Plymouth law firm Beers LLP has double cause for celebration, with two of its partners being named as among the best in the country in a prestigious national guide.
Paul Housego and Richard Jones are listed as leaders in their field in the 2015 edition of Chambers UK, a guide to the best lawyers in the UK.
Paul, who has been with Beers since 1979, specialises in employment law...
One of the South West’s largest conservation charities has announced its results for the year. The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust is the charity that runs Paignton Zoo, Living Coasts in Torquay and Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, as well as several nature reserves in Devon.
And while Paignton Zoo visitor numbers were down, Newquay Zoo and Living Coasts both saw increases.
A study examining the impact of Government promotional programmes on small firms’ export practices has won two awards at an international research conference.
PhD student Yacine Haddoud worked with Dr Robert Newbery and Dr Paul Jones, from Plymouth University’s Futures Entrepreneurship Centre, speaking to more than 250 businesses across the UK about the reasons they export, or the...
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, is hoping that Government Ministers will think carefully about exempting panic and safe rooms from the bedroom tax, as the issue made national news today.
Ms Seabeck’s 10 minute rule bill on this issue received its 2nd reading unopposed in April and she is hoping that Ministers will take note of that fact as a mother and her son have their...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a callous burglary at the British Red Cross shop on Plymstock Broadway.
An offender entered the shop around 1.20am on Sunday 9 November and stole a quantity of cash from the safe.
Detectives are seeking information about a man who was seen in the Horncross Road area and the rear service lane of the Broadway between 1am and 2am on the...
The ‘Hello My Name is…’ campaign has arrived at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, as part of a Trust-wide initiative to remind staff of the importance of clear communication in the delivery of quality care.
Widely publicised on social media under the #hellomynameis hashtag, the campaign was founded by Dr Kate Granger, an Elderly Medicine Registrar at St James University Hospital in Leeds...
BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy and parent company to Plymouth-based BMT Isis has been recognised in the Global Business Excellence Awards 2014. The judging panel recognised BMT’s continued focus on its staff and how effective communication, management and support was recognised as the cornerstones of the organisation’s...
Police in Plymouth are seeking a 35 year-old woman who is wanted on warrant.
Claire Timmoney (pictured) is white, with brown, shoulder length hair which is sometimes dyed red. She has hazel coloured eyes and has a distinctive tattoo of 3 stars on her left arm and a tribal tattoo on her left hand. She also has a stud piercing in her right eyebrow and another piercing in her lip....
Performances from Attik Youth Dance Company and Street Factory will be among those entertaining the crowds as part of Plymouth UKs ‘Illuminate’ celebrations.
Taking place on The Hoe from 6pm, residents and visitors have been invited to take part in a celebration to launch the official countdown to 2020 – the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower.
A Plymouth baby has become the first in the UK to receive life-changing surgery for spina bifida while still in the womb.
Sat with her doting parents and smiling at the camera, eleven week old baby Frankie Lavis, is still totally unaware of the revolutionary operation she had before she was even born.
In May this year, Gina Beddoe, 35, and her partner Dan Lavis, 39, from...
