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The impact of small businesses on the economies of Devon and Cornwall and the ways in which they can continue to flourish are to be analysed in a new study by Plymouth University.

Conducted by the University’s Futures Entrepreneurship Centre, the research will aim to gather the views of business owners, and allow them to access in-depth information about how they might improve their...

School meals in Plymouth are making headlines again for all the right reasons after being shortlisted for another prestigious national award.

Plymouth City Council’s Education Catering Service has been chosen as one of the nine finalists for the Best Council Service Team of the Year at the highly regarded MJ Achievement Awards 2014.

Brad Pearce, Education Catering Manager, said...

Repair work across 12 miles of Plymouth’s waterfront is now well underway.

Contractors already onsite at some of the city’s most famous waterfront features as part of a massive project to repair as much as of the winter storm damage as possible ahead of the summer.

A total of 60 assets, ranging from walls and paths to the lido and piers, were damaged along the shoreline...

Thousands of young people will set off on the 2014 Ten Tors challenge this weekend, spending two days in small self-sufficient teams walking through some of the most stunning scenery Dartmoor has to offer.

Dartmoor National Park Authority has been working closely with the Army in terms of route changes and providing training to team managers to ensure that the event has minimum...