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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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Mayor opens new classroom and 3G sports pitch at Okehampton Primary

A ribbon cutting ceremony was carried out by The Mayor of Okehampton, Jan Goffey, to officially open the state-of-the-art Third Generation (3G) sports pitch and new classroom, at Okehampton Primary School & Nursery. The £540,000 project carried out by property design and management consultants, NPS South West and built by Skinner Construction Ltd., of Sidmouth, was completed in the autumn...

Property consultants 'go back to school’

Property design and management consultants, NPS South West, based in Exeter, went ‘back to school; when they revisited their £1.4m classroom extension project at Highweek Primary & Nursery School in Newton Abbot, 12 months on. The project constructed by Interserve, was completed in summer 2016, with Hamson Barron Smith (HBS), part of the NPS Group, as design and management consultants,...

Three quarters of South West SMEs have no plan to deal with business disruption

• Disruption a universal fear for South West business owners – 98% express concern • Yet just 7% have a plan in place to address disruption • Uncertainty over government policy and regulation tops the worry list with almost half (49%) of South West business owners concerned.

A staggering 93% of South West SME business owners have no plan to help them cope with disruption, according to...

Entrants wanted for national Dementia Friendly Awards

Alzheimer’s Society’s National Dementia Friendly Awards are on the lookout for people who are improving the lives of those affected by dementia

Now in their fourth year, the awards celebrate people who are raising awareness, changing attitudes and challenging misunderstanding around dementia

Dementia devastates lives, and by 2021 one million people will be living with the...

Civica Group acquires Plymouth Science Park’s Carval Computing

The Civica Group, a market leader in business-critical software applications, digital solutions and outsourcing services has acquired specialist software provider Carval Computing Limited.

Plymouth Science Park based Carval provides integrated HR and payroll systems and related payroll processing services.

Its software applications are used in more than 300 installations,...

Knife amnesty is a success

The knife amnesty, supported by Devon and Cornwall Police and other UK forces, as part of Operation Sceptre, is now concluded. It ran from 17 – 23 July in Devon and Cornwall (19 – 26 July in Plymouth).

Outside the periods of these amnesties, unwanted bladed items should be safely transported to the metal reclamation section of your local recycling centre.

Activities in addition...

Crucial local public transport information team move to Plymouth Science Park

A team of five public transport and data experts, whose system provides crucial travel updates across the whole of the south west and beyond, are on the move themselves from their Milehouse HQ, their home for the past 15 years, to sparkling new offices at Plymouth Science Park.

South West Public Transport Information’s remit is huge as it provides data for real time updates for public...

Jack Wills is coming to Drake Circus Plymouth

Drake Circus has confirmed that British clothing brand Jack Wills will open at the South West's leading retail centre later this year.

Following its hugely successful pop up shop at Drake Circus over Christmas 2014, Jack Wills is set to make a triumphant return to Plymouth’s retail scene with its first proper city centre shop at Drake Circus this September.

Jack Wills is a...

National Marine Aquarium joins global #OurOceans campaign

The National Marine Aquarium has launched in Plymouth an international campaign to clean up our oceans.

The global #OurOceans campaign, created by the European Commission, is designed to tackle the critical and growing volume of waste deposited in the sea, calling on Aquariums from around the world to spearhead the project at a grassroots level.

Over 70 Aquariums have so far...

Regional health boost with PSP's heart screening team of experts

State of the art heart scanning equipment will shortly be utilised by a specialist health company, based at Plymouth Science Park, to help improve cardiac services across the South West.

Ultracardiac will be able to provide detailed heart scans for patients when it opens its new premises at PSP over the next few months.

With more than three years of detailed planning and a...

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