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SIIS Limited Joins the Troy Group of Companies

Troy is delighted to announce the acquisition of SIIS Limited to support its UK growth strategy and its second acquisition in Scotland in 2024.

SIIS specialise in ironmongery and industrial supplies and serve a wide range of customers across Scotland and the UK from their four sites...

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Trio of financial services awards for Bond Dickinson

National law firm Bond Dickinson LLP, which has a large office in Plymouth, has scooped three awards at the Compliance Register Platinum Awards 2016, an event that recognises exemplary service to compliance and regulation in financial services.

Bond Dickinson won the award for 'Most Effective Law Firm' and Legal Director Emma Radmore won the awards for 'Best Compliance...

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Confidence on the rise for SW businesses

A new report on the UK economy reveals that whilst business confidence continues to bump along the rails, the South West region is showing the greatest recovery in sentiment after the post-Brexit shockwave.

Top 40 accountants Bishop Fleming cited the recent report by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales (ICAEW) as evidence that although uncertainty persists in...

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SW swings further into positive territory

The first quarter of 2017 has seen a boost of confidence in the South West with hiring intentions of +8% according to ManpowerGroup, the world’s workforce experts.

The ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from 2,104 UK employers. It asks whether employers intend to hire additional workers or reduce the size of their workforce in the coming quarter. It is the...

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Plymouth bus drivers support St Luke's 'Festive Friday'

Staff at Stagecoach South West’s Plymouth depot are getting into the Christmas spirit by supporting St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth ‘Festive Friday’ fun day on 16 December.

Drivers will be making donations to don their best Christmas jumpers for the day - with some even dressing up as Santa and snowmen. Drivers will also be asking customers to donate any spare change they may have to...

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Devon and Cornwall Police graded ‘Good’ in latest HMIC Legitimacy report

Devon and Cornwall Police has been graded as ‘good’ by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) in the police legitimacy report published today, Thursday 8 December.

A second report into police leadership was also published, however all Forces were ungraded.

The reports form part of the HMIC’s annual inspections of police effectiveness, efficiency, legitimacy and...

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Devon and Cornwall Police graded ‘Good’ in latest HMIC Legitimacy report

Plymouth Argyle 2 Doncaster Rovers 0: Match report

CRISIS? What crisis?

Argyle returned to the top of Sky Bet League Two by beating the team that had arrived at Home Park in that position with a performance that spoke as much about their character, as their talent.

Graham Carey’s opportunist ninth goal of the season just after half-and-hour, and a penalty by Jake Jervis 18 minutes after the interval accounted for the best side...

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First police dog honoured at Plymouth Awards Ceremony

Police dog Axel stole the show at the crowded Plymouth Police Commander’s Awards ceremony for his beauty, his bravery, his occasional bark - and for being the first dog to receive such an honour.

The three year old German Shepherd received his own personal framed Certificate from the Commander as did his handler PC Mark Stevens for apprehending two suspects who were later charged with...

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First police dog honoured at Plymouth Awards Ceremony

£6.25m deal secures future of Plympton megastore

Bruton Knowles has completed the acquisition of the former B & Q premises at Coypool Road, Plympton, Plymouth for their clients HBH Woolacotts and Furniture World.

The off market deal followed weeks of speculation as to the store’s fate.

Mark Slade from Bruton Knowles’ Lockyer Street office said: “We were instructed to acquire the Coypool Road site – with a view to...

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20 people sentenced to 192 years for drug offences

Merseyside Police can confirm that 20 People (18 men and two women) have been sentenced to more than 192 years after being convicted of conspiracy to supply drugs offences.

The sentencing follows an extensive investigation by the Matrix Serious Organised Crime team into the supply of controlled drugs (heroin). During the investigation on five separate occasions detectives seized heroin...

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20 people sentenced to 192 years for drug offences

Plymouth residents set to spend 3.5m hours preparing for the perfect Christmas

]Plymouth is preparing for a busy December as residents are set to spend a total of more than 3.5 million hours preparing for Christmas Day.

In a survey of more than 2,000 shoppers, almost 1 in 5 Plymouth residents said they will need more than the equivalent of a working week to prepare for Christmas Day, taking into account shopping, cooking, getting the house in order, and wrapping...

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