Business Cornwall

Anne Glover’s committee, announced as part of the Enterprise Strategy and Budget 2008, today issued an online call for evidence as part of its...

Just four per cent of West Country households consider the environment to be their top priority when booking a holiday, a new survey has revealed.

Regeneration specialist Priority Sites has submitted detailed planning for a third phase of development at the Treleigh Industrial Estate in Redruth, the completion of which would make the estate one of the largest commercial schemes in Cornwall.

Two Cornish companies are to celebrate achieving ISO 9001 status by helping other businesses in the county get to grips with the reasons behind gaining the accreditation. St.Agnes based, UKNetWeb, and neighboring business, Forward ITC, both undertook the ISO 9001 accreditation process last year and will be presented with their certificates, marking completion of the application process, at a special event later this month.

A new Investment fund supporting projects which have the potential to make a significant impact on the economy of Devon & Cornwall is being launched today.The Springboard Investment Fund will provide a new lifeline for aspiring entrepreneurs that have business plans with high growth potential.

Richard Bower, MBE, well known local environmental spokesman and Cornwall’s popular “green ambassador”, has set up a new business with his wife Lesley to help companies go green.

Cornwall-based search marketing agency, Neutralize became part of the European group in October 2007 and now all of the companies in the group are to be known by one name: Guava.

A traditional North and South divide is expected in many walks of life. However research from Asset Based Lender Venture Finance reveals there may be another kind of split when it comes to receiving good customer service.

Despite the credit crunch the majority of West Country residents are not worried about cutting the cost of their holidays according to an independent study by YouGov.

When ITV announced its intention to merge its Bristol and West Country news services, Sarah decided the time had come for a change and approached Ashley PR, having appreciated their work from ‘the other side’ for over ten years.

A familiar challenge the report highlights is the high level of self employment in Cornwall (17.1%), which it says may be driven partly by a lack of large scale employment opportunities outside of the tourism sector, which is largely made up of small businesses. Sub-regionally, Plymouth had the lowest levels of self-employment (9.1%).

Carrick Housing commissioned Barncroft Design Solutions of Saltash to create and implement a new interior design for the communal lounge at one of its housing complexes.

Regional Rise in Appointments is 4th Highest in the UK, as Credit Crunch Starts to Bite. Latest analysis of administration and receivership figures by Deloitte, the leading business advisory firm, shows that insolvencies in the South West are up by 26 per cent for the first quarter of 2008 compared with the same period last year.

I work for a large high street bank and am fed up with one of my colleagues who just does not pull their weight, cuts corners, calls in sick, lots of personal calls in work time etc. I end up covering for them. I don’t like the idea of going behind their back and reporting them, what should I do?

Bodmin-based PFA Research has recorded an increase in turnover of 15 per cent from January to December 2007.

The Eden Project was today named among the top fifty of the Great Place to Work® Institute UK’s annual rankings of the UK’s Best Workplaces. The company featured prominently in the list of the top fifty best companies, which was topped this year by Google.

The June issue of Business Cornwall magazine, out next week, features an in depth and exclusive interview with Joe Keohane, director of the Good Pub Guide’s Brewery of the Year 2008, Sharp’s. Here's a quick preview of what to expect...

A Cornish brewery is preparing to serve up to 50,000 pints at a two-day mammoth Cornish musical event after winning the biggest contract of its kind in its history. Truro-based Skinners Brewery is the local firm chosen to supply ale and cider for Jack Johnson’s headline gig at the stunning Watergate Bay location on July 5 and 6, which is expected to attract around 20,000 people and is part of a nationwide tour.

Administrators from the leading business rescue, recovery and restructuring specialist, Begbies Traynor, have been appointed to manage the affairs of Sunnyside Holiday Park Ltd and have announced that its site at Quintrell Downs, near Newquay is to be sold.

Latest announcements that the number of home sales has plummeted do not just spell the closure of estate agency offices across the South West, warns one of the region’s leading business recovery experts.