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(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...

A wave

South West consultancy wins contract for new European wave energy project

Brand Innovation Ltd , a business consultancy based in Cornwall, has been appointed to handle the marketing and PR for a new €19.6 million European wave energy project.

WEDUSEA is a pioneering collaboration between 14 partners, spanning industry and academia from across the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Spain. It is co-ordinated by the Irish company OceanEnergy.

The...

The broadband company aims to transform the lives of those living, working and visiting Cornwall

Jurassic Fibre extends ultrafast broadband network to Cornwall

South West based internet service provider Jurassic Fibre has today announced the start of their ultrafast broadband network build in Cornwall.

The award-winning broadband company has already rolled out their state-of-the-art network to homes and businesses across Devon, Dorset and Somerset, where many towns and villages had previously struggled with inadequate and unreliable digital...

Cosmic Girl releases LauncherOne mid-air for the first time during a July 2019 drop test

British-built satellite completes line-up for first launch from Spaceport Cornwall

A new research satellite from international engineering firm Rhea Group, built in Oxfordshire by space company Open Cosmos, will be launched from Cornwall later this year, the Government has announced .

Virgin Orbit will launch the ‘DOVER’ pathfinder satellite from Spaceport Cornwall. The satellite will transmit an innovative new signal, specially designed by engineers at RHEA, to...

Toby Parkins (left) and Craig Girvan (right), Co-founders and Directors of Headforwards, outside the

Local business co-creating the “best computing degree in the UK”

Redruth-based software company Headforwards has collaborated with Cornwall College to create what it hopes will be the "best, most relevant tech degree course in the UK".

Earlier this year, Headforwards developed the coursework element of the college’s Computing, Networking and Software Development Foundation Degree course, and gave students a genuine business project to work on....

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