Supporting Local Businesses to Scale and Succeed
With mentoring, training and grant funding from the Growth Hub, Stratum Marquetry have transformed their business, streamlined processes, expanded capacity and unlocked new revenue streams.
The world’s first Microfibre Filter Hub, Microplastic Recycling Lab and Return + Recycle Centre in Bude is a pioneering facility set to transform the way the world tackles microplastic pollution, and save up to 86 tonnes of microfibres annually from polluting our seas.
The Good Growth Programme has invested £15m into business support for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. This includes a range of events and workshops designed to enhance productivity and covered a range of themes including innovation, sustainability, marketing, finance and business growth.
Harbour International Festival of Theatre premiered in Redruth in September 2024 and featured inspirational performances from international, national and regional artists in theatre, dance, circus and music with performers from Belgium, Ukraine, Norway, Wales and Cornwall.
The Good Growth Programme has invested more than £4.7m to support ambitions to make Cornwall a world-class region for tech metal mining, including lithium, tin and tungsten. Investment includes £192,000 for feasibility studies to support the planned reopening of South Crofty tin mine, which is seen as a strategic tin asset for the UK.
The Good Growth Programme has invested £135,000 in the Cornish Pilot Gig Association’s Wave of Events project to develop a calendar of gig racing events across Cornwall and Scilly. This includes the World Pilot Gig Championships on the Isles of Scilly where Good Growth support has helped create a new fan zone for supporters to follow the races on land.
Wildworks, the UK’s leading landscape theatre company, is celebrating Cornwall’s long traditions of community engagement and large-scale outdoor performance through a year-long project called We Are Shining. This includes a community kite-building workshop, encourage conversations around life and death, remembrance and reflection.
An award-wining Cornish confectioner is undertaking a major expansion with £852,573 investment from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth programme. Buttermilk are consolidating and expanding two production units on to one site at its Bodmin base, creating 14 jobs and doubling production capacity.
Trelya is an award-winning charity in Penzance that helps local people overcome barriers to work, wellbeing and equality and works with some of the most challenged communities in England. The Good Growth Programme has invested £1.35m to create a community skills hub at the charity’s Lescudjack Centre.
St Mewan Parish Council near St Austell has created the Queen Eilzabeth II Memorial Garden for all the village to enjoy, promoting social inclusion and healthy living. It includes a sensory garden and outdoor gym equipment and is now a popular community asset.