Business Cornwall

Work has begun on a scheme worth almost £13.5 million to build offices and industrial units in Redruth and create more than 170 jobs.

Cornwall Council chief executive Kevin Lavery has been putting Cornwall’s case forward to MPs for the Duchy to lead its own Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).

Thirty new jobs are in line for Portreath with a £10 million, two-year development programme that will hopefully start before the end of the year.

A major international conference aimed at boosting innovation in the marine sector has been taking place at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth this week. Kernowpods.com’s Matthew Clarke was there for Business Cornwall.

A presentation outlining phase two of ESF (European Social Fund) Convergence investment has taken place at the Headland Hotel.

While findings from the British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) latest Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) suggest the recovery is slowing, Cornwall figures claim many local businesses remain more confident than elsewhere in the UK.

More than 400 Falmouth businesses now have the opportunity to benefit from a new interactive ‘window on their world’ with the launch of a comprehensive destination website, funded by the Falmouth Business Improvement District (BID).

Having successfully overseen the £580k improvement scheme at Cornwall’s first charitable run leisure centre, Carn Brea’s centre manager, Alex Clifton is taking up a new role as strategic development manager within the Trust.

National car hire firm Avis UK has opened a branch at Newquay Airport.

Work is well underway on Cornish Cottages’ new office building on the Mullion Meadows Craft Centre.