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IMP Software secures investment to accelerate innovation and broaden unified financial management platform for the education sector

IMP Software , the leading platform helping Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) to strengthen their budget forecasting and financial management, has announced a significant minority investment from Partech Growth fund to support its next stage of development.

The partnership with Partech, a...

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New palliative care and oncology chaplain appointed

Reverend Andy Barton has been appointed as Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust's new Palliative Care and Oncology Chaplain from October 2016.

Having worked as an Honorary Chaplain with the Pastoral and Spiritual Care team for the past 18 months, Andy will now specialise in this area of work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, working with cancer patients and others, seeking to bring...

TV weather forecaster Clare Nasir to inspire at University open evening

Clare Nasir, TV weather forecaster and University of Plymouth graduate, will be meeting and greeting aspiring postgraduate students at an open evening on 16 November.

Clare presented the weather reports on ITV breakfast show GMTV for 10 years and has just taken up a new role presenting the weather for Channel 5, and will be at the University’s main campus to give a speech on her...

Police announce knife amnesty

Devon and Cornwall Police is holding a knife amnesty this month to give people the opportunity to safely hand in potentially dangerous weapons. The amnesty will run from Tuesday 15 until Monday 21 November 2016. This initiative has been prompted by the recent legislation that now prohibits the sale or importation of ‘zombie knives’.

Police want to give people the opportunity to hand...

Inspiring new businesspeople throughout Plymouth Enterprise Week

A new generation of entrepreneurs is set to be inspired at a series of events across Plymouth this week.

Plymouth Enterprise Week (PEW), run by the City of Plymouth and the University of Plymouth, takes place from 14–20 November and aims to celebrate enterprise, sustainability and new ideas in the city and beyond.

Events include a ‘pitch perfect’ workshop on how to sell a new...

Crewe 1 Argyle 2: Match report

ARGYLE extended their lead at the top of Sky Bet League Two to seven points with a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Crewe Alexandra at the Alexandra Stadium.

Goals from Craig Tanner and Graham Carey, following Alex Kiwomya’s opener for the hosts, ensured that the Greens took full advantage of Carlisle’s unexpected first defeat of the season at bottom-placed AFC Newport County.

The...

Heartless thieves steal Christmas boxes from Plymouth church

Police are appealing for information about a theft from the Pilgrim United Reform Church on St Levans Road, Plymouth.

Between Monday 12th and Monday 19th September 2016, 15 shoe boxes filled with toys, sweets, stationery, toiletries and money were taken from the rear hall of the church . The boxes were donated by the public to the Samaritans Purse Operation Christmas Child.

The...

Pensioner fined £4,700 for illegal haul of wild bird eggs

A Devon pensioner has been fined £4,700 after amassing an illegal lifetime collection of hundreds of wild bird eggs.

William Beaton, 73, from Yelverton, appeared before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court yesterday [10 November] and admitted to stealing the eggs from around the UK, including Devon and Cornwall.

He pleaded guilty to five offences under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside...

New tobacco packs arrive in Devon marking change to law

The first cigarettes on sale in new, standardised packaging have been spotted in Devon.

New laws that came in to force across the UK in May gave manufacturers up to a year to switch to drab green packs, with bigger health warnings, designed to make smoking less appealing to children and young people.

But just six months later, the first packs are starting to be seen here in...

More units let at Saltash commercial hub

Rising demand for commercial accommodation is keeping Plymouth property specialists Bruton Knowles busy - tracking down remaining units on the city outskirts.

Mark Slade from the firm’s Lockyer Street office has now let four out of five units at the Moorlands Trading Estate at Saltash and has offers on the last remaining unit.

The light industrial units vary from 1,410 to 3,...

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