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Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards expands to include Plymouth

Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards expands to include Plymouth from April

Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service will merge with Plymouth City Council Trading Standards from April 1 2021.

All four authorities have approved the plans which will give them ‘greater clout’ at a time of financial pressure, regulatory change and increasing demand.

The newly expanded service will cover the entirety of the Heart of the South West Local...

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Fast-growing healthcare agency relocates to Plymouth Science Park

Plymouth Science Park has this month welcomed a new company specialising in Healthcare recruitment to their campus.

Acorn Healthcare are moving to the Park to support their growing client base in Plymouth, North Devon and East Cornwall.

Acorn Healthcare specialise in providing tailored recruitment solutions for a range of healthcare clients in the private and public spheres...

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Blundells turns over new leaf with new grounds equipment

Tiverton boarding school turns over new leaf with new grounds equipment

A Tiverton boarding school has purchased a new fleet of grounds equipment after securing a six-figure funding package from HSBC UK as part of a wider overhaul of the grounds within the school’s 120-acre site.

Blundell’s School switched banks to HSBC UK in October 2020 and has used additional funding from the bank to purchase a fleet of high-quality grounds equipment, including...

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Progress update on CDS full fibre network rollout

Preparations are well underway for the roll-out of the full fibre network through the recently awarded contracts from the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme.

Around 56,000 homes and businesses will be provided with access to Gigabit capable broadband by internet providers Airband, Truespeed and Wessex Internet.

While most of the construction is expected to start...

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“New benchmarks set” in YTKO’s support for 50,000+ businesses and disadvantaged entrepreneurs

Over 22,000 businesses and nearly 31,000 disadvantaged entrepreneurs have been supported by Aldgate-based YTKO Group over a 14-year period, enabling inclusive economic growth from start to scale, according to the findings of a new independent full economic impact evaluation of its public-funded work.

The analysis of 36 funded programmes across the South West, South East, London, East...

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Plymouth Science Park is supporting the growth of digital design agency, Knowthis

Plymouth Science Park is welcoming full-service creative digital design agency Knowthis to their Formation Zone to support the startup in the next stage of their business growth.

The Formation Zone at Plymouth Science Park is an exciting joint venture with the University of Plymouth, which helps small businesses to grow sustainably by providing full access to the facilities, services...

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Staff to benefit from RGB Building Supplies acquisition

RGB Building Supplies is delighted to announce it has been acquired by Grant & Stone and has become part of the largest independent builders merchant group in southern England.

The company will continue trading as RGB Building Supplies across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, and its head office will still be located in Barnstaple. The majority of RGB’s Executive Board of Directors...

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Residents invited to have their say on draft Waste Management Strategy up to 2030

Residents and businesses are invited to have their say on the draft Resource and Waste Management Strategy for Devon and Torbay.

The Public Consultation runs from Wednesday 3 March to Wednesday 14 April, and the responses will help shape how Local Authority Collected Waste is managed in Devon up to 2030.

The new document will present how the 10 councils responsible for waste...

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Redrow Homes' CEO, Matthew Pratt, comments on Budget 2021

Summary:

  • Boost in funding for apprenticeships “welcome” to “help encourage a vital stream of talent into the construction industry” .
  • “In the medium-term and beyond October, we would like to see wholesale reform of stamp duty land tax”.
  • “We would encourage Government to consider permanently reducing the current stamp duty tax bands across all levels,
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