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How Team Building Events Improve Workplace Collaboration

In today’s fast-paced work environment, effective collaboration and communication are vital for the success of any organisation. Many companies are turning to corporate team building events as a strategy to enhance team dynamics and foster better workplace collaboration. These events are not...

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New sustainable Devon Primary School reaches significant construction milestone

Construction of a new £2.9 million sustainable primary school at Loddiswell, a small village located near Kingsbridge in South Devon, is well underway. Commissioned and funded by Devon County Council, the four-class school is being designed by NPS South West and built by Midas Construction on land adjacent to a housing development, gifted to the community as part of the original planning...

Celebrations all round at Plymouth Furniture Store

Customers and staff have been celebrating the opening of Furniture World’s new Plymouth store with Bucks Fizz, prize vouchers and discounts on everything in the store.

The new flagship store in Coypool has created 15 new jobs and boasts 20,000 square feet of shop floor space spread over two floors. It features a series of stylish room sets, stores within stores as well as a fabulous...

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Kay O’Shaughness wins National Inspirational Woman of the Year

NatWest Venus Awards 2017 Local Woman, Kay O’Shaughnessy, Wins National Inspirational Woman of the Year

Kay O’Shaughnessy is the founder and now Chair of Trustees of local Plymouth Charity – Friends and Families of Special Children Ltd. The group was founded in 2002 by a small group of parents who identified a huge gap in service provision for children with disabilities and their...

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Official! IU Energy named as best in SW

South West-based Energy consultancy IU Energy has been named as ‘Regional Consultancy of the Year’ at a major awards ceremony in London last night.

The company were singled out by a prestigious judging panel at the TELCA Awards 2017 – Energy Live News’ annual celebration of excellence in energy consultancy.

The panel, which included senior energy public and private sector...

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Major award for city firm's multi-million pound World Heritage Site design

MULTI-MILLION pound attraction Seaton Jurassic has scooped a major architecture award for the best leisure and hospitality project of the year.

The flagship centre, designed by Plymouth firm Form Design, cost £4 million to build and has smashed visitor expectations in the year since it was opened.

It stands at the heart of the world-renowned Jurassic Coast and was praised by...

Plymouth Science Park scoops top architecture award

Plymouth Science Park's astonishing cutting-edge £7 million gateway building has scooped a top award at the prestigious 2017 Michelmores Property Awards.

The awards celebrate outstanding property and construction projects in Bristol, Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall, across ten categories.

The event last night (15th June) at the Great Hall at the University of Exeter, was...

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SMEs are falling victim to social media hackers

Arguably, the greatest asset of a business is its digital and social media presence but it is also its greatest vulnerability. It can take years to build up a following, but a few seconds to destroy it with a careless tweet or post or not being able to respond quickly enough to negative comments and feedback or a hack.

New research of 500 UK SMEs from business and law specialists,...

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Three Plymouth projects shortlisted for 2017 Michelmores Property Awards

Three Plymouth-based projects have been shortlisted for the 2017 Michelmores Property Awards, which celebrate outstanding property and construction projects in the South West, across ten categories.

One Research Way, which forms phase five of the Plymouth Science Park campus, has been shortlisted for Commercial Project of the Year, as well as Building of the Year. The site offers...

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Bond Dickinson launches International Innovation Week

National law firm Bond Dickinson LLP, which has a large office in Plymouth, has launched its first ever International Innovation Week in collaboration with its US alliance partner Womble Carlyle.

From Monday 20th to Friday 24th March, events on the topic of innovation were organised across the firm, looking at everything from how innovative technology is transforming the legal industry...

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Top Award for Kitsons Solicitors

Private client Solicitor Marjorie Creek, who works at local law firm Kitsons Solicitors in their Plympton office, has been recognised with a prestigious elderly care qualification.

After passing the ‘Older Client Care in Practice’ award, Marjorie undertook further study and passed the ‘Older Client Law in Practice’ award to become a fully accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly...

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