Business Cornwall

Cornwall has announced its intention to bid for City of Culture 2025 in a move that would put the UK’s cultural spotlight on the far south west for a year.

World leaders will be treated to meals cooked by award winning Cornish chefs at the G7 summit – with a menu designed to showcase everything Cornwall has to offer.

A Cornish renewable energy company sent a powerful message to world leaders as they flew in for the G7 Summit – written in flowers.

Local MP Steve Double toured the pilot plant being built by British Lithium near St Austell

The Government has announced plans to fund the design and build of a community satellite for Cornwall.

Penryn-headquartered Inyanga Marine Projects has completed a multi-national £2 million capital raise.

The University of Exeter is a world-class, research intensive university and a member of the Russell Group providing gold-standard education at campuses in Cornwall and Devon.

Folk2Folk, the national marketplace lender for SMEs in regional Britain, has announced a Q1 pre-tax profit of £534k.

The US President Joe Biden arrived in Cornwall last night ahead of the G7 Summit which gets underway at Carbis Bay tomorrow.

Frugi, which means fruits of the earth in Latin, is a Cornish-based ethical children’s clothing and accessories company that’s ripping through the children’s fashion industry with a rigorous planet-friendly ethos.

Celebrated Cornwall-based Chef Paul Ainsworth is attending and cooking at the Cornwall House exhibition this week in association with the G7.

Spaceport Cornwall has signed a memorandum of understanding with a potential second launch partner.

St Austell Brewery has released a special Small Batch Brew to mark the 47th G7 summit, which is coming to Carbis Bay in Cornwall this week (June 11-13).

Cornwall Chamber’s Sustainable Growth Conference attracted an online audience of over 400 delegates yesterday.

The University of Exeter is inviting SMEs and sole traders in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly to take part in a brief online survey, exploring how businesses have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cornwall Council has started the process to close the Cornwall Brussels Office, reflecting the shift in policy focus from Brussels to London following the UK’s exit from the European Union. 

The Government has announced plans to reverse the decline in biodiversity in Cornwall by “launching a major land restoration and regeneration programme across 21,000 hectares of land”.

Three Cornish towns are to receive a total of £65 million as part of the Government’s Town’s Fund, it was announced last night.

Ahead of the G7 being held in Cornwall this weekend, British Chambers of Commerce South West (BCCSW) hosted a virtual ‘C7’ Conference tackling the challenges and opportunities of a green and blue economy. 

LEP chief executive, Glenn Caplin-Grey, speaks with Virgin Oribit chief test pilot Kelly Latimer about the opportunity for space.