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Headforwards release details of upcoming "HeadTalk"

For the next event in its HeadTalk series, Cornish software firm Headforwards has enlisted the help of experienced career coach and mentor Rob Lambert to give practical advice on how to achieve personal success.

Rob is an HR, Management and Business Agility coach, trainer and consultant who focuses on helping organisations improve workplace communication to aid business agility....

Feritech Global technology deployed offshore in USA.  Photo Credit: TDI-Brooks International, Inc.

Cornish marine tech company Feritech Global receives a King’s Award for Enterprise

Feritech Global has been awarded a King’s Award for Enterprise for their outstanding success in international trade.

The award will be presented by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, at a special ceremony at Feritech’s Innovation Centre in Falmouth. Feritech has also been invited to a reception with His Majesty The King at Buckingham Palace in the summer....

The Ultramed platform allows patients to securely share their personal health information with their

Cornwall firm receives royal recognition for its innovative healthtech platform

Cornwall-based healthtech company Ultramed has won a King’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category.

Founded by former NHS consultant anaesthetist Dr Paul Upton and creative director Alan Sanders, the Ultramed platform allows patients to securely share their personal health information with their healthcare teams, which reduces the number of unnecessary appointments for...

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Marine tech company launches new training centre for the South West

Armada Engineering, a marine engineering company based in Falmouth in Cornwall, has launched the first training centre for hydraulics in the South West of England. The company has been approved as an accredited training centre by the British Fluid Power Association (BFPA), the UK trade association for the fluid power industry.

The Armada Engineering Skills Academy has been developed...

(l-r) Greater Life founders Mike and George

Cornish startup encourages entrepreneurs over 50 to have their say

A startup born out of Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, is calling all entrepreneurs over 50 to contribute to a new economic report highlighting the challenges and opportunities for business owners in their ‘greater’ years.

Greater Life, founded by Mike Turner and George Hardwick, is on a mission to support entrepreneurs over 50 plan for a better work life balance. The...

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Cornish startup selected to work on floating wind technology challenge with Equinor

Tugdock, a startup company based in Cornwall, has been selected to join the 2023 cohort of the National Launch Academy programme, run by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.

Launch Academy is ORE Catapult’s national flagship technology accelerator programme, designed to enhance the UK’s offshore wind supply chain and support cost reduction by advancing innovative solutions...

Launchpad is a venture studio embedded within Falmouth University.

Cornish-based startups up for awards

Two startups supported by Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, have been shortlisted for this year’s South West England Startup Awards.

Web-based easy parking payment solution, Find Park Pay , is up for the Mobile & Emerging Technologies StartUp of the year.

Founder Tim Macknelly said: “We’re delighted to be shortlisted for this award; it validates that we’re...

Winners of the Marine-i Technology and Innovation Awards, (Feritech Global, Tugdock, Biome Algae, Mo

Marinetech innovation showcased in Cornwall

On Friday 3rd March, a Marine-i Technology and Innovation Showcase event took place at the Atlantic Hotel, Newquay. The event celebrated the achievements of Marine-i in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, as the programme draws to a close.

Since its launch in 2017, the £13.4 million Marine-i collaboration has assisted nearly 200 marine tech businesses across Cornwall and the Isles of...

Feritech Innovation Centre, showing the state of the art solar roof.

Feritech Global wins FSB Sustainability Award for South West Region

Cornwall marine engineering business Feritech Global has been named as winner of the Sustainability Award in the South West Final of the FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2023.

These awards are the largest scheme of their kind in the UK. The South West regional winners were announced at a gala event on Wednesday 1st March at the Winter Gardens, Weston-super-Mare. For the...

Software developer at Headforwards

New partnership strengthens Cornwall’s tech career opportunities

Software Development company, Headforwards has partnered with Cornwall Council to offer two junior developers career progression of a different kind.

In a first for Cornwall, the successful candidates taking up the role of Junior BI DBA/SQL Developer and Junior BI Report Developer at Headforwards will have the opportunity to transition over to becoming a Cornwall Council employee...

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