Staff from Somerset County Council’s Highways department will be issued with a new mobile phone ‘app’ to help explain what to do if they come across a Road Traffic Collision. The PANIC app is designed to help in the first few moments of being involved in a car crash.
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have developed the ‘P.A.N.I.C’ app that can be downloaded FREE of charge...
For a limited time, Plymouth residents are being offered the chance to own the city’s biggest ever solar roof.
Following its hugely successful solar schools initiative last year, which provided solar PV installations for free to 21 schools and community buildings, Plymouth’s award winning community energy groups, Plymouth Energy Community (PEC) and PEC Renewables, have set their sights...
Minister of State for Schools, David Laws MP, has written to eight Plymouth schools to congratulate them on the improvement in the key stage two results of their disadvantaged pupils.
The schools who have received letters are:
• Beechwood Primary School • College Road Primary School • Ernesettle Community School • Prince Rock Primary School • Pilgrim Primary School • Plympton...
Devon and Cornwall Police are reminding people that domestic abuse can happen to anyone and although Valentine’s Day is associated with love and romance, for some, it can prove a traumatic time of year.
The Force is running its ‘Is This Love?’ campaign which aims to raise awareness of the different aspects of abuse – emotional, financial, physical, and sexual.
Award winning regeneration company Urban Splash is set to acquire Plymouth’s Civic Centre, following its successful transformation of the City’s Royal William Yard.
In a deal agreed this week, Plymouth City Council will sell the freehold of the Plymouth’s iconic Civic Centre to Urban Splash.
Urban Splash is well placed to undertake the redevelopment; to date it has received 24...
Small businesses across the South West are being advised to prepare themselves for pensions auto-enrolment says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). Figures show that there are 513,000 companies across the region that are classed as being a small or medium sized business.
The government reaffirmed their commitment to auto-enrolment (AE) in the June 2010 budget....
Vital local services are being protected as the Government cuts more than £18 million of funding for Plymouth residents next year.
The Cabinet has agreed to recommend a draft budget for 2015/16 that invests £192.5m in delivering more than 350 day to day local services and protecting and expanding work to provide jobs, create affordable homes and keep the city’s streets clean and safe...
More properties are coming on to the South West housing market, and stamp duty reform is continuing to provide a boost to sales volumes, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.
In the South West, 28% more chartered surveyors have seen a rise in new instructions in January and 24% more respondents have reported a rise in new buyer enquiries. Price momentum, whilst...
