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£180k makeover for Turnchapel community local pub

The Boringdon Arms on Boringdon Terrace in Turnchapel, Plymouth has re-opened following a £180,000 investment from Pub Company Punch and Publicans, Sue and Greg Foxwell.

Sue and Greg have used the Boringdon Arms for the last eighteen years and have been running pubs in Cornwall for the past eight. They finally took over the Boringdon in April this year and it re-opened after the...

Four Greens Community Trust gets ready for business

We’re getting ready for business! That’s the message residents in north Plymouth are being told at a preview of the new-look centre for business and the community.

Thanks to a £1.275 million grant from Plymouth City Council, the Four Greens Community Trust has turned an empty care home in Whitleigh into a welcoming building which can house small businesses, support services and...

Growth in construction slows in South West

The pace of increase in construction sector workloads continue to slow, according to the latest RICS UK Construction Market Survey, extending a trend that goes back to the middle of last year.

Across all sectors in the South West region a subdued picture is painted; 12% more respondents reported a rise in activity over the previous three months compared with 32% in the first quarter,...

Plymouth businesses bolster the local economy by buying local

In today’s digital age, where products are readily available from across the globe at the click of a button, a recent survey has revealed that over 98% of businesses based in the South West believe it to be of the utmost importance to buy from local suppliers.

The survey, commissioned by Plymouth based sign company, Signs Express (Plymouth), collated answers from over 1,000 business...

WITT Energy relocates HQ to Plymouth Science Park

INNOVATIVE cutting-edge green tech energy company WITT has moved their headquarters to Plymouth Science Park.

Earlier this year the company successfully completed the world’s fastest and biggest clean-tech crowdfunded equity raise, which was launched at Plymouth Science Park, smashing their target of £750,000 to hit £2.4 million in just six weeks.

WITT has ambitious plans to...

Work starts on waterfront project

Work starts this week to transform derelict changing rooms on Plymouth’s waterfront as part of a push to get more people to enjoy one of Britain’s Ocean City best assets.

Edwardian bathing facilities to the east of Tinside Lido are being turned into a store for kayaks and paddle boards ahead of an enterprise running the venture.

Planning consent has now been granted to install...

Plymouth city centre gets a Buzzing Boost!

The Urban Buzz has well and truly arrived in the centre of Plymouth this year and it is starting to bloom, and buzz with bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects.

To add to the fantastic flowers which are already in bloom over at Millbay Park and on many of the city centre’s major roundabouts and road verges, we have now moved right into the heart of the City centre and planted...

Railway trespass doubles over summer holidays

Parents in the South West are being urged to speak to their children as alarming new figures reveal youngsters are twice as likely to trespass on the tracks over summer, compared with winter.

Longer evenings, coupled with the start of the holidays, spell danger for Britain’s youth as UK statistics show trespass doubles in August compared to December.

In 2015, there were 128...

Weekend of Wonders returns to Royal William Yard

Following on from its huge success last year, the spectacular Weekend of Wonders event is returning to Royal William Yard in September.

Bristol based and world renowned ‘The Invisible Circus’ will be dazzling crowds on the 3rd & 4th September with awe-inspiring performers such as jugglers and wall runners.

They will be joined by the hugely popular and award winning Royal...

Police appeal after assault and robbery in Plymouth

Police are seeking any witnesses to an assault and robbery which happened on Poole Park Road, Plymouth, at around 11pm on Friday 22nd July 2016.

The 18-year-old male victim was walking home when he was approached from behind by two men not known to him. One of the men struck the victim in the face making his nose bleed.

The two men made off with £5 in cash, a shoulder bag made...

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