Plymouth business Sponge UK has achieved top honours on an acclaimed list which recognises the UK’s best companies to work for.
The business has been awarded , the highest possible accreditation – three stars - in The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For 2016.
The award is based on staff feedback and follows a rigorous survey where employees answered questions about pay, conditions, teamwork, leadership and wellbeing.
Sponge UK was benchmarked against hundreds of other small companies and only those assessed as ‘extraordinary’ achieved three star status...
At 5.45pm on Friday 1st January 2016 a report was received by police of a single vehicle road traffic collision on the A38 at Dean Prior, near Buckfastleigh.
Police Fire and Ambulance attended the scene where it was established that a Green coloured BMW 323i motorcar travelling towards Plymouth had left the carriageway and struck a tree.
The driver of the vehicle, a 22 year old man from the Liskeard area and sole occupant of the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene.
His relatives have been informed.
The south bound carriageway of the A38 remained...
LHC Architecture + Urbanism have raised more than £1,000 for one of their chosen charities of the year by hosting their very own Bake Off contests.
Following weeks of fierce competition between the team of architects and urban designers at the Exeter and Plymouth studios, LHC cooked up a special surprise for staff at the Kidney Research shop in Exeter and handed over an impressive cheque.
To celebrate handing over the grand total of £1,000, LHC organised a final Christmas Signature Bake Off and baked some impressive goodies to share with staff from the local charity shop,...
Award-winning HLM Plymouth, based at Mills Bakery in Royal William Yard, has announced the new appointment of Lee Ferris as Associate Architect.
Lee (39) is a fully qualified architect with 13 years’ experience in delivering quality building projects, with 10 years spent working internationally designing and delivering large mixed-use projects ranging from iconic high-rise towers to sculptural airport roofs. Previously working for a company in Kuwait, Lee was Architecture Design Lead (UK) and managed the design team in Europe to deliver a $1billion cultural centre, showcasing the...
The Conservative Group on East Devon District Council has given its full backing to a proposed bid to establish a Heart Of The South West ‘powerhouse’.
If successful, the HOTSW bid would create a powerful partnership between local authorities in Devon and Somerset, building on benefits from recent collaboration, and working with Government to exploit economic opportunities of truly global significance.
Pushing ahead with the process to submit a joint bid to the Government before Christmas was approved unanimously by EDDC’s Cabinet last night (Wednesday 2 December).
On Thursday 26 November, leaders in the creative industries travelled to Plymouth from across the country to discover the winners of the coveted Media Innovation Awards. Hosted by BBC South West’s Sam Smith in Plymouth University’s cutting edge performing arts venue, The House, the Media Innovation Awards celebrated the wealth of traditional and digital media talent in the South West. The 2015 Media Innovation Award winners for each of the 12 categories are: Animation Together for Short Lives produced by Hurricane Media App War of Words VR produced by Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) Branding...
This morning all digital radio listeners in the Plymouth area were urged to retune their DAB digital radios - at a special retune event at the Lord Mayor’s Dining Room, the Council House, Plymouth - in order to expand and improve DAB digital radio coverage for over a hundred thousand listeners in the area.
Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor Dr John Mahony, pressed the big green retune switch at 8.30am, marking the moment for listeners to retune their DAB digital radios and starting the process of turning on the new digital transmitters, which will bring local BBC and commercial...
Two men have been charged following arrests made at the Plymouth Argyle Exeter City derby match this weekend.
Callum Leech aged 20 from Exwick Road, Exeter was arrested at Home Park, Plymouth and charged with being drunk in a sports ground. He has been bailed to appear at Plymouth Magistrates on the 9th December.
Joseph Childs aged 21 from Greenbank Avenue, Plymouth was arrested outside of Home Park and charged under the public order act for using threatening or abusive words likely to cause alarm or distress. He has been bailed to appear at Plymouth Magistrates on the 9th...
Skills Group is holding a breakfast seminar to provide employers with an update on the recent increase in the national minimum wage for apprentices and the introduction of new pension legislation, on Wednesday 25 November 2015.
The seminar, being held at the Skills Group training centre in Western Wood Way, Langage in Plymouth, is targeting employers in the business, care and early years, engineering, hairdressing and sport and leisure sectors. Experts from local solicitors, Kitsons, and local accountancy practice, Peplows, will be giving delegates an overview of the recent changes...
PLYMOUTH Science Park’s groundbreaking mentoring scheme for businesses has been recognised by industry leaders as a UK first. The Park provides all tenants with free access to an advisory board made up of a panel of experts in a variety of specialisms in order to help them transform and grow their businesses.
The Plymouth Science Park Advisory Board was formed in 2013 to provide expert advice to high growth businesses. Up to 100 hours of time is available in areas such as business planning, high growth goal and strategy setting, and market awareness. This ensures that companies are...
