It has been announced that the 2015 Armed Forces Day event in Plymouth, which saw around 50,000 people attend, has been shortlisted for Best Tourism Event in the Devon Tourism Awards.
As one of the finalists for the award Plymouth City Council, organisers of the event, will compete to be awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze along side Exeter Festival of South West Food & Drink and The...
Newton Abbot Racecourse has been named as one of the best racecourses in Britain for racehorse owners, after once again achieving Gold Standard from the Racehorse Owners’ Association (ROA).
Out of 60 racecourses in the country, Newton Abbot was one of 12 racecourses to be awarded the accolade, with others including Hamilton Park, Kempton Park and Market Rasen.
Winners of the coveted Media Innovation Awards 2015 will be announced at Plymouth University’s state of the art performance centre, The House, on Thursday 26 November.
It promises to be a packed evening, with 12 awards up for grabs in the following categories: Animation, App, Branding, Games, Installation/Exhibition/Live Event, Photography, Print, Video/Film/TV/Video graphics, Web,...
Sister Jane Gilliam, who works within Immunology and Allergy Speciality at Derriford Hospital, who has been awarded ‘Fundraiser of the Year’ for the second year running in the Woolwell Business and Community Awards.
Jane has been fundraising for almost 16 years and in total, has raised in excess of £10,000.00 for a variety of excellent charities within her local community. These...
A postgraduate student whose research focuses on team working in the diagnosis of autism is in the running for a major award.
Nicole Parish, in the final year of a Clinical Psychology Doctorate at Plymouth University, is one of six PhD students vying to win the Vitae Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
Held at the annual Vitae Researcher Development International Conference...
Andrew Hillier and Lisa Lishman of Harbourside Fish & Chips, Plymouth have been named as two of the UK’s top 10 fish friers after they were both shortlisted for the Drywite Young Fish Frier of the Year Award as part of the 2016 National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish.
Andrew and Lisa will now have to compete at the highest level as they go up against the nine other...
St Luke’s Hospital Team have been commended for their services in the recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) Report for Derriford Hospital ‘End of Life Care’, published 21 July 2015.
Providing specialist palliative care services alongside NHS professionals at Derriford Hospital, St Luke’s Hospital Team is a service of the charity St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth and operates across the entire...
Deadlines for this year’s official tourism awards for Visit Devon and other counties Cornwall, Dorset and the South West, have been extended after websites receive record 13,475 views.
With judging of this year’s tourism awards due to start in July, tourism businesses across the region are being offered a short extension until Friday 19th June for submitting entries, with Friday 26th...
The Philharmonia Orchestra’s iOrchestra project ( www.iorchestra.co.uk ) has been announced as winner in the ‘Audiences and Engagement’ category at the Royal Philharmonic Society Awards ( http://rpsmusicawards.com/index/winners ).
The presentation in London on Tuesday (5 May) recognised outstanding achievement in live classical music in 2014.
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...
