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Redruth based eco house builder and designer Cloud Nine has just secured over £1/4 million from investors led by Finance Cornwall with significant funding from existing and new business investors, showing a long term commitment to the company. 

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Cornish Sea Salt, which last year received a six-figure investment package from Finance Cornwall, has been named  Entrepreneur of the Year at the national O2 X Awards held in London.

Tony Fraser, Founder and MD of Cornish Sea Salt, was presented with a cheque for  [...] more >>

Jonathan Williams, Corporate Finance Partner of Bishop Fleming describes the role of a Corporate Adviser and the Reporting Accountant's role and guides Directors through the flotation process.

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Given the recent difficulties in the wider economy, funding has become an increasing concern for smaller companies with many finding that bank finance is no longer available on the scale experienced previously. Consequently, companies are looking at their alternative sources of finance. [...] more >>

Financial and legal experts from across the South West have joined forces to host the first ever seminar in the region by the UK’s newest stock exchange PLUS, which is dedicated to the needs of growing companies.

Toxin-free paints will be produced in Cornwall by ecological company Nature Paint Limited thanks to investment from Finance Cornwall.

Penryn-based AP Waste Handling has secured exclusive UK and Ireland distribution rights for an innovative product which cheaply converts food waste into a nutrient-rich, reusable product. This latest development has been made possible thanks to investment from Finance Cornwall.
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Finance Cornwall has reached a significant landmark by making the one hundredth loan from its Business Fund. The recipient is Powercats, a Redruth-based powered catamaran manufacturer that was named Innovative Boat of the Year manufacturer at the 2006 British Marine Awards for its 525 t [...] more >>

Press release: Cloud Nine investment rounds one and two

Distribution date: Friday 18th April 2008

Media distribution: Western Morning News, West Briton, Cornish Guardian, BBC Radio Cornwall, Pirate FM, Atlantic FM, Cornwall Today (business writers)
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The Launceston-based Natural Fibre Company has secured a six-figure investment package involving Finance Cornwall, the South West Angel and Investor Network (SWAIN), and private shareholders.

Further investment comes from the South West Investment Group (SWIG) and a Sout [...] more >>

The jobs of highly skilled employees have been safeguarded at a survey firm in west Cornwall after it received a loan from Finance Cornwall.

The deal allows Kemp Chartered Land and Engineering Surveyors, based in Redruth, to expand its operation eastwards into Devon, ope [...] more >>

Truro-based company gasworld has staged the first ever Middle East Industrial Gases Conference in Dubai. With 160 delegates representing 80 companies from 32 countries attending, this was a truly international event for a global audience.

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Finance Cornwall has this year chosen to donate £700 to two local charities, as well as help the environment, instead of printing and mailing a corporate Christmas card.
Cornwall Hospice Care, which includes St. Julia’s Hospice in Hayle and Mount Edgcumbe Hospice in [...] more >>

A new design of off the peg racing yacht is to be built in North Cornwall thanks to £50,000 of funding from Finance Cornwall.
The “Link 30” will be produced by The Select Yacht Group, which is based at Rock, near Padstow. The yard employs 30 people, many of the [...] more >>

Construction of the UK’s first sea salt plant that harvests direct from the ocean has begun in a unique location at Porthkerris on the Lizard Peninsula, following a six figure investment that will create up to 15 jobs in the region.

The Cornish Sea Salt Company wil [...] more >>

A new style of education provision has arrived in Cornwall offering a solution for young people who are not suited to mainstream, thanks to an investment package funded by business specialists Finance Cornwall.

Set up by teachers Glen Coleman and Alice Morris, Taliesin E [...] more >>