Business

Mattresses are a huge environmental problem which might be about to be solved thanks to a brainwave by Squirrel Medical, a company based at the internationally renowned Plymouth Science Park.

Currently, the UK sees some 169,000 mattresses dumped into landfill. Hygiene concerns mean many of the parts mean cannot be recycled.

It’s a global issue with industry experts saying...

Businesses in the UK are shunning traditional overdraft and loan facilities from the high street banks according to in-depth nationwide study.

The SME Finance Monitor, which is funded by the high street banks themselves, shows that 50% of small and medium-sized companies describe themselves as “permanent non-borrowers” which is up from 33% from 2012. Indeed, only one in three SMEs are...

The impending European legislation known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force this year, and for those businesses that are aware of it, it probably all seems a little similar to the frenzy surrounding the Millennium Bug. However, the GDPR is going to have a significant effect on your business strategies and, more importantly, on your online security. Although the...

The year long renovation of the Crowne Plaza hotel in Plymouth is over and staff raise a glass to celebrate the hotel’s new facilities.

The £5m project has seen the hotel’s 211 rooms, conference rooms and reception completely refitted, remodelled and revamped to bring the 1970s building and interior bang up to date.

General Manager Kevin Byrnes said: “The interior of the hotel...