Business Cornwall

A free trial starts today to provide small and medium sized businesses with access to thousands of public sector contract opportunities. From 1 May until 31 July 2008, the www.supply2.gov.uk website will allow new registrants to gain free access to public sector contracts valued under £100,000 for the UK and Northern Ireland. The free trial is part of the Department for Business’ Enterprise Strategy which was released in March, which outlined new measures to increase the amount of government business that is won by small firms.

Press Release Truro based Follett Stock solicitors have become the first commercial sponsor for local charity Carn to Cove. Carn to Cove is Cornwall’s performing arts touring scheme which brings quality professional artists into rural areas....

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on local authorities to rethink town centre parking policies ahead of the local elections in England and Wales in May. The UK’s biggest business organisation said that the practice of local authorities using excessive parking charges to raise revenue is killing town centres. Local authorities made £1.6 billion from parking charges and fines in 2005, up from £628 million in 1997.

A Cornish business which recycles end of life electronic equipment for private and business clients has been recognised for its quality standards and environmental management through the award of two ISO certificates. The Electronic Waste Company, based in Redruth, has been granted the 9001/2000 for Quality Management and 14001 for Environmental Management.

Over 80 environmental activists from around Cornwall attended a conference in Bodmin to promote sustainable action in local communities. The conference, which was organised by Cornwall Waste Action and Rezolve Kernow, fielded a variety of speakers who demonstrated that it is possible to take action to improve the environment, even at a local level. Prizes were awarded to six organisations to help develop their projects and a further £300 prize sponsored by SITA will be awarded to a community project.

A change in the management team at major Truro law firm Foot Anstey Hancock Caffin sees John Westwell taking over the role of Managing Partner from Jane Lister on 1st November 2008.

Pool based local printers Active Colour have been honoured to receive environmental accreditation by the FSC making them one of the first suppliers of local paper print in Cornwall to adhere to these world-wide environmental criteria.

Low carbon house designers and builders Cloud Nine has successfully secured a second round of funding, which will see the company launch in May 2008 with a range of high-specification modular eco homes named after famous Cornish places ‘Bude’, ‘Lamorna’ and ‘Zelah’.

As Cornwall Business Week kicks off, businesses based in the county have another reason to be proud. Cornwall is a hotbed of creative businesses, and three of its towns are predicted to be in the top ten creative hotspots of the future, a study by Cornwall Research revealed today.

Press Release Team Surveys Ltd is pleased to announce the successful merger with one of the UK’s leading utility detection experts, SUMO Services. The development sees Team Surveys, which has been established for 19 years, join...