Developing an action plan
How a meeting between Business Link innovation adviser John Tregaskes and Scientific Services MD Tim Hamilton helped add a cutting edge to the scientific...
Implementation & Evaluation
YTKO programme director Helen Trudgeon explains the next phases of the Business Collaboration process
Lawyer becomes charity trustee
A specialist personal injury solicitor working for regional law firm Stephens Scown has just been elected Trustee of Headway Cornwall.
Holiday let changes face delay
Controversial plans to introduce new tax rules for furnished holiday let owners are likely to be shelved until after the election, according to a leading tax expert in the region.
Employment law updates
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.
CPR road scheme boost
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.
South west meets far east
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.
International award beckons
LairdKing, an integrated technology and homes’ electronics specialist based near Redruth, has been shortlisted for a high-profile international industry award.
Editor’s Blog: You’ve got to be joking!
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 wins Coast Awards
St Ives has been declared Best Family Holiday Destination at the Coast Awards 2010.