The Box has secured an exclusive sponsorship deal for its digital reminiscence service, ‘The Box on Screen’ with CityFibre, one of Plymouth’s newest companies and the UK’s third largest digital infrastructure builder.
CityFibre will be providing thousands of Plymouth businesses and residents with access to a state-of-the-art full fibre broadband network. It’s already started...
The NHS in Devon is reassuring women that the Coronavirus vaccination will have no impact on their ability to have a family and is encouraging health and social care workers to take up the vaccine.
More than 87% of frontline health and social care workers across Devon, Plymouth and Torbay have had their first dose of the life-saving vaccine. However, some female staff have hesitated...
Plymouth Science Park is providing a high tech training facility for students studying medicine and other health related degrees at the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Plymouth.
The medical school, which is committed to outstanding clinical education, strong social engagement and world-class research, has significantly expanded its cohort. Just three years ago, the BMBS...
City College Plymouth and Millbay Academy have formed a new partnership in the bid to provide pupils with the best possible careers advice in an attempt to further raise aspirations within the Plymouth community.
Similar to the successful ongoing partnership announced last summer with All Saints Academy, the College and Millbay Academy will work together to offer pupils high-quality...
Devon, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service will merge with Plymouth City Council Trading Standards from April 1 2021.
All four authorities have approved the plans which will give them ‘greater clout’ at a time of financial pressure, regulatory change and increasing demand.
The newly expanded service will cover the entirety of the Heart of the South West Local...
The restoration of one of Plymouth’s most historic buildings is almost complete, as major refurbishment works at the Elizabethan House approach the finishing line.
The grade 2* listed property, which dates from the late 1500s, has been closed for the last six years.
During that time a team of specialist conservation architects, building and fit out contractors have been...
The first Japanese knotweed shoots to emerge in 2021 have been spotted on the banks of the River Plym in Plymouth, Devon, confirming that the UK’s most invasive plant has begun its spring growth season.
Japanese knotweed hibernates during the winter months before emerging when the ground temperature reaches around 4°c, usually in March or April. Red or purple asparagus-like shoots...
Plymouth Science Park is welcoming full-service creative digital design agency Knowthis to their Formation Zone to support the startup in the next stage of their business growth.
The Formation Zone at Plymouth Science Park is an exciting joint venture with the University of Plymouth, which helps small businesses to grow sustainably by providing full access to the facilities, services...
Two important women in the city’s history have been honoured with blue plaques.
The first is dedicated to philanthropist and Royal Sailors Rests founder Agnes ‘Aggie’ Weston (1840-1918).
Located by the entrance to Endurance Court in Devonport’s Oceansgate development, the plaque has been positioned opposite the site where the Royal Sailors Rests buildings originally stood...
