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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.

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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....

Launch technicians prepare LauncherOne for Above the Clouds mission.

Virgin Orbit readies to launch satellite from Cornwall

Virgin Orbit’s next satellite launch will take place this year in Cornwall, UK, following a successful launch in California, the UK Government has announced .

The US company completed its fourth mission - and first night launch - from Mojave in California on Saturday 2 July.

The next launch is planned to take place from Spaceport Cornwall, Newquay, in Summer 2022. Unlike...

Business workshop

Launchpad to deliver first business accelerator workshop for Cornish businesses

Falmouth University’s Venture Studio, Launchpad, is running a fully funded practical workshop from 29 June to 1 July designed to equip early stage incorporated companies and freelancers with the knowledge and skills needed to accelerate their business.

Participants will gain comprehensive training, practical advice, and guidance from industry experts Stephens Scown and Inkwell along...

Feyaza Khan

Feyaza Khan: It’s an exciting time for tech in Cornwall

South West Tech Daily journalist and podcast host Feyaza Khan travelled to Cornwall this weekend to see what’s been getting the local tech scene so excited.

It’s an exciting time for tech in Cornwall.

Home to the South West’s fastest growing tech sector (with a forecasted CAGR of 18% by 2026, as revealed by the Tech South West Tech Analysis Report ) and a booming aerospace...

From L to R:  Gemma Ferris, Rob Ferris, HRH The Duke of Kent

New Feritech Innovation Centre officially opens in Cornwall

The newly-constructed Feritech Innovation Centre, located near Falmouth, had its official opening on 11th April 2022. The guest of honour for the occasion was HRH The Duke of Kent.

The Duke of Kent was welcomed by Rob Ferris and Gemma Ferris, Directors and co-owners of Feritech Global Ltd. He was accompanied on the visit by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE...

Audio and ebook app xigxag named Tech Nation 4.0 Rising Stars winner

Cornwall-based audio and ebook app, xigxag, has been announced as a Tech Nation 4.0 Rising Stars winner.

It is the first time that a business associated with the publishing industry has won with Tech Nation. The win acknowledges xigxag’s unique proposition in modernising audio and e-books. Tech Nation’s annual award, now in its fourth year, ‘recognises the brightest and best early...

Cornwall

"Fitting legacy": Cornwall earmarked for 10% of national innovation fund

The Government has ringfenced £1m from the ninth round of the £10m Energy Entrepreneurs Fund for projects based in Cornwall, "to reflect the important part played by Cornwall in the 2021 G7 and [...] to create a positive legacy."

The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund has been developed to support sustainable innovation in the areas of energy efficiency, power generation, heat generation,...

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