Here are five reasons that make Cornwall the perfect location for ambitious businesses:
- Cornwall has created a strong, sustainable economy, with a diverse mix of industries and internationally renowned strengths in the environmental, marine, aerospace, ICT, creative and food and drink sectors.
- Drawing on more than a decade of EU investment funding, Cornwall offers you a business-ready infrastructure , featuring high-quality premises at competitive rates, and a project underway to give Cornwall the fastest broadband connectivity in Europe by 2014.
- Some of the highest levels of business support and grants available to business, in particular the Grant for Business Investment which offers up to 50% matched funding.
- With high levels of inward migration, a growing graduate population (there are now over 7,700 students in full time higher education at Cornwall's universities and colleges) and proven skills in all our key sectors, Cornwall can deliver you a rich talent pool .
- Investment in our improved transport network puts you in easy reach of key destinations in the UK and beyond – by road and rail, by air from Newquay Cornwall Airport and by sea.
What’s more as anyone who has visited Cornwall will know, the county offers an exceptionally attractive lifestyle, with stunning countryside, a warm climate and a rich mix of leisure opportunities – meaning your people will be delighted to move here.