Business Cornwall

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.

Very sad to hear this week about the demise of Hayle-based foreign exchange trader Crown Currency Exchange. Not so sad for the directors, but more so for the 13,000 customers across the country that have been left out of pocket to a collective tune of something like £20 million. Questions are now being asked how Crown was allowed to rack up such an outstanding balance, when only about £3 million has been discovered in its own accounts by the administrators MCR.

Roundhouse Barn Holidays has been crowned Cornwall’s Tourism Business of the Year, after winning the coveted overall ‘Winner of Winners’ trophy at last night’s Cornwall Tourism Awards at St Mellion International Resort.

Applications have opened for the annual Excellence in Business Training Awards.

The Mid Cornwall Business Group is looking for new members and by way of incentive is offering a £1k and a year’s free membership to the best small business that applies.

South west businesses’ efforts to improve their green credentials are at risk of faltering because of a recession-borne focus on cost savings, according to a new study from Lloyds TSB Commercial.