Monday marks the beginning of National Apprentice Week and Plymouth City Council has scheduled a week packed with activities to celebrate the benefits of apprenticeships.
From visiting local schools, opening an apprenticeship pop up shop, to partnering with Citybus and 1000 club, who have put a battle bus on the Piazza, the council’s apprentices are on a mission.
The introduction of a radical new court in Plymouth will offer better life chances for both children and their families.
Family Drug and Alcohol Court’s (FDAC) work with parents where the council has started court proceedings in order to protect their children from harm or neglect.
The department of education agreed funding worth £2.5 million last month to help support the...
Police are investigating a burglary at Lister close in Plympton that took place sometime between 4pm on Thursday 5th March 2015 and 11.20pm on Sunday 6th March.
A Suzuki DRZ 400 motorbike in yellow, registration X407 HBC was stolen from inside a locked unit.
If anyone has any information or is a witness to this incident please contact Devon and Cornwall Police quoting crime...
A planning application for listed building consent to install LED lighting in and around one of Plymouth's most historic monuments has now been submitted.
Councillor Mark Lowry, Cabinet Member for Finance and Assets said: “Just a week after the plans for Smeaton’s Tower we now have the detailed plans for Charles Church and I’m really pleased we have been able to get this scheme to such...
The jobs market in the South West has fallen this quarter but remains firmly in positive territory at +6%, according to Manpower, the world’s workforce experts.
This Outlook is in line with the UK national average and puts the South West on a steady course after a couple of quarters of ups and downs in hiring intentions.
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on...
Eight-piece funky reggae outfit Backbeat Soundsystem are proud to announce their upcoming UK tour, in support of their debut album ‘Together Not Apart’, released last year on Easy Star Records.
The tour celebrates an album dedicated to their fans, who pulled together to provide funds and triple the initial target for the project on Kickstarter. It is this level of support from their...
Police are in Devonport are appealing for witnesses after the Kwik Shop convenience store on Albert road was robbed on Saturday 7th March at around 7.40pm.
A man armed with a knife entered the store and demanded money. A quantity of cash was taken from the till along with some tobacco and alcohol. He left the shop and headed in the direction of Stoke village.
Experts at Plymouth University will be giving advice on how best to prepare for employment or advance your career at a Postgraduate and Professional Open Evening in March.
From chemistry to construction and marketing to management, visitors will be able to put their questions about courses direct to the academics.
With representation from Arts and Humanities, Business, Science...
PMI® survey data signalled a loss of momentum in the South West private sector economy in February, with new business rising at the slowest rate since May 2013. Output growth moderated, and backlogs declined for the first time since last August. That said, firms continued to expand workforces during the month, and raised their charges at the strongest rate since last June.
