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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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Love Food? Love Flavour Fest

Flavour Fest, a food festival extravaganza sponsored by Boringdon Hall, is back for its twelfth year with lots to enjoy! Visitors can look forward to an exciting programme of chef demonstrations, a Demo Marquee area and a full line-up of entertainment from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 August in Plymouth’s City Centre.

ITV’s This Morning chef, Phil Vickery is headlining this year’s Flavour...

SMEs warned over new pensions rules

Many of the country’s 1.8 million small employers approaching their pensions auto-enrolment staging dates are in danger of missing deadlines by underestimating the amount of data needed to complete the process, warns Lighthouse Group, one of the UK’s leading financial advisers.

Tens of thousands of SMEs and micro employers are now starting to grapple with the complexities of employer...

PR Consultancy opens in Exeter

Expanding PR consultancy, Glen King PR/Marketing Limited celebrates move to new city-centre offices with an official ribbon cutting ceremony by Ben Bradshaw MP and Judi Spiers, followed by a drinks reception for clients, associates and the media.

Ben Bradshaw MP said: "I was delighted to help celebrate the expansion of Glen's business. It's great to see so many companies...

MARS mission aims to make historic autonomous Atlantic crossing

A pioneering project has been launched to design, build and sail the world’s first full-sized, fully autonomous unmanned ship across the Atlantic Ocean.

The Mayflower Autonomous Research Ship, codenamed MARS, will be powered by state-of-the-art renewable energy technology, and will carry a variety of drones through which it will conduct a variety of experiments during the crossing....

Extensive footway resurfacing programme gets underway

An extensive footway resurfacing programme is due to get under way in Plymouth on Monday 10 August.

Around 60,000 square metres of ‘slurry seal’ will be laid in 61 locations across the city, on footways that are showing the first signs of deterioration.

Slurry sealing is used as a preventative measure; as well as filling defects, levelling the surface and making it waterproof...

Plymouth chippy sets new world record

Plymouth’s Kingfisher Fish and Chips has set a new world record. It has more MSC certified sustainable choices on its menu than any other fish and chip shop or restaurant in the world.

Run by Craig Maw, his partner Nikki and their 18 strong team, Kingfisher Fish and Chips has always had sustainable fish sourcing at the front of all of their minds.

“We are very proud to offer...

Celebrate Afternoon Tea Week in Devon

Afternoon Tea Week runs from Monday 10th until Sunday 16th August and Visit Devon has discovered the perfect places for a Devon Afternoon Tea experience

Exeter

Cream Tea in the City Enjoy a delicious Cream Tea at the Magdalen Chapter Hotel where you can escape the city for a relaxing cream team in the contemporary lounge. The modern hotel also offers Cream Tea from £7.50 and...

Royal recognition for top volunteers

Two of Devon’s top volunteer groups have received the Royal seal of approval last week as they were honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.

Volunteers for St Luke’s Hospice in Plymouth and Acorn and Squirrels Riding for the Disabled in Exeter were among 187 groups in the UK to receive the prestigious award, the highest honour given to volunteer groups, equivalent in...

Charity golf event raises £1,440

Bandvulc held its annual charity golf event to raise funds for Cancer Research UK in memory of Jamie Kingdom on the 12th July at the Boringdon Golf Club in Plympton. It was a great day for everyone involved and an incredible £1440 was raised on the day.

Jamie worked at Bandvulc for some 13 years and sadly lost his fight with cancer at the young age of 31.

It was decided by his...

Ministers urged to meet farming unions

The UK’s farming unions are calling for the four UK farming ministers to hold a joint meeting with them to find solutions to the serious problems facing farmers.

The dairy, lamb and arable sectors in particular are seeing serious challenges. Official figures show that the number of dairy farmers in England and Wales has gone down constantly over the time. Since January 2015, 236...

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