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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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Women in Business event sells out in less than 24 hours

TICKETS for the second free Plymouth Women in Business Networking group which is due to be held in the first week of March have sold out in less than 24 hours.

120 tickets for the lunchtime event next month at The Treasury Bar in the city were booked up less than a day after they were offered online. A waiting list has been set up and is already filling up.

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Preparation work begins for Derriford Transport Scheme

Early preparation works for the Derriford Transport Scheme will get under way today (Firday 5 February).

The scheme will help to reduce congestion along Tavistock Road and create more road capacity for the extra traffic that will be generated by proposed developments in the area. It will also include better facilities for public transport, walking and cycling.

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City Market to get £3.5m makeover

Plymouth’s City Market is to get a £3.5 million makeover as part of a major investment to help the city’s West End businesses.

Market traders are being invited to an event next week to talk to the project team and see some of the proposed designs for the revamp that will secure the long term future of the much-loved market by addressing maintenance and condition issues.

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Recent summer temperatures in Europe likely to be the warmest of last two millenia

Recent global warming lies outside of patterns experienced over the past 2,000 years supporting the suggestion it is being influenced by human activity, an international study involving Plymouth University has found.

Most of Europe has experienced strong summer warming over the course of several decades, accompanied by severe heat waves in 2003, 2010 and 2015.

New research by a...

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City's top health experts speak at Science Park conference

SOME of the most powerful and influential health professionals in the west country attended a free health conference at Plymouth Science Park addressing the status of healthcare in the city and its future.

The “Health and the City’ conference was organised by Plymouth Science Park and 100 delegates signed up for the event held in conferencing rooms at the 25-acre site adjacent to...

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Help finalise transport improvement plans for Outland Road

Detailed plans for upgrading junctions and improving traffic flow along Outland Road will be on public display this week.

The A386 Outland Road Junction Improvements scheme will reduce congestion along Outland Road, improving journey times for motorists and service reliability for buses on this busy route. It will also improve road safety by upgrading pedestrian crossings and providing...

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Plymouth's first rent-to-buy homes completed

The country’s first rent-to-buy homes from Rentplus have been completed in Plymouth, as part of a drive towards developing new homes to help tackle the region’s housing shortage and provide much-needed housing for local families.

The properties are the first five of 19 affordable rent-to-buy homes being delivered by innovative new housing company Rentplus as part of a 139 home...

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Free event for private landlords on the new Universal Credit scheme

Now that the Government’s new Universal Credit scheme has been introduced the City Council is hosting a special event to explain the changes for private landlords.

Universal Credit is a single monthly payment for people in or out of work, which merges together some of the benefits and tax credits that people currently receive. Universal Credit has replaced income-based Jobseekers’...

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Plymouth-based manufacturer expands

Right Price, based in Plymouth’s Newnham Industrial Estate, has kicked off to a booming start to 2016. Sarah and Travis are now entering their fourth year of ownership, and building on the well-known Right Price name, which has been built up over nearly three decades, they have developed firm to one of the South West’s leading manufacturers and installers of windows and doors &...

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Finance in the South West event announced

Francis Clark’s annual Finance in the South West event, now in its 4th year running, will be taking place on Tuesday 23rd February from 08:00 to 14:00 at Exeter Racecourse. The

Seminar brings together specialists representing funding and business support available to businesses in the Heart of the South West LEP area.

This year the keynote speaker will be Radio 4 business and...

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