The Devon Business Expo will take place at the Matford Centre in Exeter on April 30th and looks set to be even bigger than last year’s event which saw more than 700 people attend and visit the 70 exhibitors.
Stands are already being taken up with 50% already booked. It is expected that there will be 100 exhibitors and up to 1000 people attending on the day.
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...
Devon Local Optical Committee and the Optometry group at the School of Health Professions at Plymouth University are warning people to exercise caution when viewing the solar eclipse.
The solar eclipse will take place on Friday 20th March 2015 and, dependent on location, people will see a partial eclipse, with up to 97% of the sun blocked out.
Piles of wet wipes are littering our beaches as more people choose to use moist cloths to remove make-up, replace traditional toilet paper and apply fake tan. According to the latest beach litter data collected by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and published today in its Great British Beach Clean report, numbers of wet wipes found on beaches increased by over 50% in a single year!...
Hot on the heels of the Cheltenham Festival, jumps racing is set to return to Newton Abbot Racecourse on Wednesday 25th March as the racecourse make their final preparations for the start of the new season.
Following a five month winter break, the course is promising an improved experience for all with the unveiling of a number of developments at the course over the winter for the...
Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in Jesters nightclub, Union Street, Plymouth, on Saturday 31st January.
Between 1.45-2:15am, a 25-year-old man was assaulted in the nightclub and suffered serious facial injuries. The suspect is described as male, white with long hair and wearing a light coloured long sleeved top
Businesses in the City Centre Business Improvement District (BID) have voted ‘yes’ to a five year business plan that will see millions of pounds being invested into the future of Plymouth’s shopping district.
70 percent of businesses agreed to the new city centre BID which will see many projects take place including; strengthening PARC (Partnership Against Retail Crime), improving...
Plymouth’s South Yard is to become an Enterprise Zone, making the site even more attractive to businesses.
Chancellor George Osborne yesterday announced that the bid put forward by the Heart of the South West Local Economic Partnership (HotSW LEP) on behalf of the city had been successful.
The status means that businesses based there have more freedom to expand and reinvest,...
The number of Job Seeker’s Allowance (JSA) claimants in Devon increased in line with the national trend by 269 claimants between January 2015 and February 2015.
As a proportion of the working age population, Devon claimants increased very slightly from 0.9% in January to 1% in February, which remains one of the lowest rates on record. Devon’s claimant rate still remains far lower than...
Organisers of Plymouth’s Half Marathon, GO2, are urging runners not to leave it until the last minute to sign up for this year’s race, with less than one week left to secure their place with entries set to close at midnight on Monday 23rd March!
The event has already attracted a phenomenal level of interest, breaking records within the first 24 hours of entries opening, and securing...
