The Grow Cornwall RSS news feed http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/ Grow Cornwall High Potential Starts programme will support start-up and early stage companies Oxford Innovation has been appointed by the Welsh Government to deliver a new programme that will assist start-up and early stage life sciences firms with high growth potential to grow more rapidly over the next three years. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/welsh-government-teams-up-with-oxford-innovation-to-boost-growth-of-life-sciences-firms-in-wales.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:13:14 GMT Since being made redundant, electrician Tony Sampson has launched two, rapidly expanding businesses and last month (November 2011) cemented his success by winning the Hub Best New Business Award. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/business-growth-sparks-award-win.html Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:16:43 GMT Sebastian Bergmann, a global leader in high end web development, visited Cornwall recently to share his expert knowledge. Sebastian is the pioneer of PHP unit, the de-facto international quality standard for testing web based applications and dynamic web site development in the software language PHP. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/internationally-respected-leader-in-web-development-comes-to-cornwall.html Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:06:49 GMT We are delighted to announce that Oxford Innovation will be part of the team delivering the UK Government Business Coaching for Growth programme – here is an extract from today’s BIS’s Enterprise Directorate publication - Business Improvement Programme Newsletter. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/business-coaching-for-growth.html Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:28:56 GMT Nine Cornish businesses are named on this years South West Business Insiders '42 Business People Under the Age of 42' http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/top-south-west-business-insiders-named--42-under-42.html Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:47:18 BST Sproggie an innovative baby feeding product business has been crowned winner of the Ignite Business Plan Competition 2011 and scoops a prestigious prize package worth over £100,000. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/sproggie-wins-ignite-business-plan-competition-2011.html Mon, 09 May 2011 11:36:10 BST 10 Cornish businesses have been shortlisted for the Ignite Business Plan Competition 2011. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/ignite-finalists-announced.html Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:59:47 BST On the 30th March 2011 more than 130 business people attended our Bangers & Splash event at Tregenna Castle in St Ives to hear marketing, branding and entrepreneurial advice and insights from two leading experts. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/businesses-treated-to-bangers-splash-.html Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:03:05 BST Last call for submissions for Ignite, Cornwall's Business Plan Competition which closes for entries on 31st March 2011. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/final-countdown-to-ignite.html Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:00:39 GMT http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/cornwall-uniquely-placed-to-benefit-from-low-carbon-revolution-says-minister.html Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:27:18 GMT The conference, called Innovation, Enterprise and the Low Carbon Economy, has been organised by Oxford Innovation, which provides business support and mentoring to high growth businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly through its Grow Cornwall programme, which is funded by ERDF Convergence Programme and the South West RDA (Regional Development Agency). http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/formula-1-comes-to-cornwall-as-part-of-major-conference-agenda.html Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:01:23 GMT The Winter Training Camps are organised and delivered by Oxford Innovation and the Grow Cornwall team to help individuals develop their business plan ahead of entering the competition. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/ignite-winter-training-camps-announced.html Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:59:16 GMT Cornwall’s biggest Business Plan Competition, Ignite, which took place for the first time last year, has launched for 2011. Its organisers, Oxford Innovation, are calling for Cornish businesses to enter the unique competition, which has a prize value of more than £100,000. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/ignite-2011-launched-.html Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:19:02 GMT Schoolcomms, a Cornwall based business which has received support from Oxford Innovation’s Grow Cornwall Programme, has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/schoolcomms-shortlisted-for-national-award.html Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:36:25 GMT Claire Robertson, famed for her raising of Wellworth’s from the ashes of Woolworth’s Dorchester store, shared her story at a recent meeting with eight business women from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly held at Redruth’s Penventon Park Hotel. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/wellworths-manager-shares-insights-with-cornwalls-business-women.html Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:21:10 BST Dan Male, an inspirational young entrepreneur from Cornwall who has received support from Oxford Innovation’s Grow Cornwall programme, is proving that running your own business can be rewarding in more ways than one. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/young-entrepreneur-defies-medical-experts-to-build-a-successful-business.html Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:21:49 BST There is a sense of recovery and signs of real growth amongst Cornwall’s businesses. Oxford Innovation’s Grow Cornwall team, working with many of the region’s businesses with potential for high growth, can report that a number of the businesses that it is working with are experiencing above average growth despite the continuing recession. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/signs-of-growth-and-recovery-amongst-cornwalls-businesses.html Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:22:11 BST 46 companies have reaped the benefit of attending the first in a series of Roadshows launched recently by Oxford Innovation. ‘Finance through the looking glass’ - sought to unravel the mysteries of finance for small and medium sized companies in Cornwall. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/success-reflected-in-finance-through-the-looking-glass.html Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:55:56 BST Rokka Play is an exciting start-up company and is the brain child of Vanessa Harris and Samantha Spake. It designs and develops multifunctional educational wooden toys for children. Their mission is to address the needs of imaginative play which is at the very heart of childhood, putting creativity back into play. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/ignite-2010-sparks-success-for-rokka-play.html Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:26:39 BST The directors of Quest Environmental Solutions (QES) have turned their business around, despite the recession with assistance from the High Growth Coaching Programme run by Oxford Innovation. Their success is a great example of the benefits of joined up business support, the company having received coaching support from Oxford Innovation and assistance from other Convergence programmes, all of which are aimed at boosting the region’s economy. http://www.growcornwall.co.uk/news/article/qes-rides-the-recession-and-grows.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:18:18 GMT