The Growth Hub provides a single access point for businesses looking for support in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Their experienced team work with businesses to find the right guidance, support, training or grant funding to help them work smarter, develop and grow.
Business Support
The Growth Hub offer support across a wide range of areas, including:
- Finance for all stages of a businesses journey
- Growth planning to help businesses take their next step
- Net zero to help reduce businesses impact on the environment
- Research, innovation and development
- Start up to help get businesses off the ground
- Social enterprise for third sector businesses.
Grant funding
As well as streamlining the business support landscape, the Shared Prosperity Fund has enabled them to deliver grant schemes for businesses of all sizes with growth ambitions. The grants cover the following areas:
- Business Growth
- Research, Development &Innovation
- Export Funding
- Rural Businesses
- Net Zero
Visit the Growth Hub to learn more about what they offer for local businesses: https://www.ciosgrowthhub.com/
Case studies
Stratum Marquetry
Dan Burke Thomson and Ravi Bains are the founders of Stratum Marquetry, a contemporary marquetry and furniture design company based in Helston. The Growth Hub were able to help them in the form of courses and general business support to broaden their business knowledge and also provide a grant for new equipment.
Boddington’s Preserves
Family-owned business Boddington’s Preserves has been growing and producing fresh produce for almost 80 years. After being allocated a one-to-one mentor through the Growth Hub, Will Boddington took part in both a financial and a sales course and used the ‘Talent Match’ initiative to help grow their team.