We have produced Business support guides for start-ups and existing businesses, and includes details of business advisors, financial options, networks etc.                                  

             

You can also find additional support for creative and digital businesses through the iMayflower Programme.

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The seven sector factsheets provides further information and stats into Advanced Manufacturing, Business Services, Creative Industries, Digital Industry, Marine, Medical, Health and Life Sciences and Tourism and Leisure.

                           

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We are a confident and growing city which is undergoing a cultural revolution, from our exceptional creative industry to our international marine sector. That's why we have created the Living and Working in Plymouth guide, showing the reasons why there is quite simply nowhere better to live, work and play than Plymouth. 

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Check out the Experience Plymouth Spring & Summer 2022 Visitor Guide, inside you'll find ideas for family fun, shopping, events and food & drink, as well as tours and sightseeing, on the water activities, heritage and culture and spots for aprés sea.

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We have pulled together a useful overview of the attributes that make Plymouth a prime place to invest with our Driving Growth in Britain's Ocean City publication. You can view a PDF version here [5MB].

We also have produced a new Driving Growth video – have a watch!

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Plymouth is a great place to live and work, and we wanted to highlight this with a video.

We have also created a series of case studies from people who have relocated to Plymouth to live and work.

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Find out why Plymouth is a great place to invest.

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Plymouth aims to grow visitor numbers by 15% from 5.1 to 6 million by 2030, and visitor spend by 30%, generating 1,000 new jobs to bring employment in tourism to just over 9,000 jobs. 

The Plymouth Visitor Plan 2020 – 2030 has been designed to help drive Plymouth's visitor economy between 2020 and 2030, and is now online and available to view. 

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Colliers has been commissioned by Plymouth City Council and Destination Plymouth to produce this Hotel and Other Accommodation Market Study, which presents an overview of the overall accommodation market in Plymouth in terms of supply, demand and future developments.

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Outset have compiled together Plymouth Business Resources document: a list of resources available for anyone interested in business in Plymouth. This is not an exhaustive list, but a good starting point for you. 

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The Workforce recruitment and labour supply document provides specific, practical guidance for all recruiters, HR professionals and employers on actions that must and should be taken in respect of their existing workforce and future recruits in response to Brexit.

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The Plymouth Public Procurement Partnership helps provide detail to suppliers about where and how to register for Tendering portals in order to gain awareness of future tender opportunities:

Plymouth City Council

• Doing business with the Council
• Supplying the South West
• GOV.UK Contracts Finder
• Procurement Email

University of Plymouth

• Electronic tendering process
• GOV.UK Contracts Finder
• Procurement
• Procurement Email

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

• Collaborative Procurement Portal 
• Procurement
• Access to public sector work

Plymouth Marjon University

• GOV.UK Contracts Finder

Delt Shared Services

• Supplying the South West
• GOV.UK Contracts Finder
• Procurement Email

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Plans are underway for Plymouth to be the UK’s first National Marine Park. We have been working closely with a range of local and national partners including the University of Plymouth, National Marine Aquarium and Blue Marine Foundation to get to this stage. Our next steps will be to officially lead on the project to designate Plymouth as a National Marine Park, engaging with our local stakeholders, work with Government departments to get national recognition and continue to seek external funding for the project.

Download the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park document, giving an overview of the project, its vision, partnership and future. 

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Produced as part of ICE’s 200th anniversary celebrations, ‘Engineering Plymouth’ illustrates the city’s engineering journey through time before focusing on its future and the people tasked with leading its current major engineering projects.

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Please have a look at our exciting Plymouth Event Sponsorship Opportunities brochure. We have sponsorship opportunities for our spectacular events held throughout the year. Our hugely popular family-fun events promises a marketing boost to your company's profile. The events are also supported by our social media channels and network of partners.

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Plymouth's Book of Wonder contains a range of interesting facts about the city, from our unique maritime history to our modern multi million pound investments. 

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There’s a lot to see and do above the water around the Plymouth, but do you know what’s beneath the surface? You might be surprised... there’s a wealth of marine life right on your doorstep, which is why the Plymouth Sound and Tamar Estuaries is a Marine Protected Area.

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MarRI-UK Resarch and Innovation

A collaborative innovation vehicle for UK industry and academia to jointly tackle innovation and technology challenges. It has a focus on research and innovation within mid TRL (3 – 7) levels to address the opportunities between "discovery and research" and "commercialisation" of Maritime Technologies and Systems. Learn more about them and how to get involved as a member.

MarRI-UK will provide coherence and leverage across the UK’s Maritime Research & Innovation, building on strong and globally recognised expertise.

The UK’s Maritime industry (shipping, ports, manufacturing and business services) offers a wide range of world class maritime systems, services and support. It underpins our international trade and power as an island nation. It supports over 957,000 jobs, creating productivity of £78k per person (50% higher than UK average), £37.4bn Gross Value Added and £12bn exports.

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Marine-I Knowledge Exchange

Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i brings together the most comprehensive range of support ever offered to marine technology businesses in Cornwall. It can help your business grow by providing grant funding, business assistance, academic research, test facilities, subsidised graduate placements and more.

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We have produced the Superfast Broadband in Plymouth document to explain what superfast is all about, and why it is good  for you and your business.

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If you're an ambitious business in the Marine Industry, we share your passion for growth and success. Oceansgate will provide the perfect investment opportunity as this unique 35 hectare site, on the southern edge of Devonport Dockyard, offers deep water access to the English Channel and an unrivalled location to create a world class hub for marine businesses. Two promotional videos have also been published.

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The STEM Plymouth Strategic Plan has been developed by Plymouth’s private, public, military and third sectors and lays the foundations to 2022 to secure Plymouth’s future and support our region as the South West’s STEM city.

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We have produced Plymouth: The Social Enterpise City brochure to highlight some of the great things that are happening in the world of social enterprise, and within our city. Plymouth was announced as one of two social enterprise cities in the UK in September 2013. The accolade marked the start of Social Enterprise UK’s Social Enterprise Places programme.

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In 2020 the United Kingdom, United States of America and the Netherlands will commemorate the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. Mayflower 400 is a programme of events on a transformational scale. It is a platform for an international commemoration of the remarkable relationship between our nations which began with the sailing of the Mayflower on 16 September 1620.