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Digital Nomads in the UK Find New Ways to Unwind Online

The shift toward remote working has opened the door to a new lifestyle that more people across the UK are embracing. Known as digital nomads, these workers are untethered from fixed offices and are instead choosing to travel while working. Coastal towns, countryside cottages and quiet cities...

Fantasy Jukebox - 1. I Feel Love by Donna Summer

Imagine a fantasy jukebox that contained all the most influential, innovative, adventurous and just plain great music since the dawn of the recording era. OK, so the likes of iTunes, YouTube and Spotify have made this more of a reality than a fantasy, but setting aside their rather indiscriminating presence. What should it include?

Commencing a new series exploring some of the key...

Plymouth Lives: Martin Bush

Name: Martin Bush

And what do you do?

Artist

How would you describe yourself in five words?

Happy, kind, adventurous, mostly calm.

How would you describe Plymouth in five words?

Fresh, relaxed, honest, peaceable, historic.

What brought you to Plymouth?

When looking for a place to be as an artist and having visited Plymouth...

Brand Impressions Count!

What does your branding say about your company? Branding is more than just about colour, font and visuals; it goes way deeper than that. Your brand is everything about your company and it is represented by every member of staff, whether you’re in the marketing department, sales department or accounts. As marketing techniques have expanded and as each company engages in more and more areas of...

Plymouth Lives: Geoff Read

Name: Geoffrey N. Read (Geoff)

And what do you do?: Acting Chair and Company Secretary of the Devon and Cornwall Food Association (DCFA) and Chair and Secretary of the Plymouth Laryngectomy Club (PLC) - a cancer support group. How would you describe yourself in five words?

Old-fashioned but modern and upbeat.

How would you describe Plymouth in five words?

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Hold in May and sail into summer...

Brian James, Divisional Director and Head of Office, Brewin Dolphin Plymouth, offers his thoughts on the financial market place.

The FTSE

The prospects for UK equities remain positive although, as with most risk assets, the volatility is likely to be more pronounced as the reassuring warmth of quantitative easing is replaced by the harsh reality of market forces. However,...

Write for The Plymouth Daily

Ever fancied writing a blog for an online publication on food, fashion, travel, politics, sport, music, theatre, film, TV, crafts, business, I.T. or just about any other subject under the sun?

Or perhaps some poetry or a short story?

Or a local, national or international news story you would like to share?

Or a review of a restaurant, film, exhibition, album or gig?...

Youth appeal

Most people reading this blog won’t be in their teens but I wonder how many will want to appeal to the youth market but haven’t a clue how to go about it! When your customers are literally dying off the page or your products or services are just not appealing to a younger market anymore it can be tempting to bury your head in the sand and hope that things will get better but many businesses...

Less Pink for Torpoint

There will be a little less colour on the streets of Torpoint shortly as First Devon starts to repaint their buses into the new standard First Bus livery.

These buses in their garish pink and mauve livery have been a feature in Plymouth and Torpoint for over 8 years now. Over this time the buses have faded and are badly in need of a repaint. Well the first one at least is now out and...

Badger cull myths exposed in new report

On the eve of a potentially devastating badger cull, Team Badger has published a report exposing the myths which underpin these misguided plans.

Team Badger’s ‘Mythbusters Report’ has been published to correct inaccuracies and misconceptions being used to justify the killing of thousands of badgers. The group, made up of the RSPCA, IFAW, the Humane Society International (UK), Born Free...

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