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Ballot papers sent out as businesses come out in force to back Waterfront BID2

It’s decision time for businesses in the Plymouth Waterfront area as they vote on whether to continue the Business Improvement District for a further five years.

The ballot papers have been sent out to 877 voters, who will have the deciding say on whether to renew the Plymouth Waterfront Partnership’s Waterfront BID in a four-square mile area stretching from Stonehouse to Coxside and...

City kids to be sent to the farm

Children from inner city Plymouth will spend an educational week on a farm thanks to a donation from a leading housebuilder.

Persimmon Homes Cornwall has gifted £1,000 to Millfields Inspired through its Community Champions scheme.

Millfields Inspired is a charity which works with young people and their families from the Stonehouse area of Plymouth.

The charity aims to...

How to get your training programme the royal recognition it deserves

From improving staff retention to boosting business growth – learning and development has numerous benefits. But all too often it doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.

That’s why, last year the City & Guilds Group launched the Princess Royal Training Awards – a programme which celebrates the impact of training and development on business performance.

Those who apply are...

SWW prosecuted for crude sewage spill in Truro River

South West Water will pay £54,000 in fines and costs for allowing untreated sewage to escape from a pumping station near Truro in Cornwall.

The case was brought by the Environment Agency.

On 16 March 2015 approximately 400,000 litres (88,000 gallons) of sewage was discharged from the Calenick Pumping Station into the Truro River via Calenick Creek.

Located south of...

Bond Dickinson is first law firm to back national sustainability campaign

National law firm Bond Dickinson LLP, which has a large office in Plymouth, is the first law firm to become an ambassador for the right Waste, right Place campaign, a national initiative aimed at raising awareness of the Duty of Care for waste amongst UK businesses.

Managed by the Environmental Services Association (ESA), the campaign was launched in April 2016 following damning...

£266 million investment in city’s future announced

A multi-million pound investment to transform the look and feel of the city centre is being planned as part of an ambitious £266 million investment programme.

The Cabinet is being asked to approve up to £27 million for the scheme in the capital budget – the Council’s fund used to invest in the city, in land or physical benefits that will improve Plymouth for its residents and visitors...

Students SHOUT about dangers of carbon monoxide

Project SHOUT is back for the second year running and is enlisting the help of students across the UK to take part in the brand new University Challenge competition. Carbon monoxide which is also known as the silent killer, takes the lives of around fifty people in the UK every year due to leaks from boilers, cookers, fires and other fuel burning appliances.

Project SHOUT University...

Regus announces first Plymouth Workspace Week

The centre team at Regus Plymouth are organising a programme of events in and around the city this February to help local professionals discover new and more flexible ways of working.

Plymouth Workspace Week is a local initiative designed to showcase all the city has to offer when it comes to flexible workspace. It will take place from the 6th to the 10th of February and offer...

PCC wants resilient and connected communities

Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez will provide almost £24m additional money so that Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer can put more police officers on the streets by 2020.

On Friday the PCC will publish her first Police and Crime Plan, entitled Safe, resilient and connected communities, with a vow to help keep people safe by improving the public’s connection to police.

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Man sentenced following crackdown on new psychoactive substances in prison

A man has been sentenced to a further 28 months in prison following a landmark conviction as part of a crackdown on drugs in prison.

Cody James Ware, aged 27 and originally from Plymouth, has been convicted for being in possession of 2.93 grams of the new psychoactive substance (NPS) known as ‘Spice’, whilst in Dartmoor Prison where he was serving five years for robbery.

Ware...

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