Category Archives: Plymouth

The Plymouth Workplace Travel Grants are a part of Plymouth City Council’s Productive Plymouth Programme to promote sustainable transport measures. The grants are funded by the Department for Transport’s Transforming Cities Fund (TCF). The TCF projects aim to reduce congestion, improve the city’s air quality and help it prosper by investing in infrastructure to enhance…

Marine Management Organisation Relaunch the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has relaunched the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme to safeguard the long-term sustainability, resilience and prosperity of the English seafood sector. The Government has set aside at least £6 million in funding for each year until April 2025. The scheme aims to…

Urgent notice for Plymouth businesses! The deadline for applying for a Plymouth workplace travel grant is the 31st of January 2022. After events such as COP26, the UK’s priority is to move towards zero emissions across all sectors. To achieve that mission, there is help on offer for businesses looking to reduce their emissions. Besides…

Plymouth Businesses can now apply for their Restart Grants through the Plymouth City Council website. The scheme is designed to help rate-paying non-essential businesses to reopen safely as restrictions ease. Businesses are eligible for the grant if they are rate-paying, trading on 1 April 2021, and in the non-essential sectors (retail, hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal…

The creation of eight freeport zones across the UK has been announced in this week’s budget. While many of the freeports are situated in the North of England, Plymouth’s bid to become one of the Government’s first tax-break freeports has been successful. The remaining freeports announced will be located at East Midlands Airport, Felixstowe and…