Business Cornwall

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.

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.

LairdKing, an integrated technology and homes’ electronics specialist based near Redruth, has been shortlisted for a high-profile international industry award.

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 has been declared Best Family Holiday Destination at the Coast Awards 2010.

Cornish company Tor Garden Buildings has announced it will be using the Redruth-based Clearwood UK to supply its windows and doors across its product range.

The directors of Quest Environmental Solutions (QES) are planning for a bright future following assistance from Oxford Innovation’s High Growth Coaching programme.

Truro-based environmental consultant Wardell Armstrong International (WAI) has met with St Austell and Truro MP Matthew Taylor to discuss how businesses can best take advantage of the Government’s new ‘Feed in Tariff’ scheme.

Global helicopter giant AgustaWestland is basing its new helicopter training programme at Newquay Cornwall Airport.

British International Helicopters (BIH) has agreed to sell its Penzance-based Heliport to supermarket chain Sainsbury’s.