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£6.25m deal secures future of Plympton megastore

Bruton Knowles has completed the acquisition of the former B & Q premises at Coypool Road, Plympton, Plymouth for their clients HBH Woolacotts and Furniture World.

The off market deal followed weeks of speculation as to the store’s fate.

Mark Slade from Bruton Knowles’ Lockyer Street office said: “We were instructed to acquire the Coypool Road site – with a view to...

Plymouth chippy serving for success

Kingfisher Fish & Chips in Plymouth has introduced changes to its portion sizes and seen its profit increase three-fold.

Co-owners of Kingfisher Fish & Chips, Craig Maw and Nikki Mutton, bought their chip shop in 2012 and its selection of portion choices attracts fish and chip lovers from far and wide.

Nikki said: “We now offer small, regular and large portions to cater...

SW consortium awarded £5.5million to increase HE participation from disadvantaged backgrounds

A consortium of universities and colleges across the South West has won £5.5million in government funding to inspire young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into higher education.

Institutions across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset – led by the University of Plymouth – have been awarded two years’ funding in the first phase of the National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP),...

Plymouth housebuilder calls upon Santa to ensure local children are on his list

The housebuilder behind a brand new community in Plymouth is taking action to ensure its homes are on Santa’s radar this Christmas.

Barratt Homes, which is bringing new homes to Plymouth at its Reflections development, has written to Mr Claus to make sure he stops by this festive season. The five-star housebuilder is keen to make sure that Santa is fully aware of the development and...

Swinton team walks 200 miles for SW charities

A team of colleagues from Swinton Insurance has raised £1,105 for the South West Costal Path Association (SWCPA) and Cancer Research, by walking 200 miles from Plymouth to Poole.

12 Business leaders from 11 South West-based branches of the UK’s largest high street insurance broker completed the momentous trek, which took place over five Sundays in October.

Each Sunday the...

Thousands don Christmas jumpers for charity

Woolly reindeer, snowflakes, Christmas trees and Santa adorned hundreds of jumpers today (3 December) as shoppers donned their favourite festive pullovers for charity at Drake Circus, Plymouth.

The annual Christmas Jumper Day at Drake Circus on December 3 was a spectacle to behold as the normally fashionable people of Plymouth threw style out of the window to raise money for St Luke’s...

Medal is a Lifesaver

A gold lifesaving medal, awarded to Samuel Lake by 150 years ago, is estimated to sell for up to £10,000 in the Charterhouse two day auction on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th December,

“Samuel Lake was awarded a gold Albert Medal in 1866 for saving 450 Muslim pilgrims. Returning from Mecca, the pilgrims were aboard the sailing ship Diamond which ran into trouble and was wrecked off...

Plymouth helps deliver Newborn Life Support to the United Arab Emirates

Last month, staff from Plymouth's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit travelled to the United Arab Emirates to help deliver the Newborn Life Support (NLS) course for the first time.

Dr John Madar, Consultant Neonatologist at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, led a team of UK Newborn Life Support instructors, on behalf of the Resuscitation Council (UK) and the European Resuscitation Council, which...

Bond Dickinson welcomes new apprentices

The Plymouth office of national law firm Bond Dickinson LLP has announced that it is recruiting a further three legal apprentices. The new recruits will start in September 2017, joining the 180-strong team based in Plymouth.

The announcement follows the firm being awarded the CILEx Employer of the Year Award last month. In October it also won the Newcomer Award for the South West...

Electrical checks for the elderly this winter

The UK’s leading registration body for electricians is urging people to think electrics when they carry out their checks on the elderly this winter.

Research commissioned by the NICEC found that 24 million of us have elderly relatives living on their own.

Despite half (50%) of us believing the elderly are more at risk of electrical fires, 75% of us haven’t had their homes...

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