Business Cornwall

A Newquay-based business won the Sustainability Warrior award at the 2021 British Franchise Awards.

Cornwall’s only professional sports club has revolutionised its ticket office by providing fans with an easy-to-use, cashless, digital ticketing platform.

Environment Secretary George Eustice set out his vision for farming today, pointing out the importance of the food industry to the Government’s levelling-up agenda.

Visitors flocked to Fowey last weekend for the return of the Fowey Christmas Market.

A draft business plan and budget, focussed on delivering £1.2 billion of essential services, including an extra £45.5 million next year for adult social care in Cornwall, will be considered when the cabinet meets next week at County Hall.

Colwith Farm Distillery has collaborated with chef Emily Scott to launch a new limited-edition vodka.

The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has appointed four new directors to its board.

SMEs are being urged to join a new regional business support network.

One of Camborne’s eight Town Deal projects is up and running.

Marine-i is providing support to offshore specialist, Reflex Marine, which is developing a new system for anchoring floating offshore wind (FLOW) installations.

A local holiday lettings specialist has won a leading industry award.

Mike Barritt, co-founder and director of not-for-profit membership organisation Software Cornwall scooped the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 Tech South West Awards.

British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary within the British Business Bank group, has announced a £7 million commitment to Folk2Folk.

A cross-party group of south west MPs is backing Cornwall’s bid to be City of Culture 2025, and are writing to Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries to record their support.

Parc Signs has completed the first phase of a project on the newly-opened Dartmoor railway line.

Skinner’s Brewery has collaborated with heating solutions expert Blue Flame to set a new bar in corporate gifting, crafting 80 cases of personalised beer ‘Brew Flame’ exclusively for the Penryn-based company.

Feritech has scooped the ‘International Success’ award in the Tech South West Awards 2021.

A Cornish vegan skincare company, which was recently featured on a BBC television series, has launched a crowdfunding campaign. 

Waving Bear Studio, an indie games start-up from Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad has released its first game on Steam.

In this episode, we caught up with a Matt Hocking.   Matt is a Cornwall-based business owner and entrepreneur synonymous with sustainability.