PLYMOUTH Science Park’s groundbreaking mentoring scheme for businesses has been recognised by industry leaders as a UK first. The Park provides all tenants with free access to an advisory board made up of a panel of experts in a variety of specialisms in order to help them transform and grow their businesses.
The Plymouth Science Park Advisory Board was formed in 2013 to provide expert...
Plymouth’s work to tackle problem drinking comes under the spotlight as Alcohol Awareness Week begins (16-22 November 2015).
Excessive drinking is one of four lifestyle behaviours, along with smoking, unhealthy diet and lack of exercise, which contribute to four chronic health conditions which, in Plymouth, cause 54% of deaths.
Thrive Plymouth, the city’s ten-year public health...
The South West private sector recovered some growth momentum at the start of the final quarter of 2015, according to the latest PMI® survey data. The rate of expansion in output strengthened to a three-month high, having slowed throughout the third quarter. Growth of new business resumed and firms increased workforces at a stronger pace, although the volume of outstanding business continued to...
Research into a simple, accurate and low risk blood test that can detect fetal blood group, sex, and genetic conditions in unborn babies has been published in the international scientific journal, Clinical Chemistry.
The research is the result of a collaboration between Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and Plymouth University. The DNA test costs pence and is non-invasive – as opposed to...
At this time of year, we are all remembering those who serve and have served in our armed forces, across the generations.
This is particularly poignant for Plymouth’s HMS Heroes young people, all of whom have had at least one member of their family serving in the military.
Every year the HMS Heroes Choir sing at the Festival of Remembrance at the Plymouth Pavilions, which is...
Police in Plymouth are appealing for information following a house burglary.
The incident occurred sometime overnight between 10pm on Wednesday 4th November and 7am the following morning, Thursday 5th November at a property in Portland Road, Stoke, in Plymouth.
The house was entered and a number of items were stolen including an Apple Laptop computer.
Science fact and science fiction will collide with the launch of an initiative themed around an International Space Station mission this winter.
As British European Space Agency astronaut Tim Peake’s Principia Mission prepares for launch in December, a new reading initiative – One Giant Read – will become a reality here on Earth.
