Doubling the number of apprenticeship opportunities along with encouraging other businesses and community groups to follow suit has lead Plymouth City Council to be named Employer of the Year at the Apprenticeships national awards 2013.
Beating off tough competition from internationally recognised Augusta Westland and QuEST Engineering, the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) awarded...
Plymouth’s longest serving school governors have been recognised for their work at an awards ceremony in the Council House.
The Lord Mayor presented 25 of the city’s most dedicated governors with awards for completing between 10 to 25 years service at schools and academies across Plymouth.
Awards were also given out in categories including ‘Chair of the Year’, ‘Outstanding...
Plymouth's future appears to be in safe hands as the next generation of planners have proved.
The Council's planning services ran a competition for school pupils to come up with an imaginative design proposal for North Cross near the railway station.
Currently a roundabout for pedestrians and cyclists between the city centre and the station, the competition was aimed to get...
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery is celebrating after receiving two separate tourism wards.
The venue has not only been awarded VisitEngland’s ‘Quality Assured Visitor Attraction’ accreditation for a ninth year, but has also just won a Certificate of Excellence from travel website TripAdvisor.
The Certificate of Excellence is awarded to businesses that make the top 10 per...
Maitlands Sales and Lettings is celebrating after the company took first and second place at the annual Estate and Letting Agent Awards (ESTAS) in London.
Maitlands was named the winner in the regional category for the South West (West), with its Saltash branch being awarded gold and its Plympton branch securing silver.
The prestigious awards, sponsored by Zoopla, were launched...
Plymouth Hospital NHS Trust Infection Prevention and Control Team (IPCT) presented a number of awards to staff across the Trust at a special study day, which took place on Monday (22 April).
Presented by Greg Dix, Director of Nursing, the awards recognised the outstanding achievements by both entire wards and individual members for innovation, promotion and sustaining excellent...
Local charities have won a clutch of awards – mainly for environmental work.
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park was recognised for its environmental sustainability in both the Palm 105.5fm Local Heroes awards and the Herald Express South Devon Tourism & Hospitality Awards. In addition, Living Coasts won the silver award in the Most Effective Marketing category of the Herald Express...
Bideford-based Haines Watts North Devon LLP sponsors the Bideford and District Snooker League. Haines Watts recently celebrated national success being named as ‘Accountancy Firm of the Year – Small, Medium Size Entities (SMEs’) at the annual Financial Directors (FDs) Excellence Awards. It is a double celebration as the Haines Watts ‘Hustlers’ team from the 2013/14 season won the first division...
