Fish lovers and members of the South West fishing industry are being urged to get on board with a forthcoming campaign designed to champion the diversity and sustainability of many species landed by the UK fishing fleet in a week-long Twitter campaign set to take place in March.
The initiative, dubbed #CatchOfTheDay, is being launched by the National Federation of Fishermen’s...
South West Green MEP, Molly Scott Cato, has drawn attention to the 'green surge' sweeping across the region following a constituency week in which she met with local communities and visited several “inspirational” projects across the South West.
She said, “The South West is witnessing a political green surge, the Green Party has quadrupled in size in just one year and this goes along...
Good causes across the South West region are today sharing almost three quarters of a million pounds in the latest Awards for All grants from the Big Lottery Fund.
A total of 87 groups are sharing a windfall that will bring some new ideas to life and help change people’s lives around the region.
In Trowbridge the SPLITZ Support Service will use an award of £10,000 to run...
Jogging between one and two-and-a-half hours a week could be the answer to living longer according a new study.
Researchers from Copenhagen followed 1,098 healthy joggers and 3,950 non joggers to investigate how different running habits affected their long-term health.
The study, which looked at frequency of running, hours jogged and individual pace, found participants were...
A Government-backed initiative has launched in Devon and Somerset to encourage women business leaders and female entrepreneurs to adopt digital technology to grow their businesses.
The LOVE Digital project, part of the ‘Get up to Speed’ support programme designed to help businesses and communities across Devon and Somerset improve their computer and technology skills, aims to empower...
Entry is now open for the South West’s first ever city centre based Gran Fondo cycling event, taking place on 31st May 2015 (already 650 participants signed up).
Not only the first sportive event to be hosted in Plymouth, but also the first Gran Fondo to be hosted in the UK.
A choice of two routes The Gran Fondo route covers 100 miles across picturesque Devon and Cornwall,...
Leaders of social ventures are being urged to find out how they could benefit from thousands of pounds of investment and support to further their development at a taster event being held in Dartington this week.
Seedbed is a cutting edge investment and support programme that will work with 50 social ventures in the South West to help them grow, create sustainable jobs, access finance...
More properties are coming on to the South West housing market, and stamp duty reform is continuing to provide a boost to sales volumes, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
In the South West, 28% more chartered surveyors have seen a rise in new instructions in January and 24% more respondents have reported a rise in new buyer enquiries. Price momentum, whilst...
A new finance and support package will be made available to the South West’s social ventures in April 2015.
The Seedbed incubator will offer 50 social entrepreneurs cutting-edge support with the aim to make them stronger and more sustainable and will provide access to social finance.
The Seedbed Accelerator will help social entrepreneurs create sustainable jobs, contribute to...
