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Public Bodies and Businesses Talk the Same Langage

Plymouth City Council and Devon County Council strategic transport experts met last week with a group of businesses based at Langage, Plympton to update them on the ongoing and future road and infrastructure schemes around Deep Lane and Sherford and the wider Plymouth area.

The Langage Business Group, led by Matthew Bryant of Kitsons Solicitors, met at the offices of Brewin Dolphin...

Plymouth fights for better jobs and more of them

Plymouth is one of the areas leading in the fight for better jobs and more of them.

Business, council and social enterprise leaders in Plymouth are among those supporting the city in asking the Government to devolve powers to help get more people into work. Plymouth is one of 23 local authorities leading a national report - 'Unlocking our Wealth'- which is published today (Thursday)....

Wages must double to keep up with house prices

Most people earning average wages in the South West would need to more than double their annual salary just to keep up with out of control house prices, new research by homelessness charity Shelter shows.

In the study, released today, the charity looked at wage and house price inflation since 1997 in every area of the region. This was then used to calculate what average annual earnings...