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A new report has placed two Plymouth constituencies in the top three in Devon and Cornwall when ranked by need of ‘levelling up.’  The report, titled ‘Levelling Up the Great South West: a G7 Legacy’, was published yesterday by Exeter-based company Pennon Group that owns South West Water. Pennon assessedContinue Reading

VRAMP is thrilled to have been awarded the highest international information security standard. The ISO 27001:2017 certification highlights VRAMPs dedication to providing a highly secure employee engagement software solution.  Published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), ISO 27001:2017 requires a detailed audit to ensure compliance against an extensive listContinue Reading

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is urging businesses across the South West of England and South Wales to join a major project which aims to help them develop goods and services for the emergent tidal energy sector. Tidal stream energy farms, which use turbines similar in concept to thoseContinue Reading

In March 2021, The Helen Foundation embarked on its most ambitious fundraiser ever. Its THF40for40 campaign planned to raise £40,000 by late December of this year but supported by over 250 generous donors, the campaign has already broken through the initial target within two months of its launch. Helen’s 40thContinue Reading

A Devon-based insurance provider has just achieved the unusual landmark of giving £1m of its income to charity. Naturesave, an award-winning insurance provider, has achieved the unusual landmark of giving £1m of its income to UK projects promoting sustainability. Former Lloyds insurance broker,  Mathew Criddle, founded the company in 1993Continue Reading