Business Cornwall

A&P Falmouth on behalf of Thales Naval has been working on a substantial regeneration project on two ex-Royal Navy vessels that are being sold to the Lithuanian Navy.

Good to see the Government finally acted to help ship some our stranded refugees back to the UK and raise the no-fly zone. Apparently there were worries that hundreds of thousands of Labour voters would be stranded come voting day! The General Election campaign is hotting up nicely. I haven’t spotted Gordon Brown yet, but the other two hopefuls have been down to Cornwall over the past week.

One of Cornwall’s largest festivals will be getting extra marketing support after adding two new members to its team.

Some of the finest fresh ingredients from west Cornwall are at the heart of a new service launched by West Cornwall Cottage Holidays.

Carn Brea Leisure Centre has announced plans to freeze the majority of prices for its facilities for the next 12 months.

If a snap poll conducted at two of Stephens Scown’s Business Class events over the past week is anything to go by, the Conservatives are set for a landslide General Election victory!

A growing Cornish social enterprise was in Cannes recently to launch a new social broadcast platform.

St Austell Brewery has laid down the gauntlet to Cornwall and Devon’s prospective MPs, challenging them to back the good old British pub in the run up to the General Election.

2010 is shaping up to be a challenging year for the south west’s hotels, according to the latest findings from Bishop Fleming.

The shortlist has been revealed for this year’s Cornwall Business Awards.

Falmouth-based design agency Absolute has created a new brand identity for Cornwall’s famed Run to the Sun festival.

A Cornish tourism group is seeing a surge in bookings as ‘volcano refugees’ seek out alternative holiday options.

The first Business Improvement District to be established in Cornwall is marking its mid-way point.

Website developer Mark Grice, who runs Truro-based Redfuse Internet, has recently expanded the business with the addition of new employee, Richard Bale.

Truro-based law firm Murrell Ashworth has appointed a new associate solicitor.

Cornwall College Business (CCB) has developed a new leadership programme to help business owners, senior managers and middle managers become more inspiring leaders.

After receiving a grant of almost £380k from the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), Kernow Grain Ltd near Bodmin, has started work on expanding its grain storage facility.

While all major airports and airlines remain grounded across the UK, it has very much been business as usual for the Isles of Scilly Skybus and British International Helicopters (BIH) services to Scilly.

Specialist classic boat builder, Cornish Crabbers, has launched a new website offering a variety of services, products and interactive opportunities.

Truro-based chartered accountant and business adviser Winter Rule has taken the majority of the client base of Williams & Co, an accountancy firm based on the Roseland Peninsula.