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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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Funding boost gives Devon’s businesses more flex appeal

Devon’s small businesses will receive a welcome boost as Devon County Council announces plans to expand the county’s network of flexible working spaces.

Around 20 per cent of Devon workers work from home, and many of those are home-based businesses looking for larger premises as their business expands.

Their contribution to the local economy is significant and support for the...

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Police continue to dig for clues at home of serial killer Fred's West's friends

Devon police officers are continuing to investigate the garden at the former home of a paedophile couple, who knew serial killers Fred and Rose West.

Excavations began on Tuesday 3 May in the rear garden of a bungalow in Bradnich, near Cullompton, following historic intelligence linked to the former occupants of the council-owned property, David and Pauline Williams.

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Plymouth School of Creative Arts wins top architectural award

The distinctive red Plymouth School of Creative Arts at Millbay has a won prestigious architectural RIBA South West Award from the Royal Institute of British Architects at a ceremony on the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare on 29 April.

The architect of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ striking new landmark building also picked up Tarmac sponsored Project Architect of the Year for Andy...

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Property agents hoping for hat-trick at South Brent park

Bruton Knowles’ Plymouth office is aiming for a hat-trick of deals on the Kingswood Court Business park in South Brent, Dartmoor.

Mark Slade from the Lockyer Street firm has let Unit 8, has an offer on the table for Unit 9 and has been instructed to let Unit 10.

He said: “South Brent is a large village on the southern edge of Dartmoor but it does have good access to the A38...

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Conference to educate in digital safety and wellbeing

Experts will be gathering at Plymouth University this month to discuss digital safety in social care, health and education settings.

Among the speakers at the Digital Wellbeing and Safeguarding Conference on 16 May will be Lorin LaFave, the mother of teenager Breck Bednar who was tragically murdered as a result of online grooming.

Lorin told her story recently in the BBC3 TV...

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Revved up for motor sale

A motor sales and MOT garage with a flat on a large site with development potential in Plymouth is coming to auction.

The Hilltop Garage in Austin Crescent has a freehold guide price of £275,000 to £325,000. It is among the West Country lots listed for sale by the regional land and property auctioneers Clive Emson in June.

Graham Barton, Senior Auctioneer, said: “This...

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Guided Lilies get set for Burrator 10k challenge

It's only a few weeks now before the first Burrator 10K Challenge on 22nd May and a group of staff and volunteers from Plymouth Guild calling themselves the Guilded Lilies, are getting in their final hours of practice in order to raise vital funds towards the Guild’s services.

Part of the City since 1907, Plymouth Guild has been supporting people in Plymouth for over 100 years with...

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New Devon commander appointed

Devon and Cornwall Police has appointed Chief Superintendent Jim Colwell to lead frontline policing across the whole of Devon.

Rising from a bobby on the beat across Plymouth in 2001 to a member of the Force’s senior leaders, C Supt Colwell aims to sustain the professional standard of policing service across the county, as well as collaborate with partner agencies to assist community...

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Plymouth’s Plan for Homes wins top planning award

Plymouth City Council’s ‘Plan for Homes’ has won a top regional planning award and has been shortlisted for a national award.

Plan for Homes won the overall award in the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) South West Awards for Planning Excellence. It has also been shortlisted for an RTPI national award in the category ‘Excellence in Planning to Deliver Housing’.

Phil Bisatt,...

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Plymouth Devils v Sheffield Tigers

Plymouth begin their home programme in the Premier League with a match against Sheffield at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening (7.15pm).

They will look to bounce back from Sunday’s 50-43 defeat at Scunthorpe with team manager Lee Trigger taking some positives from that seven-point reverse.

He says: "If we had scored one more point, we would have come away from Scunthorpe...

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