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With less than one week to go until the start of SailGP Season 2, which commences with the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix on 24 April, the Great Britain SailGP Team has unveiled its squad that will race in the global sailing championship this year.

Since opening applications for the Restart Grant on Monday 12 April we have received over 1,000 applications. 472 of these applications have been approved.

Plymouth businesses are now able to apply for the new Restart Grants. The Restart Grant scheme is designed to help rate-paying non-essential retail, hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym businesses reopen safely, as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.

Plymouth’s major new museum, art gallery and archive is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund 

We have received the government guidance for the Restart Grants and are currently working on a process to administer these grants, along with a third wave of ARG funding.

We are looking for two experienced contractors to work with Destination Plymouth, to support and grow Plymouth's visitor economy.

Plymouth Science Park has this month welcomed a new company specialising in Healthcare recruitment to their campus. Acorn Healthcare are moving to the Park to support their growing client base in Plymouth, North Devon and East Cornwall.

Plymouth City Council has launched the Resurgam Charter, a commitment from Plymouth’s businesses to create a fairer and greener city as we recover from the impacts of the pandemic.

Plymouth City Council has distributed nearly £75 million in grants to support local businesses through coronavirus restrictions since April 2020, but many businesses still haven’t claimed the financial support they’re entitled to. 

Plymouth’s new ten-year Visitor Plan sets out ambitious targets for the local visitor economy to achieve by 2030 and will play an important role in helping the industry to recover after the Covid-19 pandemic

Frankfort Gate is looking a lot brighter and better these days! We’ve brought colour and light to the West End and we’re now putting the finishing touches in for when lockdown eases.

City College Plymouth is delighted to be hosting its first employer event of 2021 when it will bring together defence, engineering, marine and built environment industry professionals.