Drake Circus is well and truly ready for Summer with the welcome addition of an array of colourful flowers. The following details were provided by Theatre Royal, who have teamed up with Drake Circus in a unique creative community partnership. Plymouth’s Drake Circus shopping centre, will be filled with giant flowers this Summer, turning the South West’s leading shopping centre into a garden paradise. The centre, which recently won a top national award for best customer service in the UK at the REVO – ACE Awards, worked with the award-winning Theatre Royal Plymouth team who manufacture and produce stages and sets for the Theatre Royal Plymouth, to create a Summer ‘outdoor in’ concept for the shopping centre. The result is giant flowers ...

As a large hotel with a busy calendar, using locally sourced produce is of the upmost importance. Each year, the hotel welcomes a number of Weddings, Corporate Events, Formal Lunches, Meetings, Conferences, School Proms and so many more. It is therefore important to use suppliers who can not only keep up with demand, but also provide sustainable, good quality ingredients. We chatted to David from Tamar Fresh, one of our wonderful suppliers to see why he loves working with The Duke. When did you start Tamar Fresh? My dad started the business 30 years ago as a retail farm shop. Dad had previously spent 25 years in the retail trade and as a result of his experience saw ...

However you are planning on travelling to MTV Crashes Plymouth, here is some important travel information including details about road closures. Walking: Plymouth Hoe is less than half a mile from the city centre Bus: A number of bus routes pass through Royal Parade in Plymouth city centre, which is less than half a mile from Plymouth Hoe. For all bus service timetable and further information please call Travel Line SW on 08712 002 233 click here. Train: Plymouth Hoe is a short 15-minute walk from Plymouth Railway Station. For train services and timetable information click here. Car: There are 19 car parks in and around ...

Here is a lovely story to brighten your afternoon! The following information was provided by the team at Onshore Media. Ten new, brightly coloured picnic benches have been installed around Plymouth’s City Centre hand made by jobseekers with learning difficulties. The benches have been made by talented jobseekers at Pluss Training, an award winning national organisation that helps thousands of people with disabilities find careers. They have replaced existing benches in the centre – which had seen better days – and 20 undergraduate BA (Hons) Printed Textile & Surface Pattern students from Plymouth College of Art decorated them. The degree-level students were asked to come up with the best design for the benches and painted competition winner, second year Printed ...