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Heart of the South West LEP welcomes two new board members

The Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has welcomed two new Board members for 2023.

The Heart of the South West LEP’s Board works to improve economic development and prosperity in the Heart of the South West area, which covers Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay, and deliver the area’s Local Industrial Strategy .

The Board also oversees the LEP’s...

New action plan set out for South West energy opportunities

On 11th March the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership met with Western Power Distribution , EDF Energy , Regen SW , the South West Energy Hub , and local Government partners for an Energy Deep Dive roundtable, to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the South West’s energy sector.

The Heart of the South West LEP is delivering the area’s Build Back Better plan...

Incident at Devonport had "potentially nuclear implications"

An incident last year at Devonport dockyard in Plymouth had "potential nuclear implications", according to a Ministry of Defence (MoD) report released to the BBC .

The power-loss caused by a fault to the nuclear switchboard and which lasted for 90-minutes, could have been "catastrophic", a nuclear analyst told the BBC.

The incident, which was graded as "code-B" (the second most...