The further away you are from something, the more you realise how much it means to you.

I was born and raised in Plymouth, but have not lived there for over 20 years. My family still live in the City, so I have been back to visit regularly. But I didn’t really see the City as it is – more as I remembered it from my childhood and adolescence. 

Recently, however, I have gained a renewed love of the City by seeing it through the eyes of business owners in Royal William Yard. It is a City that is now showing signs of fulfilling some of the huge potential that has always bubbled away just beneath the surface.