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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...

Plymouth's Drake Circus is blooming this Summer

Plymouth's Drake Circus shopping centre, will be filled with giant flowers this Summer, turning the South West's leading shopping centre into a garden paradise.

The centre, which recently won a top national award for best customer service in the UK at the REVO - ACE Awards, worked with the award-winning Theatre Royal Plymouth team who manufacture and produce stages and sets for the...

Bond Dickinson supports local charity with pro-bono legal work

Law firm Bond Dickinson gave its services pro-bono to the Plymouth Drake Foundation, a local charity committed to developing wealthy, healthy and lively communities in the city of Plymouth.

Solicitor Krista McCarthy acted on behalf of the Plymouth Drake Foundation to help secure a lease on 15 Radford Park Road, Plymstock, which will be used as a charity shop. Bond Dickinson advised on...

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Victims of fatal A38 collision named

Devon and Cornwall Police can confirm that formal identification has been carried out on those who died in the fatal A38 collision near Landrake on Sunday 9 July 2017.

They have been named as Laura Hopes, age 32 and Alfie Hopes, age six from Latchbrook, Saltash along with Anthony Woodman, age 53 of Stonehouse in Plymouth.

A family tribute from the Hopes family:

“The...

RLA launches new Local Authority Network

The RLA has launched its new-look Local Authority Network, a unique and easy-to-use resource that helps bring landlords and local authorities closer together.

With local and national government rules changing in what seem like the blink of an eye, it is not surprising that many landlords are confused about their obligations.

This is where the Local Authority Network comes in...

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Haines Watts South West announce new merger

Haines Watts South West (HWSW) announces a merger with Sally Reed Limited, an accountancy practice with offices in Launceston and Okehampton. The merger is part of the firm’s expansion plans in line with their mid – long-term marketing strategy, and as a result HWSW now employs around 50 staff across five offices in Devon and Cornwall.

Haines Watts South West, with further offices in...

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