The British Gas Energy Trust has been established since 2004 and has helped over 120,000 individuals and families facing fuel poverty to clear their energy debts or with advice to help them get back on their feet.
Over the past 10 years the business has donated £75 million to the charity which has enabled the Trust to award grants to people in need to help them clear their energy debts...
Occupiers of commercial premises have until 31 March 2015 to submit an appeal against their business rates or potentially risk losing out on five years’ worth of savings, Plymouth business rates specialists Bruton Knowles have warned.
In the 2014 Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced changes to the rules governing alterations to business rates, in which any appeal submitted after...
Denis Wilkins, a retired Consultant Surgeon in General and Vascular Surgery, is now retiring as the Chair of the Trust’s Organ Donation Committee.
The committee was formed in 2008 by Dr Martin Walker, Consultant Anaesthetist, and Denis was asked to be the Chair. Its aim is to support the work of the Transplant Co-ordinators, the local Transplant Champion and the transplant teams, in...
Residents, businesses and organisations are being asked to see if their views have been taken into account in the first draft of the Plymouth Plan.
The plan sets out an ambitious agenda what Plymouth could be like in 2031 and covers a range of subjects such as health, transport, homes, jobs and the economy, arts and culture and education.
Alison Seabeck, Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View, today wrote to Business Secretary Vince Cable demanding to know why the Government continue to block action on equal pay.
Last month MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of measures for pay transparency that would see big companies (with over 250 staff) publish their gender pay gap. However the Government has so-far refused to implement...
What connects a slightly squashed paper cup, a Swedish tape measure, a tiny wooden model of shoes and a 1/14 scale paper chair? The answer is they are all items of value donated by a host of top designers to feature in a unique exhibition at Plymouth University.
The curator of Envelope asked around 100 leading designers – in disciplines from architecture to illustration, and product...
Police in Plymouth are appealing for witnesses after a woman’s necklaces were taken during a robbery.
On Friday 16 January at around 9.15pm a 43-year-old local woman was walking home alone from the Herbert Pub in Stoke after attending a funeral that day.
She was approached by a man as she was walking across the rear courtyard which runs between Herbert Street and the Keat...
Back in November, Saltram House held the first night run in Plymouth and it was a roaring success; so the National Trust have decided to host another one in Plymbridge Woods on Saturday 7 February. The aim of these new events is to get people to experience special places in a different way by having a torchlight adventure with family and friends.
