Support and links

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Business Support:

Business Link
Unlocking Cornish Potential (UCP) - graduate recruitment and training scheme for Cornish businesses
Skills Funding Agency
InvestinCornwall - your first port of call if you are interested in relocating your business or thinking of opening up a new office in Cornwall
Superfast Cornwall - bringing superfast broadband internet connections to businesses, individuals and communities across Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly

Local Networks & Organisations:

Devon & Cornwall Business Council
Cornwall Development Company
Cornwall Council
Convergence Cornwall
FSB Cornwall
West Cornwall Business Network
Digital Peninsula Network
Cornwall Marine Network
The Hub - a network for tomorrow's business leaders
Network Cornwall - network for Cornwall's professional and business women
Wired West - network for ICT businesses
eCornwall - internet business directory
Business Cornwall

National Networks:

KTNs - Knowledge Transfer Networks

Funding:

Microfunding - Linking brilliant ideas, good management and funding
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network  (OION) - Business Angel Funding
Thames Valley Investment Network (TVIN) - Business Angel Funding
South West Angel & Investor Network (SWAIN) - Business Angel Funding
R&D Funding Search
European Grants & Loans
Grantfinder UK
Grants for going Green

Low Carbon Economy

The Carbon Trust - help to boost business returns by cutting carbon emissions, saving energy and commercialising low carbon technologies
Low Carbon Grant Fund

Other Resources: 

The Patent Office - IP protection
Essential Guide for Inventors
LTN - Technology Search
Business Coaching 
NHS Innovation Hubs
Sources of Market Research Reports 
Business Essentials - what you need to know to run a business & where to find it
Public Tender notices