NETWORKING group Leading Women UK will be hosting the first of a series of political debates across the westcountry in the run up to the General Election - starting in Plymouth.
The event will include a panel made up of Johnny Mercer, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Plymouth; Penny Mills Plymouth PPC for UKIP; Wendy Miller, PPC for the Green Party.
New research identifies emerging social tribes –‘first time flyers’, ‘first time triers’ and ‘renting lifers’
Families in the South West who are never able to get on the property ladder will be more than £603,800 worse off over their lifetime than those who can buy a home in their twenties, new research from Shelter shows.
The unique study by the housing charity paints a...
Plymouth’s pitch to investors around the globe is being launched this week.
Development opportunities, the best waterfront living in the country as well as the chance to be at the forefront of marine and science technology, are being highlighted in the guide that will be distributed across the UK and overseas through the UKTI.
Plymouth Pavilions are thrilled to announce that Sarah Millican is returning with her Outsider Tour on Friday 12th February 2016. Tickets are on sale
In the past when you put Sarah Millican outside, she asked things like: ‘Why? Where is the taxi? Do I need a cardie?’ and said things like: ‘There’ll be wasps. I’ve nothing to sit on. Is that poo? Can we go home?’
Eighty per cent of businesses in the South West feel inspired to grow, and 87% feel capable of doing so. However, the government’s Do More Online campaign is highlighting the risk that small businesses will be hampered because they are not doing enough online and are missing out on opportunities to find more customers, be more efficient, and save money.
From top hats to bowlers, boaters to sombreros, beanies to tam o’ shanters, hundreds of people in and around Plymouth are expected to don their hats on Friday 27th March, Wear a Hat Day, to raise money for Brain Tumour Research.
A grand ‘hat-a-thon’ will take place at Drake’s Place, main University campus, and the Brain Tumour Research Wall of Hope at the John Bull Building, at 12 noon...
Two disused allotment sites will be getting a make-over this spring as work starts to bring them back into use as part of a Community Landshare Scheme.
The first two sites to be delivered as part of this scheme will be at Lower Swarthmore in Central Park and on land at the back of Channel Park Avenue in Efford. These sites will provide around 50 new growing plots. Both of these sites...
Police are appealing for the public’s help in identifying a man and woman who are sought after two pairs of sunglasses were taken from a Plymouth city centre store.
Officers would like to speak to them in connection with the theft of the sunglasses, valued at a total of £635.
The sunglasses are believed to have been taken from the Sunglass Hut in Drake Circus at around 11.45am...
Barbican Theatre is delighted to announce that they have secured £19,720 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to work in partnership with Plymouth City Council’s Arts and Heritage service on an exciting project, giving audiences a completely new perspective on the Elizabethan House on the Barbican.
A Blast from the Past; and Back Again is a project that will enable emerging artists...
The Plymouth City Centre Company Board has today accepted the resignation of Stefan Krause, City Centre Manager.
Joining the city in 2013, Stefan has worked as the City Centre Manager for two years and is leaving his post as the 2015-2020 Business Improvement District (BID) business plan is approved.
Stefan Krause, City Centre Manager, said: “After two years in Plymouth as...
