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Apprenticeship Bus Roadshow comes to Plymouth

This year marks the 10th anniversary of National Apprenticeship Week, to celebrate, the National Careers Services is traveling across the South West on their Apprenticeship Bus Roadshow.

The bus will be stopping at key cities across the region and inviting adults, of 19 and over, to come and find out about how an apprenticeship can help them to reach their career goals. The...

Search underway for a new City Centre Manager

The Plymouth City Centre Company (Business Improvement District) are now searching for a new City Centre Manager following the departure of Jon Walton to take on the position of CEO for the new Southampton BID. Jon will leave Plymouth towards the end of May.

Doug Fletcher, Chair of the City Centre Company said “whilst we are sad to see Jon leave, it does present us with an opportunity...

Council supports LGBT Adoption and Fostering week

Plymouth City Council is aiming to raise the need for more people to come forward and offer a vulnerable a child a loving home as part of National LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week.

There are currently more than 400 children and young people in care and the City Council is supporting the awareness week (Monday 6 to Sunday 12 March), which aims to raise the profile of fostering 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...

Plymouth manufacturer ups productivity with Lloyds Bank support

A Plymouth-based manufacturer has bought new equipment to increase efficiency and create six new jobs, with the support of a £350,000 hire purchase facility from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.

Alderman Tooling, established in 1969, is a family-run business that specialises in sheet metal and fabricated steel products. The business provides a comprehensive range of in-house metal...

Plymouth Argyle 2 Carlisle 0: Match report

MUCH has, rightly, been made of Argyle’s new signings this season, and especially those that came in through the January transfer-window, but it was two of the old guard who reignited the Pilgrims’ Sky Bet League Two promotion push against rivals close in the table but distant in every other way.

First-half goals from Graham Carey, his 11th of the season, and Jake Jervis, who reached...

Steps in the right direction for Jennycliff

A much missed view of Plymouth is now open once more to beach lovers, thanks to a Council led project to rebuild the path to Jennycliff Beach.

The beach had to be placed off limits as a safety precaution after storm damage in 2014 and erosion from the high tides undermined the cliff which has the path on it.

Repairs worth £300,000 have been carried out to repair the path which...

Shop quality vintage clothing that's worth the weight

It's time for savvy shoppers to celebrate as Plymouth sees the debut of a brand new pop up shopping event this March called the Vintage Weigh & Pay.

The vintage shopping experience will transform Plymouth Guildhall on Sunday 12th March by offering thrifty fashion fans the innovative opportunity of filling their wardrobes without breaking the bank by paying for the weight of clothes...

Devon County Show competition entries open

Devon County Show competition entries open! The first major agricultural show of the year in the South West - the Devon County Show in May - has published its competition schedules and entries have opened.

There are more than 600 livestock classes, including beef and dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, alpacas and donkeys, at the three-day Show held on May 18-20 at Westpoint, Exeter....

Burn calories and spring clean our woodlands

Plymouth residents are being invited to get active, get outside into the great outdoors and spring clean the city's green spaces as part of the Great British Spring Clean.

Active Neighbourhoods Plymouth is supporting the UK’s Great British Spring Clean campaign in March this year, running three events to tidy up local woodlands at Budshead Woods, Efford Marsh and Kings Tamerton Woods...

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