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New Chair for RICS Matrics in Devon & Cornwall

Emily Hayden, Senior Project Manager and Building Surveyor at Ward Williams Associates (WWA) has been announced as the new Chair of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Matrics Devon and Cornwall Branch.

Emily who is based in the WWA Plymouth and Truro offices has progressed rapidly since she joined the business two years ago. She has developed her skills across the...

SW firms to receive free boost to better HR efficiency

The Holy Grail for any HR department is the ability to manage all its resources, staffing needs, pensions and day to day office management in one place.

Specialist firm Eppione has achieved this goal by creating a FREE to use ‘one stop shop’ platform for small and midsized businesses to address all their HR, Employee Benefits and Business Insurance needs.

The company has...

Exodus Travels announces three-year sponsorship with parkrun UK

Today sees the announcement of parkrun UK securing three years of funding to continue to support parkrun throughout Plymouth, bringing local communities together and to celebrate the great outdoors.

Every Saturday morning hundreds of thousands of people across the UK pull themselves out of bed to run, jog or walk five kilometres at 9:00am.

parkrun is a free, weekly, timed 5-...

Police 'stealth' HGV on the road again

Operation Tramline, a roads policing operation held over two weeks in Devon and Cornwall (3-7 and 10-14 July) on the M5, A30, A38 and sections of the A361, has been declared a success.

82 vehicles were stopped, and 105 offences were recorded which included 37 drivers using handheld mobile devices. The operation employed officers from the Devon & Cornwall Police and Dorset Police...

Hi tech website firm scores success at Plymouth Science Park

An expanding website design company is putting the finishing touches to a unique and advanced web application which could revolutionise booking and management tasks – ensuring company time is used effectively with no clashes in schedules. Two Superior, based at Plymouth Science Park, is currently expanding its premises and is also increasing its staff numbers to meet the growing demand for its...

High tech website firm scores success

An expanding website design company is putting the finishing touches to a unique and advanced web application which could revolutionise booking and management tasks – ensuring company time is used effectively with no clashes in schedules. Two Superior, based at Plymouth Science Park, is currently expanding its premises and is also increasing its staff numbers to meet the growing demand for its...

Facelift for shopfronts thanks to pilot scheme

City centre shops have been given a facelift as part of a pilot scheme run by Plymouth City Council and the City Centre Company.

Five businesses have so far had their shop fronts upgraded as part of the Shop Front Improvement Grant Scheme, following the successful renewal of the City Centre Business Improvement District.

The shop front scheme aims to support businesses to...

Public Space Protection Order for Stonehouse

Plymouth City Council is set to help tackle antisocial behaviour in Stonehouse by introducing a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO).

PSPOs give police and enforcement officials special powers designed to rid the area of antisocial drinking, drug use and begging in public areas. Those found in breach of the order will be placed on the antisocial behaviour escalation process, a system...

Help to Buy makes the difference for home buyers in Plymouth

More than 750 homebuyers in Plymouth have used Help to Buy to get on to the housing ladder or move to a larger home.

Figures for the first four years of Help to Buy reveal that 764 have used the scheme since it was launched in April 2013.

First time buyers accounted for 81 per cent of sales and local housebuilder Barratt Homes says the scheme has been a real game changer for...

Emergency services launch lifesaving campaign

There were 21 coast-related deaths in Cornwall last year and, with tens of thousands of holidaymakers due to descend on us over the next few weeks, the emergency services have united in a campaign aimed at keeping everyone safe on the coast.

#Coastsafe brings together safety messages issued by organisations including Devon and Cornwall Police, the RNLI, HM Coastguard, Cornwall Fire and...

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