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More Plymouth homeowners renting out driveways

Homeowners in Plymouth have made over £25,000 in additional income by renting out their empty driveways online, new figures from peer-to-peer parking website JustPark can reveal.

A growing number of residents are advertising their spare parking spaces on the platform - with JustPark now listing over twice as many driveways in the city as it was 12 months ago.

The number of...

Unique crowdfunding programme launches in SW

Crowd10, a crowdfunding initiative aimed at helping ambitious start-up businesses to grow, is being launched in Bristol.

Crowd10, which has been developed by crowdfunding experts IdeaSquares, will shine a light on ten of the most exciting start-ups in the South West region.

Kirsty Ranger, Founder of IdeaSquares, explained: “Equity crowdfunding is an increasingly popular method...

CATERed invite you to try their tasty new menu

Plymouth award winning schools meals provider CATERed will be in the city centre on Friday offering children and parents the chance to try a selection of dishes from their new summer menu.

Staff will be on hand with tasters of some of the new and exciting dishes available on the new summer menu including Pulled Pork, Courgette Sausage and Vegetable Fajitas at the Place de Brest this...

Get on the first rung of the property ladder with shared ownership

Getting onto the first rung of the property ladder can seem an impossible struggle; but Plymouth couple Amy and Julian Relf have moved into their dream home thanks to Westward and Help to Buy’s Shared Ownership scheme.

The first-time buyers are now the proud joint owners, with Westward, of a two-bedroom home in the stunning location of Boston Close, The Boatyard, Oreston, overlooking...

Devon architect named one of Europe’s top women in construction

Glayne Price from the Devon-based practice of LHC Architecture + Urbanism has been named one of Europe’s leading ‘Women in Construction and Engineering’ (WICE).

Architectural Technologist Glayne is one of an elite shortlist of women from across Europe who have reached the finals of the WICE Awards following a two-month judging process.

As a Company Director for LHC, based in...

Rare chance to tie-up brace of offices overlooking harbour

Businesses on the lookout for stylish office premises on Plymouth's bustling waterfront are being steered to a brace of properties with outstanding views across the harbour.

Leading Plymouth commercial property agents Bruton Knowles has been called in by regeneration specialist Sutton Harbour to find new tenants for two unique waterfront offices.

The Jetty Office on Sutton...

Supertech open day in Plymouth

Supertech Training, part of The Focus Training Group, are opening their doors this Friday (8th April) to welcome all local plumbing companies and industry personal to their centre in Plympton, Plymouth. The centre doors will be open on Friday between 3pm and 7pm to all that wish to find out more about what we do and for the chance to see our facilities and meet our training consultants....

Police keeping watch on Dartmoor

Devon and Cornwall Police is teaming up with partner agencies to tackle crime across Dartmoor throughout the summer.

Local officers will be part of a multi-agency operation which aims to prevent and disrupt criminals operating in isolated rural areas, particularly at car parks and beauty spots surrounding the national park.

The moor historically sees a seasonal rise in crime in...

Cornwall and Devon vie for top place on solar in new league table

A new renewable energy league table reveals which counties have the most solar panels installed across England and Wales. The South West comes out top, with Cornwall taking first place and Devon hot on its heels.

The renewables industry is an important source of jobs, with more than 10,000 in the South West, including 2,800 in the solar sector. There are 120,000 people employed in the...

Global Asbestos Awareness Week: 1-7 April 2016

The first week of April is Global Asbestos Awareness Week which is a campaign by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organisation (ADAO) to help promote awareness of asbestos related illnesses such as Mesothelioma, Pleural Thickening, Asbestosis, Fibrosis and Lung Cancer in the hope that more and more countries will ban its use.

Asbestos is the name given to a group of minerals that occur...

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