public protection service

Getting the nuts and bolts of business right

Teams from the Council will be at an event next week to highlight the support available to Plymouth’s small businesses.

Council staff will be offering advice to new businesses as well as existing ones looking for tips on how to make their company grow.

The event takes place at Plymouth Science Park’s Baylis Suite on Tuesday 21 July and is hosted by Result Coach Ltd. This event...

Council operation reveals one in four bar staff served alcohol to underage drinkers

Almost a quarter of bar and pub staff served alcohol to an underage person in an operation carried out by Plymouth City Council’s Public Protection Service and Devon and Cornwall Police.

Over 107 premises were visited as part of a joint operation to see how licensed premises such as off-licenses, pubs, clubs and bars managed their business. Of those, 27 were issued fixed penalty...