Cornwall Business Awards 2008: Full Winners List

Cornwall Business Awards: Business Champions Revealed

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An organic baby clothing company from the Lizard Peninsula has tonight been crowned Cornwall’s Business of the Year, as the Cornwall Business Awards shone the spotlight on success stories throughout the county.

Frugi, which employs nine people at St Martin, sells its unique clothes online, as well as through stockists in 28 countries worldwide. It has taken just four years from start-up to achieve the honour at a ceremony where it also received “Business Innovation of the Year” for its groundbreaking eco-friendly packaging, and founder Lucy Jewson was named “Entrepreneur of the Year”.

Europe Day

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Today (Friday May 9th) is Europe Day. In Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly this is being marked by the inaugural Cornwall Works WISE (Welfare to Work, Innovation, Skills and Employment) awards.

Cornwall Attracts Entrepreneurs to Relocate

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Over 25 businesses gathered at London’s leading business venue, One Aldwych to hear Professor Alan Livingston of University College Falmouth speak at the ‘I’d Rather Be in Cornwall Club’.

The quarterly event, run by Cornwall Pure Business (CPB), the county’s inward investment service, provides those who are interested in relocating their business to Cornwall an opportunity to find out what the county has to offer as a business destination.

FSB on Tour

The Cornwall Region of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) are starting their summer round of hosting and attending events around the county. Their key objectives are to hear from businesses first hand, about the issues that are making trading unnecessarily difficult and to offer some help, signposting and lobbying expertise to ease the burden.

Small Businesses to Get Free Access to Public Sector Contracts

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A free trial starts today to provide small and medium sized businesses with access to thousands of public sector contract opportunities.

From 1 May until 31 July 2008, the www.supply2.gov.uk website will allow new registrants to gain free access to public sector contracts valued under £100,000 for the UK and Northern Ireland.

The free trial is part of the Department for Business’ Enterprise Strategy which was released in March, which outlined new measures to increase the amount of government business that is won by small firms.

First Commercial Sponsor for Carn to Cove

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Truro based Follett Stock solicitors have become the first commercial sponsor for local charity Carn to Cove.

FSB Calls for Town Centre Parking Rethink

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on local authorities to rethink town centre parking policies ahead of the local elections in England and Wales in May.

The UK’s biggest business organisation said that the practice of local authorities using excessive parking charges to raise revenue is killing town centres. Local authorities made £1.6 billion from parking charges and fines in 2005, up from £628 million in 1997.

The FSB warned that short term revenue-raising by local authorities through draconian town centre parking laws would backfire in the long term as high street shops go out of business and the wealth and employment they create is lost. The FSB’s Small Business Manifesto for the local elections calls for sensible parking policies that encourage shoppers to use small independent shops on the high street. MPs estimate that 2,000 small shops cease trading every year.

Double ISO Certification for Electronic Waste Company

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A Cornish business which recycles end of life electronic equipment for private and business clients has been recognised for its quality standards and environmental management through the award of two ISO certificates.

The Electronic Waste Company, based in Redruth, has been granted the 9001/2000 for Quality Management and 14001 for Environmental Management.

Conference on Sustainable Action Celebrates Impressive Turn-Out

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Over 80 environmental activists from around Cornwall attended a conference in Bodmin to promote sustainable action in local communities.

The conference, which was organised by Cornwall Waste Action and Rezolve Kernow, fielded a variety of speakers who demonstrated that it is possible to take action to improve the environment, even at a local level. Prizes were awarded to six organisations to help develop their projects and a further £300 prize sponsored by SITA will be awarded to a community project.