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Please find below an overview of the latest business advice and guidance. In today's newsletter you will find news and updates including:
- National Marine Park Interim Chief Executive Officer Vacancy
- Take a read of our new Living and Working in Plymouth brochure
- Plymouth Together Fund
- #BackTheFuture Plymouth Climate Challenge
- Latest news from iMayflower
- Free Business Support for Devon Businesses
- Film project in the running for prestigious National Lottery 'Project of the Year' award
- Warm welcome for cruise ships to Plymouth in 2021
- Plymouth Parents Childcare Survey
- Plymouth Science Park’s community of health and wellbeing businesses continues to expand
- Sutton Harbour Marina berthing assistant named as one of the best in the world
- Bootcamps for individuals looking to develop IT and Cyber skills
- New Hospital Programme Supply Market Survey
- Great Success with the Defibrillator Training Courses
- Work with Barbican Theatre
- Events
- Funding streams/competitions
If you have any specific concerns or are in need of support, please contact us.
We have an ambitious, transformational and compelling vision for the UK’s first National Marine Park that has naturally evolved from Plymouth’s unique proposition as Britain’s Ocean City. It is at the centre our new economic strategy, visitor and cultural plans as well as our recently declared climate emergency and Freeport status.
We are now seeking to appoint an interim Chief Executive, on an initial 2 year fixed term appointment, to develop all aspects of the National Marine Park. Based within the City Council’s economic development team you will be accountable to the newly formed National Marine Park Board and work closely with Destination Plymouth.
Interested in applying for this role?
See the full webpage for more information.
Please download the Candidate Information Pack here
See the Role Profile here
To apply for this role please email your CV and covering letter to Di Byrne by emailing diana.byrne@plymouth.gov.uk by Friday 15 October 2021
Interviews will be held w/c 1 November 2021
We anticipate that interviews will be held in Plymouth, subject to Covid-19 regulations in place at the time.
Located at the heart of the South West, Plymouth is a city by the sea with so much to offer. With an amazing quality of life, stunning waterfront location, vibrant city centre and fascinating maritime history, there is quite simply nowhere better to live, work and play than Britain’s Ocean City.
Plymouth is an ambitious city with huge growth potential and exciting major changes ahead. We have already seen the growth of the University, the redevelopment of Royal William Yard and Millbay, one of the UK's top 50 regeneration projects.
Over the next five years Plymouth will see significant capital investments in HM Devonport Naval Base and Derriford Hospital, plus ambitious plans to improve the city's welcome for rail passengers and regenerate the area around the station are underway. Colin Campbell Court and Bath Street West will see a £50 million regeneration project, delivering new homes.
For advice on relocating to Plymouth, we have created a brochure you are welcome to look through.
Find out more here
We are reaching out to you from the Plymouth Together Fund – the official fund helping the families of the victims of the Keyham tragedy.
The fund also helps other projects, groups and activities that support the area’s recovery and you can find out more here: https://plymouthtogether.co.uk/
We are looking for Plymouth businesses to display our postcards [pdf] and posters [pdf] in a bid to encourage as many people as possible to fundraise, donate and money as possible for this vital fund. Can you help?
We can send you the materials direct. Just email us at: plymouthtogether@plymouth.gov.uk
Perhaps you would also like to fundraise by hosting an event? We have a fundraising kit available at: https://plymouthtogether.co.uk/donate-2/. All donations really do make a difference.
If you would like to discuss this further then please contact plymouthtogether@plymouth.gov.ukor call 01752 305 126.
Thank you in anticipation,
Plymouth Together
Once again Plymouth City Council and Crowdfunder have joined forces to host the #BackTheFuture LIVE: Plymouth Climate Challenge event! The Council is on the lookout for initiatives that are tackling climate change to raise funds, compete for a slice of funding from Plymouth City Council and be a part of the exciting, live streamed event!
The top prize is £20,000, second place prize is £12,500 and third place is £7,500, all of which will go towards a crowdfunding campaign! The three finalists will also take part in a LIVE event which will be streamed on Monday 8 November 2021 and receive one-to-one coaching support from Crowdfunder. Ten runners-up will also receive £1,000 to go towards a crowdfunding campaign, adding up to £50,000 prize money in total!
Interested in finding out more? Please visit the Crowdfunder website.
Entries close on Monday 11 October at 9am.
Plymouth is a creative city with a proud track record and growing international reputation for creative digital and immersive tech. We have come together through iMayflower to ensure that Plymouth makes the most of this platform for the benefit of current and future generations living, studying and working here.
The latest iMayflower digest includes:
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Cultural experiences: The Hatchling; Illuminate Festival
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Local Talent: IGNITE digital platform
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Sustainability and Innovation: Fab City hubs; Protecting Plymouth's wildflower meadows through digital design; Sustainable housing with 3D printing pioneers WASP; Fab Lab helping local people better understand the environment
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Strengthening Local Talent: Innovative Placements Scheme; Real Ideas’ Digital Badges; Smart Citizens Programme.
Read the full digest here
To receive regular updates about iMayflower, sign up here.
You may have heard of Devon & Plymouth Chamber of Commerce.
They help businesses just like yours, and are inviting companies to join the Chamber with a new, fully funded introductory membership offer here:
https://devonchamber.co.uk/introductory-membership-offer/
The Chamber helps businesses connect and grow and works very hard to help them succeed. They are valuable partners.
The last 18 months have been incredibly difficult for everyone and they have helped countless businesses survive this challenging period.
Our research shows that businesses part of our Chamber are three times more likely to survive!
Now it is time to thrive, not just survive.
To do this, businesses like yours are being invited to be part of Devon & Plymouth Chamber of Commerce for three months, completely free of charge.
This special three-month introductory membership is fully funded, to support as many businesses as possible in this incredibly crucial next stage.
We want as many businesses as possible to be part of something bigger, so we as a region can emerge stronger.
You can register for this introductory membership here:
https://devonchamber.co.uk/introductory-membership-offer/
‘The Box on The Box’, an initiative set up during the first lockdown last year to prevent isolation among the elderly through screening archive film footage directly into care homes, IS appealing for votes after reaching the finals of the National Lottery Awards 2021 ‘Project of the Year’.
The project beat off stiff competition from more than 1,500 organisations to reach the public voting stage in this year’s National Lottery Awards, which celebrate the inspirational people and projects who do extraordinary things with the help of National Lottery funding.
There are 17 shortlisted finalists from across the UK, who will compete in a four-week public vote to be named the inaugural National Lottery Project of the Year. Winners will receive a £3,000 cash prize for their project and an iconic National Lottery Awards trophy.
Find out more here
Plymouth’s cruise industry has seen a positive restart with seven cruise calls to Britain’s Ocean City this summer.
The city has welcomed visits from ships including the Golden Horizon of Tradewind Voyages, the world’s largest square rigged sailing cruise ship; the boutique cruise ship Hebridean Princess; and most recently the maiden call of Vasco da Gama of Germany’s Nicko Cruises, part of the Mystic Cruises Group.
The seven visits during 2021 were warmly welcomed after all visits during 2020 were cancelled due to COVID-19.
A further 11 cruise calls are already scheduled to take place in 2022.
Find out more here
Plymouth City Council are consulting with parents/carers in the Plymouth area to evaluate a parents/carers childcare experience.
We would like to hear from parents/carers with children aged 0 to 14 years (18 with SEND) who access different types of childcare provision. We will use the findings of this survey to identify any barriers to childcare and work with both providers and parents to try and resolve these.
This survey is an opportunity for parents/carers to share their views about accessing childcare in Plymouth.
The survey is now open and will stay open until 18 October 2021.
Take part in the survey
Total Innovations Europe Ltd is the latest health and wellbeing business to expand into premises at Plymouth Science Park.
Established in 2014, Total Innovation Europe provides business innovation and support to manufacturers, suppliers and providers in the health and social care sectors, helping businesses working in diagnosis, therapeutics or medical devices to realise efficiencies and boost business growth.
The firm’s move to the Park comes a month after Plymouth Science Park announced that a regional centre of health technology excellence will be developed in the city, following a successful bid for £1.03m to the Heart of the South West LEP’s Getting Building Fund by Plymouth Science Park in partnership with the University of Plymouth, Plymouth City Council, and private sector partner, Renishaw.
Find out more here
Plymouth berthing assistant Corey Murray has been singled out for praise after being named one of the 10 best marina employees working at the world’s most superior marinas.
Corey, a berthing assistant at the 5 Gold Anchor rated Sutton Harbour Marina based in the historic heart of Plymouth, was judged by berth holders as one of the top 10 staff members who ‘made a difference’ in Gold Anchor Marinas worldwide at the Marina of the Year Awards 2021.
The prestigious awards from the Yacht Harbour Association and sponsors Towergate Insurance saw Corey shortlisted as one of the best 10 staff members from amongst many thousands of marina workers employed at more than 160 Gold Anchor accredited marinas around the world.
The honour is especially rewarding given that the Marina of the Year Awards are voted on directly by berth holders.
Find out more here
BIT Group is on a mission to unlock the regions tech potential and help individuals transition into an exciting career in IT, Cloud or Cyber Security career.
Having supported MoD service leavers resettle into the growing global tech industry for the past 17 years. They now want to use that expertise to help our regions citizens build their confidences, industry skills and find that next exciting role in the new digital economy.
With funding from the Department for Education through the #Train4Tomorrow bootcamp programme, they are offering 90 residents of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset the chance to sign up for a free industry skills boot camp in IT, Cloud or cyber, including industry placement.
The 8 week cyber boot camp will cover:
Personal development; Technical development - CompTIA IT security; CompTIA cyber security analyst (CySA+); CompTIA pentesting (PenTest+); Job placement
The 9 week IT boot camp will cover:
Personal development; Technical development - IT fundamentals; CompTIA A+ Core; CompTIA A+ Core 2; CompTIA Networking (CompTIA Network+); CyberSafe; Introduction to IoT; Job placement
The 9 week Cloud boot camp will cover:
Personal development; Technical development - IT fundamentals; CompTIA A+ Core 1; CompTIA A+ Core 2; CompTIA Cloud Essentials+; CyberSafe; Introduction to IoT; Job placement
The aim of the programme is to get all successful delegates through the boot camp and find them a workplace to lead onto employment in the region or as a remote worker to increase the opportunities available within six months of completing.
This is an outstanding opportunity. To quality you need to be a resident of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset or Somerset aged 19+.
The programme is ideally suited to unemployed or underemployed graduates who want to kick start a successful career in IT or cyber.
Interested?
The bootcamps start early October 2021, so be quick and secure your place, find out more now!
This Questionnaire issued by the New Hospitals Programme (NHP) seeks to invite potential suppliers and interested parties to express their interest in being engaged further. This Questionnaire does not only seek to invite potential, future suppliers (across the whole supply chain) to participate in future market engagement activities, but seeks to invite other stakeholders and individuals from the wider sector and beyond to receive future updates and communications on the New Hospital Programme as it develops.
The information that you provide as part of this survey will be held by the NHP’s Supplier Market Management Team for the purpose of holding high level information regarding respondent’s organisations, their location and potential appetite for future packages as well as providing individuals with an opportunity to be kept up to date via email, via a quarterly Bulletin.
Any organisation wishing to express interest can do so at any time, as this Survey will remain open to ensure all individuals can sign up to future engagements or communications.
Should you have any further questions or queries, the NHP have a dedicated email address: nhp.suppliers@nhs.net, however completion of this survey is sufficient to ensure you are engaged in accordance with your response in due course.
Access the survey here
Did you know that the correct use of a defibrillator can increase the chances of survival by 75%?
Over 40 Plymouth businesses and individuals were recently able to take advantage of defibrillator courses offered by Plymouth City Council. The nationally recognised sessions, run by The Royal Life Saving Society UK, teaches CPR and how to use lifesaving automated external defibrillator equipment.
Barbican Theatre are very excited to be able tell you about three new roles they have within the Barbican team.
Click the above links for more details, or visit the website where you can also apply.
Barbican Theatre as a recruiter and employer
"We believe our work will be stronger with greater diversity and welcome applications from those who bring difference. Barbican Theatre welcomes the whole person to work, and we understand that each of us bring our experiences, our backgrounds and our own unique view and interpretation to what we do. Supporting our staff means they are not appointed to represent specific groups or organisation.
You may not have worked in a cultural organisation before, or in an organisation like Barbican Theatre. If you are interested in any of these roles - please do apply."
For further information on the latest events, visit Invest Plymouth's event page.
If you have a Plymouth event you'd like promoted, you can submit your own events here
Recruitment and skills workshop for Hospitality businesses
Serco/One Step Recruitment | Thursday 7 October
Find out how to successfully recruit new staff for your business and keep your team engaged and motivated. This FREE online workshop is open to small and medium sized hospitality businesses based in Devon, Somerset, Dorset and the West of England.
Find out more here
Oceansgate's Meet the Expert: Friday Start Up Club
Oceansgate | Friday 8, 15, 22 October and 5 November
A free, 4 part series of workshops to help your start up business in Devon covering key topics including, Formalities of setting up, Legals, Finance, Money and Grant Opportunities, Business Planning, Creating an Identity, Building A Proposition, Social Media and Marketing.
There are limited numbers and demand is high, so don’t delay and book today by emailing louise.creber@plymouth.gov.uk
Techstars Startup Weekend Marine Plymouth
University of Plymouth | 12,13 and 14 November
In collaboration with local business leaders and experts from the thriving South West marine industry, we're inviting creative people from across Plymouth, AND BEYOND, to join us for a Startup Weekend with a focus on Marine! This event will support new and innovative marine-themed ideas to emerge and come to life in Plymouth.
Find out more here
Social Enterprise City Festival
PSEN | 15 to 26 November
PSEN’s upcoming Social Enterprise Festival for 2021 is aiming to highlight this and the amazing work being carried out locally. We are looking for local active projects, groups or organisations who are taking action towards one or more of the 17 SDGs to showcase what you are up to through running a workshop, event, talk or participatory session at this year’s Festival. This could be anything from a 1-hour event to a half-day workshop.
Could this be you? Would you like to add to Plymouth’s story of progressive change and showcase how you are making a difference whilst engaging new audiences?
We are looking to demonstrate what we need to do, why it’s important and how to take local action towards the global goals. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
Please get in touch via hello@plymsocent.org.uk
Find out more here
NHS Opens £680m Unified Tech Fund
A new funding programme has been launched as part of the government's first step towards making the process for health services technology funding less complicated.
The £680 million NHS Unified Tech Fund brings together eight national technology funds to support the digitisation of the health and care system.
Each fund has its own application deadline. Check the guidelines for more information.
Find out more here
UK Small Firms Encouraged to Enter Heroes of Net Zero Competition
Forming part of the UK Government’s Together for our Planet campaign, the Heroes of Net Zero Competition has been created to celebrate those small businesses taking the most innovative action to go green and become a net zero organisation by 2050.
Entries will be judged by a panel of experts. Those deemed to be the best entries will be invited to attend COP26 in Glasgow on 2 November 2021, where the winners will be announced and receive a prize package worth £4,500.
The deadline for applications is 6 October 2021.
Find out more here
Home Secretary Launches Fund to Tackle Online Child Sexual Abuse
The Safety Tech Challenge Fund is a new UK government-funded programme supporting the development of innovative technologies to help keep children safe in online environments.
Innovators and tech experts will be given funding to demonstrate to world’s biggest internet technology firms how they can better design their products and not increase the risk of their platforms being a safe haven for child sexual abusers.
The deadline for applications is 6 October 2021.
Find out more here
Build UK India - Industrial Net Zero
Funding and a programme of support are available to UK advanced digital technology startups to explore applications of their existing products and services with established Indian corporate partners that hold aspirations in leveraging digital technology, to optimise resource usage and processes.
Successful applicants will receive grant funding of up to £45,000 to build demonstrators in response to the industrial challenges.
The deadline for applications is 10 October 2021.
Find out more here
New Round of Small Business Builders COVID-19 Recovery Grants
KKR Small Business Builders provides grants to entrepreneurs and small businesses across a number of countries, including England, to help them respond and recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grants of $10,000 (approximately £7,300) will be offered to help businesses maintain or create jobs and boost economic opportunity as they respond to the ongoing crisis and recover from its resultant economic dislocation.
For the current round, applications must be submitted by the deadline of 15 October 2021.
Find out more here
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund Phase 2: Autumn 2021 Window Now Open
Businesses operating in some of the most polluting and energy-intensive industries can now bid for a share of government investment to help cut their carbon emissions and the costs of their energy bills.
Grants are available to support green projects that help businesses across England, Wales and Northern Ireland clean up their industrial processes, improve their energy efficiency and reduce their carbon emissions – benefiting industries including pharmaceuticals, steel, paper, and food and drink.
The Phase 2 Autumn window is now live. The deadline for applications is Monday 6 December 2021
Find out more here
IUK Announces Digital Security by Design - Software Ecosystem Development Competition
The Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Challenge is a government-backed initiative designed to transform technology to create a secure and safer digital future.
The aim of this Innovate UK (IUK) competition is to fund a range of projects that work to enrich and expand the DSbD software ecosystem prior to the availability of commercial hardware
A total of £8 million is available. IUK expects to fund a range of projects requesting grants from £200,000 to £1.4 million.
The competition opens on 4 October 2021. The deadline for applications is 8 December 2021.
Find out more here
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