Business Cornwall

Three enormous masts completed their long journey to Pendennis Shipyard recently in preparation for instalment on Pendennis’ current new build projects.

A Cornish independent record label has struck a deal with one of Spain and Portugal’s leading providers of in-store music and video programming.

“Cornwall is already renowned for having better surfing than California, now from a technical point of view it will have better internet surfing than California.” The ambitious words of BT chief executive Ian Livingston, following the historic announcement at the Headland Hotel in Newquay that superfast broadband is destined for Cornwall with speeds of up to 100Mbps. Matthew Clarke reports from the Headland, and hears just why September 30, 2010, could go down in Cornwall’s history books as a watershed point of real change in the Duchy’s economic fortunes.

Cornwall Farmers has announced the sale of its agricultural machinery business to a new company formed by two long-established local dealers.

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly is set to become one of the best-connected locations in the world under an ambitious £132 million project announced today by BT and Cornwall Council.

Following the recent flood damage caused to the Falmouth Tourist Information Centre (TIC), VisitCornwall has announced that, as of today, the TIC will be hosted within the Falmouth Library until their premises at Prince of Wales Pier are ready for reoccupation.

Today (September 30) is the deadline for thousands of businesses and organisations across the UK to sign up for the Government’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, which was created by Labour and implemented by the Coalition to reduce C0² emissions.

A multi-million pound project to make superfast broadband available across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly will be announced today (September 30).

A Cornish outdoor clothing company is heading to London’s Saville Row next month with a flock of sheep in tow.

A Convergence-backed design programme aimed at helping young technology businesses improve their products and services and get to market faster is staging two events in Cornwall.

In the wake of its major investment programme announced earlier this year, Trewithen Dairy near Lostwithiel has secured a deal worth more than £1 million a year to supply Launceston-based Kensey Foods with all its milk.

A leading Nasdaq-listed American solar power company will at Kingsley Village next week showcasing renewable solar power opportunities at a community solar day.

A Cornish businesswoman has launched her own catering company with the aim of offering a different approach to outside catering.

A £4 million project to create nine high-quality industrial units and offices and 89 jobs at Treleigh Industrial Estate has been approved for more than £2 million of ERDF Convergence investment.

Cornwall Development Company (CDC) has announced contingency plans for the Falmouth Tourist Information Centre (TIC) which was badly damaged during the recent wet weather.

Cornwall Council is preparing for a solar power gold rush in the coming months as renewable energy companies put forward proposals for solar developments.

With the Equality Act 2010 due to come into force next month, Cornwall College has appointed an equality and diversity (E & D) co-ordinator.

Early preparations are already under way for the 2011 Fal River Festival following its huge success this year.

Falmouth-based day care nursery Fit ‘N’ Fun Kids has won a National Nursery World award.

Kernowpods.com’s Matthew Clarke reports from the first Collaborate Cornwall conference that took place at Tremough last Friday.