Plymouth City Council has welcomed the announcement from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that it will introduce tougher regulations for payday loan companies when it takes over from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) next April.
This follows the Council's action to ban payday loan advertising on hoardings in the city centre and to block website access across its computer network...
Plymouth’s Mayflower West car park is being closed as a precautionary measure after structural problems were discovered during survey work by Plymouth City Council.
The survey found more significant deterioration than predicted in some sections.
The car park has nearly 500 spaces and is the oldest major car park in the city, having been built in 1965.
'Silver Sunday', a day of free fun and activities for older people is coming to Plymouth in October.
Plymouth City Council will host a week of events from Monday 30 September leading up to the Silver Sunday event. There will be a range of activities on offer at a number of venues, then on Sunday 6 October Silver Sunday will be held at the Guildhall from 11am to 4pm.
Eleven Plymouth roads are due to be resurfaced from Sunday 29 September to the end of October, as part of a major five-month programme to repair some of the most severely damaged roads in Plymouth.
The programme, which the Council’s highways contractor Amey began in July, is resurfacing whole roads and large sections of road that suffered the worst damage after the prolonged wet...
A scrutiny panel is being told that young people with special needs are getting a helping hand to prepare for work.
A wide range of initiatives are going on in Plymouth across the city to give young people a taste for work and special attention is being given to those who have disabilities and need appropriate opportunities.
A city wide review was carried out after the Growth...
160 new jobs could be created as a new care company moves into Plymouth.
The Council has awarded the Human Support Group a contract for reablement services in the city, bringing the company into the region. The Human Support Group intends to open a flagship operation for the south west in Plymouth. It will take on the reablement team currently employed by the Council and plans to...
Plymouth’s Dial A Ride community transport service is going citywide, thanks to a unique partnership between the City Council, local charity Access Plymouth and commercial operator Plymouth Citybus .
The new service, which has been trialled successfully in the north of the city for the last 12 months, will offer elderly and disabled adults door-to-door journeys from their home to any...
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...
