s workforce experts. Although employment optimism in the region is in line with the national average at +5%, the South West is one of seven regions facing a falling outlook.

The ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,119 UK...

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Mansfield 0 Argyle 2: Match report

ARGYLE manager Derek Adams had talked in midweek about being happy to forego an eye-catching display in favour of a three points and, although it would be vastly overstretching things to say he had his wish granted at One Call Stadium, a third win over Mansfield this season was about guts as well as glory.

Sonny Bradley and Graham Carey got the goals, but such was the nature of the win...

More effort needed in fight against rural crime

The South West NFU is calling for police forces to devote more resources to combatting rural crime, after a survey revealed that almost 20% of members who responded had difficulty reporting a crime and that when they did, insufficient action was taken.

The crime survey was completed by 200 members and showed that fly-tipping, trespass, poaching and theft are the four commonest offences...

Season of success leads to expansion for stalls at Plymouth Market

Just months after opening in Plymouth Market, two start-up businesses are already expanding into larger premises following a successful first season.

Bibs and Bows for Little Toes and The Artist’s Palette are relocating to spacious perimeter units along the Market Avenue wall to accommodate their increasing customer numbers.

Meanwhile long-established M’s boutique has moved...

The Crown Estate re-appoints Bond Dickinson to EMI legal panel

National law firm Bond Dickinson LLP, which has a large office in Plymouth, has been re-appointed to The Crown Estate's Energy Minerals and Infrastructure legal panel to advise on its Minerals and Infrastructure portfolio.

Bond Dickinson will continue to advise The Crown Estate’s minerals and infrastructure business, including its interests in marine aggregates and subsea cables and...

Plymouth base will service Middle East fish-farming industry

Fish farming in the desert may sound like science fiction – but a new firm based in Plymouth will help turn the dream into a reality – and create new jobs in the process.

Nova Scotia–based Sustainable Fish Farming Canada is to open a subsidiary business in Plymouth supplying fish farm pumps, tanks and equipment to the Middle East.

The fish farming pioneers have taken 14,500 ft...

Bandvulc Welcomes TyreWork to Key Partner Network

Bandvulc Group is pleased to announce the appointment of TyreWORK to its Key Partner Network. With more than 40 years’ experience in truck tyre business TyreWORK has been providing Bandvulc with exceptional service provision over the last 10 years. Its rapid and comprehensive handling of call- outs alongside the provision of professional tyre support for Bandvulc’s prestigious portfolio of...

Police Commissioner pledges extra funding for CCTV and monitoring hubs

Devon and Cornwall’s Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez has pledged an extra £200,000 funding to increase CCTV capacity across the force area and encourage the development of monitoring ‘hubs’.

The initiative is highlighted in her newly published Police and Crime plan.

“High quality and interconnected CCTV plays a major role in helping to keep people safe,” said Ms...

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