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Exeter-based IMP Software supports smarter finance in multi-academy trusts with MAT-first solutions.

New IMP Software and ISBL collaboration brings ASOT benchmarking directly into finance workflows

The first phase of a new partnership between IMP Software and ISBL , the central hub within the Centre for Education Operational Excellence , is set to give finance teams a single place to see how each school in their trust is performing against the industry-standard metrics used in ISBL’s...

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Open event at Plymouth Science Park attracts clients from across UK

An ‘open house’ at award-winning Rebecca Garrett Media on Plymouth Science Park attracted clients from all over the country to enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the dynamic media business.

Clients visited from all over the south west and London to meet owner Rebecca Garret and her energetic team at their HQ on the city’s Science Park.

“We are very proud to be based here in...

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Brexit uncertainty dampens activity in SW housing market

Uncertainty fuelled by the EU Referendum has resulted in a marked drop in activity in the South West housing market, according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey, June 2016.

New buyer enquiries declined significantly across the UK in June, with 36% more chartered surveyors nationally reporting a fall in interest - this is the lowest reading since mid-2008. The South West fared...

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Plymouth Science Park Hosts Free Women in Business Networking Workshops

PLYMOUTH Science Park hosted a sell-out free Women in Business Networking workshop designed to help businesswomen to address limiting self-beliefs and help their businesses to grow.

The course, run by coaching organisation In Good Company, encouraged delegates to identify and overcome elements that hold them and their businesses back.

It is the second free bi-monthly workshop...

Triumphant celebration as Goodridge consolidates UK headquarters in Exeter

Internationally renowned company, Goodridge, has celebrated the consolidation of its Exeter headquarters and manufacturing facility at new premises.

The occasion was heralded by a champagne reception on Friday 11 July, attended by high profile figures from the automotive and motorsport sectors and Trudi Goodridge, wife of Goodridge’s late founder and MD, Stuart Goodridge.

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Report identifies ways to boost children's quality of life through outdoor learning

Outdoor learning can have a significant and positive impact on children’s quality of life but needs to be introduced more formally into global school curricula in order for its potential benefits to be fully realised, a new report suggests.

Student Outcomes and Natural Schooling has been produced by Plymouth University and Western Sydney University, following a conference organised in...

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Devon triumphs at Venus Awards National Finals

The National Venus Awards, now in its third year, celebrated the success of its National winners for 2016 with regional winners, Associate, Regional and National Sponsors, guests and supporters in the beautiful surroundings of the Hampshire-based Hand-Picked Audley Woods Hotel on Thursday 7th July 2016.

The Venus Awards National Finals saw 70 regional winners compete in their...

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Polar Explorer relocates HQ to Plymouth Science Park

CELEBRATED Polar Explorer and international adventurer Antony Jinman is to relocate his Plymouth headquarters to the city’s Science Park.

Antony, who has travelled to both the North and South Poles, is one of only 12 Britons to have made it to the geographical South Pole.

As well as being an explorer, Antony Jinman is a climate change educator. He visits schools to deliver...

Business helps zoo staff stay dry

A leading South West firm has teamed up with a visitor attraction on the English Riviera to equip divers there with state-of-the-art dry suits. Living Coasts in Torquay has joined forces with O’Three, the top wet suit and dry suit manufacturer based on Portland, in Dorset.

Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium has a series of deep saltwater pools for penguins, seals and other species. The...

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Superfast broadband planned for more rural areas

The Connecting Devon and Somerset partnership (CDS) has launched a procurement exercise to extend the second phase of the superfast broadband scheme.

This £39.5m public sector investment will deliver Next Generation Access broadband services (a minimum of 30 Mbps) and ultrafast broadband (of speeds greater than 100 Mbps) to tens of thousands of homes and businesses across Devon and...

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Plymouth Science Park hosts free Women in Business Networking workshop

Plymouth Science Park is to host the city’s second, free, Women in Business Networking workshop.

The workshops are carried out by members of the Plymouth network group which attracts 120 businesses each month to its meeting at The Treasury in the city centre. It was founded in January of this year.

Plymouth Science Park hosts the workshop events in one of its conference suites...

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