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Plymouth site manager scoops Best Residential Site Manager Award for the South West Region

Vistry Partnerships’ Robert Pendall has been selected as a regional winner of the LABC’s Building Excellence Awards 2022.

Robert Pendall, a Site Manager for Vistry Partnerships South West region based in Plymouth, has been announced as the South West of England Regional Winner for Best Residential Site Manager at the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Business Excellence Awards...

Cutting Edge Smart Sound Connect Control Centre Opens

Following on from the successful launch of Smart Sound Connect earlier this year, today marks the opening of a state-of-the-art control centre for the network to further enhance the support provided to industry as part of the Smart Sound testing and proving ground based in and around Plymouth Sound. The network was recently recognised by the Mobile sector by receiving the 2022 Mobile Industry...

Plymouth Tourism Conference to Focus on Digital Trends

Just over 10 years on from the creation of Destination Plymouth, its annual Tourism Conference will focus on digital trends and how data can drive a tourism change.

This year’s forum, sponsored by City College Plymouth and PL1 Events, takes place on Wednesday, November 16 at the city’s Duke of Cornwall Hotel and will examine the current challenges affecting the sector and how digital...

Cost of living crisis: small businesses in the South West struggling to recover due to rising costs and lack of investment

Over 69% of small businesses in South West England say they are experiencing rising energy and utilities costs, whilst over a third are seeing their business finances stretched, according to new eBay UK research[1]. Unfortunately, it looks like these costs will only continue too, with over half (57%) of respondents saying that these rising costs are likely to last over a year.

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Principal Supply Chain Partner announced for new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre

University Hospitals Plymouth has announced a Principal Supply Chain Partner for the new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre to be built at Derriford.

MWD Healthcare, an alliance between contractors Mace and Willmott Dixon, has been appointed to deliver the 17,000 m2 purpose-built facility, with construction work planned to start in 2023.

Derriford’s new Urgent and Emergency...

Foot Anstey appointed to National Farmers' Union legal panel

National law firm, Foot Anstey has been reappointed by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) to its legal panel of expert law firms.

Foot Anstey will be working closely with the NFU to support its members.

The NFU represents more than 46,000 farming and growing businesses Its purpose is to champion British agriculture and horticulture, to campaign for a stable and sustainable...

More local stores in Devon and Dorset offering soft plastic recycling

Soft plastics, such as cling film, biscuit wrappers and carrier bags, can now be recycled in even more co-operative convenience store locations in Devon and Dorset.

Following the success of its trials and in response to customer demand, Southern Co-op now has soft plastics recycling bins in five of its stores in Devon and 14 of its stores in Dorset - a total of 167 across the south...

New Finance Director joins the Board at Devon charity Westbank

Devon health and wellbeing charity Westbank Community Health and Care is going from strength to strength. A new Finance Director has recently joined the Leadership Team.

Stephen Thomas, 32, grew up in North Devon and takes up his seat on the Board of Westbank less than a year after his initial appointment as Head of Finance and Business Planning. His swift promotion is in recognition...

Smart Sound Connect Recognised by Industry for Innovation

Smart Sound Connect , the world’s first ocean-focussed 5G testbed, has been recognised by the mobile sector as a cutting edge innovation platform for the development of the next generation of marine technologies.

At the 20th Mobile Industry Awards, held at Lancaster House in London on the 22nd September, Smart Sound Connect was named as the 5G Innovation of the Year (Product/Service...

How Can Businesses Weather an Increase in Interest Rates?

The UK’s economic outlook has been difficult to predict lately, as successive financial crises rock businesses and households alike. The trouble began with a spike in the rate of inflation, itself largely a result of rising energy prices. Simultaneous increases in international instability and barriers to trade caused wholesale costs to rise too, leading to the Consumer Price Index rising to...

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