Greenergy’s Plymouth fuel terminal has won a second consecutive Gold RoSPA award for its on-going commitment to safety improvement. The terminal has been part of the awards scheme for the past six years, having been previously awarded four Silver awarded awards.
Greenergy has owned the Plymouth terminal – made up of the Cattedown and Mayflower fuel terminals – since 2008 having recently completed an extensive five year regeneration programme. The site is one of several in the city covered by Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) regulations, requiring the highest safety...
Brit Award Winning, Ben Howard wowed the crowds at his homecoming show last night at Plymouth Pavilions.
Two hours of awe-inspiring music, backed by his five-piece band. A man of few words, captivated the crowd by playing tracks from his two albums ‘Every Kingdom’ and his recently released ‘I Forgot Where We Were’ which was released in October last year. He opened the show with ‘Am I In Your Light?’, one of his lesser known, darker tracks, which set the tone for the night. Despite being in an arena, it felt like a tiny venue due to the personal feel to the set.
Plymouth community projects and social enterprises will be able to tap into funds as part of a pioneering crowdfunding scheme which launched last month.
Plymouth City Council has set aside £60,000 for projects on Crowdfund Plymouth – as part of Crowdfunder Local, a nationwide initiative, launched by Crowdfunder - the UK’s leading crowdfunding platform.
Crowdfunding is an alternative means of funding that allows individuals to take their ideas forward and make them a reality with the power of the crowd and change the world around them by promoting projects and giving away...
Saks, the UK’s favourite salon group, has welcomed another salon to its ever-increasing network.
Saks Plymouth, based in the Virgin Active Devonshire Club, will be opening the doors of their new salon at Virgin Active, Plymbridge Lane, Derriford at the beginning of May.
Ellie and Tom Wilson are already the successful franchisees of Saks Exeter - this year's Saks Hair Salon of the Year. Their multi-award winning and thriving salon in Princesshay, Exeter shows the quality and standard of excellence to expect from the new hair and beauty salon in Plymouth. Their passion and...
Wayne Hemingway MBE, co-founder of fashion business, Red or Dead, and affordable and social design agency HemingwayDesign has been announced as the keynote speaker at Plymouth Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming Annual Business Dinner.
Taking place on 15th May at St Mellion International Resort, Plymouth Chamber’s Annual Business Dinner will bring together business leaders from across Plymouth and the South West region for an evening of black tie networking, including a three course dinner and a motivational key note speech from Mr Hemingway, a well-known and well respected name in the...
Solicitors Beers LLP are looking to the future, with the appointment of a new partner and managing partner.
Beers LLP, which has offices on Sutton Harbour in Plymouth and in Fore Street, Kingsbridge, says the changes will help the firm to continue its growth in the decades ahead.
James Canning steps up from partner to managing partner and Beers solicitor Sonia Hems becomes the seventh partner. Michael Hasler, who steps down as managing partner but continues as senior partner, said that introducing fresh faces now was an important part of the firm’s forward planning....
At Twickenham, six-year-old Harry Westlake sang the National Anthem and inspired a Nation. Now the Plymouth youngster finds out about the true power of support and what it’s really like to ‘wear the rose’ from his giant England Rugby heroes.
Ahead of this weekend’s final Six Nations match against France, England’s biggest (little) fan interviewed Dylan Hartley, Luther Burrell and Kieran Brookes.
Harry asked the questions that really needed asking - how it feels to play at Twickenham, how strong they are, how fans make them feel, their biggest fears, their nicknames and...
Devon author Derek Tait has published a new book which tells the story of the city of Exeter and its people during the First World War.
Exeter played a vital role during the First World War, supplying men for the army and raising funds to help troops overseas.
The mayoress and her team played a key role by collecting money to aid homeless Belgian refugees in the city while also supporting other worthy causes, both at home and overseas.
The city even had its own battalion, 'Exeter's Own', and thousands of servicemen passed through the city on their way to northern...
Plymouth-based architects, HLM, has announced the launch of ‘HLM Academy’, a £250,000 investment. The in-house professional excellence programme will help ensure that all employees have the opportunity and resources to reach their full potential.
The Training Academy will be available to all 240 staff — management, design and administration — based across the company’s six UK and two overseas offices and to the subsidiaries within the wider group. Every employee will be provided with a personalised career development plan, which will identify and enhance their strengths, whilst...
Market leading national conveyancing search provider PSG is set to expand its South West operations.
From Friday 27 February, operations will move from the St Judes based office to a larger bespoke office based in Estover. The move will allow the Plymouth franchisee PSG branch to bring improvements to the services it provides clients as well as being able to hold in-house events and training.
PSG is involved in more than 1 in 5 residential property transactions and specialises in property searches and related products for conveyancing solicitors across England and Wales....
