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For the second year in a row, the University of Plymouth’s two entrants in the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards have both made it through to the semi-finals. The competition has engaged over 1,000 student and graduate businesses across the country this year, with Santander Universities partner universities running an internal selection process to find a

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Expressions of interest are being sought from organisations to deliver a new £1 million European programme to provide support and training to help individuals prepare to set up in business. The funds for the Projects to Support Potential Entrepreneurs programme are being made available through Community Led Local Development (CLLD), a new initiative to improve

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Growthfest celebrates business success

Published: 24th September 2018

Hundreds of local businesses joined the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Hub to celebrate local business at GrowthFest event at Royal Cornwall Showground on Thursday 20th September. The celebratory event brought together the movers and shakers of Cornwall business community to see in person the success of the Growth Hub project, who have been

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Cabinet supports plans for PIC II

Published: 20th September 2018

Cornwall Council’s cabinet has approved plans for a second Pool Innovation Centre. The original Pool Innovation Centre (PIC) has proved hugely successful in supporting start-up and existing businesses, by providing state-of-the-art office space with access to a host of services and facilities to help those businesses grow. In 2017 alone, PIC is said to have supported the

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The team at Business Cornwall have announced they are to launch a new venture in October 2018 that will help businesses find meeting space. Lacuna Business is the website that makes the process of finding the right venue for upcoming conferences, workshops or training sessions easy. Rather than trawling through search engine results and visiting

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