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4 tips for a killer SMS marketing campaign

When it comes to utilising the power of SMS, many small business owners can be trigger shy. Many feel that using SMS marketing is a risky move, as they don’t want their customers to get annoyed with marketing messages or feel that the texts are intrusive. On the other hand, many business owners who’ve taken the plunge with SMS marketing have found excellent results, especially when they offer...

Students bringing ‘vibrancy’ back to City Centre

Plymouth’s status as the fifth biggest student city in the UK requires a more balanced approach to providing adequate accommodation for them.

That’s according to Mark Slade from Bruton Knowles’ Lockyer Street office, who says Plymouth City Council should retain a flexible approach rather than setting limits on the number of new schemes being brought forward.

He said: “Plymouth...

Bond Dickinson advises on major wind farm acquisition

The Plymouth office of national law firm Bond Dickinson LLP has advised global renewable energy company RES on the sale of a portfolio of four wind farms to the asset management business of Aviva plc.

The portfolio includes Jacks Lane wind farm (six turbines, 15MW) based in Norfolk, Woolley Hill wind farm (four turbines, 10MW) located in Cambridgeshire, Den Brook wind farm (nine...

Bond Dickinson welcomes new apprentices

The Plymouth office of national law firm Bond Dickinson LLP has announced that it is recruiting a further three legal apprentices. The new recruits will start in September 2017, joining the 180-strong team based in Plymouth.

The announcement follows the firm being awarded the CILEx Employer of the Year Award last month. In October it also won the Newcomer Award for the South West...

RSL roofing supplies sold to Longhouse Group

South West-based Longhouse Group has expanded its portfolio of companies with the acquisition of the region’s leading independent roofing supplies merchant, Roofing Supplies (SW) Limited (RSL).

The announcement means Longhouse’s stable of South West companies, which includes grounds care machinery specialist MST and light engineering supplier Parkins, now has assets with a combined...

Police target motorists who flout traffic laws

Officers from the Devon and Cornwall Police roads policing team are out again this week in unmarked cars targeting motorists who flout traffic laws, in an effort to help keep our roads safe.

This continued proactive activity, where earlier in the month police were primarily targeting mobile phone use while driving, is focusing on the fatal four offences: speed, seat-belts, driver...

Cash and jewellery stolen from Plympton home

Police are investigating after cash and jewellery were stolen from a home in Plympton.

Offenders forced open the back patio door to get inside the property in Woodford Avenue between 2.55pm and 4.45pm on Monday 21 November.

Once inside they made an untidy search of the home before stealing a quantity of cash, a Pandora bracelet containing various charms including a unicorn and...

City council announces further £180,000 available for city projects on pioneering Crowdfund Plymouth

Mayflower Autonomous Ship receives first major pledge of £15,000 and Illuminate receives £5,000 pledge - and smashes its target on pioneering City crowdfunding campaign.

Plymouth City Council and Crowdfunder today confirmed that Crowdfund Plymouth, has received a further £180,000 from the City Change Fund, to enable the Council to pledge on projects that benefit the local community in...

Businesses invited to hear about apprenticeship shake-up

Plymouth businesses are being invited to a free event next week to hear how the new Apprenticeship Levy and apprenticeship reforms will affect them.

Plymouth City Council, in partnership with the Devon and Cornwall Training Provider Network and the Skills Funding Agency, will be holding an event at Plymouth Guildhall on Tuesday 6 December to give businesses of all sizes details of the...

Plymouth Citybus jump on board the Mayflower Autonomous Ship Project

TOP Plymouth firm Plymouth Citybus have jumped on board the Mayflower Autonomous Ship Crowdfunder and pledged a five figure sum to help the project get from blueprint to boatyard.

The firm, which employs 500 people in the city, snapped up a sponsorship reward which will see their name be one of the first big city firms to be on the side of the ship when it makes its historic launch in...

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