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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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Postgraduate paramedic programme takes off

Plymouth University and the Devon Air Ambulance Trust (DAAT) have welcomed the first students to a new programme thought to be the first of its kind in the world.

The institution and the charity have collaboratively put together a masters (MSc) in Pre-Hospital Critical Care / Transport and Retrieval, which enables paramedics to train specifically for the demands of being an air...

This Girl Can: Women encouraged to get active

January is traditionally a bumper month for active resolutions and the Sport England national campaign This Girl Can in association with Active Devon will be encouraging women of all shapes and sizes to try out lots of different ways of getting active.

During a whole month of visits, workshops and other celebratory activities, Active Devon the County Sports Partnership whose emphasis...

Architects awarded BIM certification ahead of deadline

HLM architects, with offices in Plymouth, London, and across the UK, have passed their Business Information Model (BIM) audit. The business now joins only a handful of companies to have been awarded the prestigious BIM certification through the BRE BIM Level 2 Business Systems Certification scheme ahead of the government’s April 2016 deadline for public sector project compliance.

The...

Universal Credit: What you need to know

The Government’s new Universal Credit comes into effect at the end of this month. The new benefit starts to roll out in Plymouth from 25 January and as a result of this national policy, Plymouth City Council has signed a delivery partnership agreement with the Department of Work and Pension (DWP) to support residents in the claim process. The agreement includes the provision of assisted support...

Lecture encourages people to learn more about rewilding

Two leading proponents of the use of rewilding as a means to enhance conservation and ecosystem restoration are coming to Plymouth University.

Author and broadcaster George Monbiot and Alan Watson Featherstone, founder and director of charity Trees for Life, will be the keynote speakers at an event on Friday 15 January.

Hosted by the Network of Wellbeing and the University’s...

Plymouth to host conference on prevention of extremism

Plymouth is to host a conference on the prevention of extremism with a range of national and regional speakers.

The event has been organised by Plymouth City Council on behalf of the Plymouth Prevent Partnership which is made up of the Council, Devon and Cornwall Police, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue, Probation, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth University, City College...

Investment fund returns to support more social ventures

After a successful first year helping South West social ventures to grow and flourish, applications have now opened for an exciting new programme of Seedbed investment and support for 2016.

Now in its second year, the £1.2 million Seedbed accelerator programme is looking to recruit 25 ambitious social ventures from across the region by the end of January.

Successful applicants...

Rose shortlisted for Tourism Superstar 2016

The country’s national tourist board, VisitEngland, has announced the shortlist for Tourism Superstar 2016 which includes Plymouth’s very own Rose MacInnes who is the Visitor Centre Supervisor at Plymouth’s Blackfriars Gin Distillery.

The Tourism Superstar campaign recognises the dedication and passion of those working in the tourism industry and is awarded to an individual who goes...

New football facilities for north of Plymouth

Over half a million pounds is going to be spent on brand new football facilities for the north of the city. Council leader Tudor Evans has agreed to spend the money on new playing pitches and changing rooms at a new hub in Bond Street, Southway, for players from young children to adults to enjoy the beautiful game close to home. The facilities will include a senior pitch, two junior pitches, a...

Half of adults in SW never speak to loved ones about family medical history

Almost half of adults in the South West are shying away from potentially life saving conversations with their loved ones about health conditions that run in the family, according to new statistics released ahead of the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Wear It Beat It campaign to get the nation wearing red to fight heart disease on Friday 5th February.

Having a family history of...

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