Plymouth Chamber of Commerce is celebrating after the successful appointment of a third apprentice to its team.
Chris Bartolini joined the Chamber on 2nd September 2013, alongside previous apprentices Daniel Ninnim and Charley Michael. Both Daniel and Charley have secured permanent contracts with the Chamber since starting their apprenticeships. A member of the 1000 Club, Plymouth...
Derriford Hospital is opening its doors to everyone on Saturday 28 September 2013, with our first Open Day in more than a decade.
They would love you to come along between 10am and 2pm.
They are working hard to create an event that offers something for everyone, including:
• Step inside an operating theatre and play a life-size operation game • Meet our military staff • Bring your Teddy Bear to our Teddy Bear Hospital • Visit our Careers Fair • Challenge your children with our quiz • Step inside a delivery room in our maternity unit • Comfortably numb: find out...
One of the three Torpoint ferries, 'Plym II' will be taken out of service for a month with effect from Friday 13 September 2013 at 9.30am in preparation for its triennial refit at A&P Falmouth.
The ferry company says the refit is a key part of the planned maintenance programme for the vessel, and allows essential work to be undertaken in dry dock conditions.
Natural history group Wild About Plymouth will be busy exploring the Citadel Hill Laboratory from 10am to 12pm on Saturday 21 September.
The ‘Discover the Laboratory on the Hoe’ event is being held to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Citadel Hill lab as well as the work of the Marine Biological Association (MBA) and the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) and the Ocean City Festival.
Experts from the MBA and SAHFOS will give family-friendly talks and there will be a chance to view objects relating to marine science and learn something new about one...
Plymouth CIty Council has announced another two-week patching programme gets under way on Monday to repair another 17 sites on 11 roads around Plymouth.
Patching involves resurfacing areas of road where multiple potholes have developed and the general surface quality is deteriorating. Amey, Plymouth City Council’s highways contractor, is carrying out the work.
Across the globe, cases of allergy are significantly increasing. An estimated 21 million people in the UK now suffer from an allergy, with at least one in three people affected at some time in their lives. In Devon and Cornwall, that equates to around 600,000 people.
A conference hosted by the University of Exeter Medical School will bring together a range of experts in the field to...
The fourth and final phase of access improvements into and around Plymouth train station will begin on Monday 16 September.
Developed by Plymouth City Council and its highways contractor Amey in partnership with First Great Western and Network Rail, the scheme aims to better connect the train station with the city centre and is funded by the Department for Transport and Sustrans, the...
‘Britain’s Ocean City’, is hosting its annual Ocean City Festival from 9 – 22 September 2013 to celebrate its waterfront location and historical relationship with the sea. The exciting thirteen-day programme aims to entice thousands of visitors including residents, tourists, scientists and adventurers to explore the city and discover all it has to offer.
