Business Cornwall

Extended paternity leave for new dads, time off for training and “fit notes” are some of the key changes to legislation being highlighted by Coodes Solicitors’ employment specialist.

A scheme to plan major new roads and open up access to businesses in Camborne, Pool and Redruth has been approved for more than £5 million of Convergence investment.

The £2 million UKTI Globalisation Project is about to run the first-ever workshop aimed specifically at helping Cornish businesses build trade in Japan and the Far East.

LairdKing, an integrated technology and homes’ electronics specialist based near Redruth, has been shortlisted for a high-profile international industry award.

Out of all the April Fools jokes in today’s national press, my favourite one must be the penny hike in fuel tax that is set to push petrol prices to a record high this weekend. Other good contenders were the Flying AA man who rushes off to save stranded motorists with a jet-pack on his back, as reported in the Daily Mail, while the super soaraway Sun claimed “the world’s first flavoured page” with a “Lick Here” instruction on a black square box on the newspaper.

St Ives has been declared Best Family Holiday Destination at the Coast Awards 2010.

Cornish company Tor Garden Buildings has announced it will be using the Redruth-based Clearwood UK to supply its windows and doors across its product range.

The directors of Quest Environmental Solutions (QES) are planning for a bright future following assistance from Oxford Innovation’s High Growth Coaching programme.

Truro-based environmental consultant Wardell Armstrong International (WAI) has met with St Austell and Truro MP Matthew Taylor to discuss how businesses can best take advantage of the Government’s new ‘Feed in Tariff’ scheme.

Global helicopter giant AgustaWestland is basing its new helicopter training programme at Newquay Cornwall Airport.

British International Helicopters (BIH) has agreed to sell its Penzance-based Heliport to supermarket chain Sainsbury’s.

A Cornish creative marketing consultancy has expanded into to new premises and taken on two members of staff.

After the doom and gloom of the last 18 months, a Cornish firm of property consultants is reporting brisk business as it builds for the future.

Solicitors firm Nalders, which has offices throughout Cornwall, has signed a 15-year lease on two floors of Priority Sites’ Cannis House office development in St Austell.

North Cornwall Lib Dem MP, Dan Rogerson, slammed Ministers in the Commons yesterday, saying they had ‘cruelly dismissed’ rural communities’ concerns about second homes.

Key tourism figures from across the Duchy came together at Newquay Cornwall Airport yesterday to celebrate the launch of an innovative customer service programme which aims to drive up quality.

Cornwall’s largest architectural practice this week announced the appointment of its newest director. Rachael Gaunt joins the board of St Ives-based Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole Architects Ltd, becoming the 20-strong firm’s first female director.

Anja Jones Translation has been launched to offer German and French translation services for companies requiring translation of their websites and search criteria.

Truro-based motor finance house Ignition Credit is further expanding across the West Country with the appointment of a business development manager to spearhead operations in Dorset.

Major proposals have on show to positively transform the economy and environment of mid-Cornwall - with significant long term investment in sustainable homes, new jobs and far-reaching transport and environmental improvements.