Press Releases

12 February - Deputy Prime Minister boosts jobs for the South West with £47m for local companies from Regional Growth Fund 

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is today awarding £47 million of extra funding from the Regional Growth Fund to help companies in the region to flourish read more

5 February - Cornwall Council welcomes granting of Development Consent Order for A30 Temple to Higher Carblake scheme

Today’s announcement that the Development Consent Order for the A30 Temple to Higher Carblake improvement has been granted by the Secretary of State for Transport has been welcomed by Cornwall Council which says it marks the completion of another key milestone in the scheme read more

29 January - £11.3m expansion of Growth Deal boosts local plan for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly economy 

The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership has agreed an expansion to its Growth Deal with the Government which will see an extra £11.3m invested in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly between 2016 and 2021. This is in addition to the £48.9m of funding committed by the Government on 7 July 2014. Over the lifetime of its Deal (2015-2021) the Local Enterprise Partnership estimates that up to 5000 new jobs could be created, 7000 new homes built and that it has the potential to generate £160m public and private investment read more.  The factsheet can be downloaded here.    

LEP Chief Executive Sandra Rothwell talks about today's Growth Deal announcement of an extra £11.3m for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly - LEP Video

26 January - Record Funding for 10 South West coastal areas that will kick start jobs and apprenticeships

The Tate St Ives is one of many seaside attractions across the South West to benefit from a record £36 million Government investment to boost growth in coastal areas read more

26 January - A&P Group wins major MoD contract to customise and support new RFA tanker fleet

A&P Group, the UK’s largest provider of ship repair, conversion and marine services, has been awarded a multi-million pound Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract to complete the fit-out of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s new fleet of four tankers read more

12 January - Minister praises Cornwall’s new approach to business regulation

Minister of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Matthew Hancock has praised Cornwall’s new approach to business regulation, driven by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) read more

 

9 January - Cornwall Council Leader welcomes visit to Cornwall by Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss

Cornwall Council Leader John Pollard has welcomed this week’s visit by Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss who has spent two days in Cornwall finding out the latest advances in the county’s multi billion pound food and farming industry read more