Business Daily

The South West economy grew at one of the fastest rates in the UK during December, with business activity and the number of new orders rising sharply, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Regional PMI.

The South West PMI® rose to 58.7 in December, up from 56.6 in November. A PMI reading above 50 signifies growth in business activity.

Data for December also showed that employment...

Work starts this week on the city’s flagship marine development, Oceansgate.

Council Leader Ian Bowyer will dig the first turf to mark the start of the Phase 1 build of the country’s only Marine Enterprise Zone, which forms a key part of the Plymouth’s plans to grow its flourishing marine sector.

The first phase entails the construction of two and three-storey buildings at the...

Local business Drayton has joined forces with Plymouth Energy Community (PEC) to provide free heating controls as part of a campaign to help the most vulnerable people living in the city.

As part of the PEC ‘Healthy Homes’ project, which has been funded by a charitable grant from the British Gas Energy Trust, Drayton has donated over 200 heating controls, worth in the region of £10,000...

Investors are being steered to a landmark retail/office building in Saltash.

Brunel House on Lower Fore Street is being marketed by Mark Slade from Bruton Knowles’ Plymouth office with offers invited in the region of £325,000 for the freehold.

The premises which are laid out over three floors are currently let to Coral Racing Ltd on the ground floor, with United Care Concepts...