Cornwall Expo Zone Information
The
Aerohub Zone
Aerohub at Cornwall Airport Newquay
Aerohub is England's only focused Enterprise Zone with significant development
land and access to development support, offering aviation and aerospace
companies in a unique operational environment. It was awarded Enterprise Zone
status in 2011 and is now the largest planning free zone in the UK covering 650
acres.
The Aerohub Enterprise Zone has the opportunity to attract investment,
development and jobs through a combination of business rate discounts worth
up to £250,000 over five years for each business on the zone and planning free
development that can accelerate development timeframes and superfast
broadband links.
16 companies are now located at the Airport, including Bristow Helicopters,
Apple Aviation, British International Helicopters and AgustaWestland, employing
over 450 people at an average annual wage of £33,400.
Aerohub@ Newquay Cornwall Airport is being led by the Cornwall and Isles of
Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership and Cornwall Council, as the owners of the
Airport and surrounding land. They co-commissioned Cornwall Development
Company to deliver the Enterprise Zone project alongside Cornwall Airport
Limited as the operator of the Airport and CDC’s Aerohub Team are part financed
by the European Regional Development Fund Convergence Programme 2007 to
2013.
Specific projects include :
Incubator hangar – the 2,323 sqm hangar, completed in Dec 2014, is now
occupied by Apple Aviation
Aerohub Business Park – the £6.3m infrastructure project will complete this
year, providing 21.7 hectares of serviced land for development,.
Bristow Search and Rescue Hangar – following the awarding of the search
and rescue contract to Bristow helicopters the new £7m will be operational from
December 2015 creating 40 new jobs.
Better Business for All Zone
Better Business for All is a partnership between the business community and
regulatory services at Cornwall Council. It is led by the Cornwall and Isles of
Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
Regulation takes many forms. It includes trading standards, environmental
health, animal health, licensing, planning and fire and community safety.
Cornwall Council's team of regulators carry out more than 60,000 one-to-one
visits to local businesses every year. The vast majority of these visits are to
offer advice and guidance to help businesses comply with the law.
Better Business for All is part of a national government initiative to reduce the
regulatory burden on business. It is endorsed by the Better Regulation Delivery
Office, which is part of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. The
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP was been selected as one of the 11 early
adopters of the scheme and successfully bid for grant funding to get the project
off the ground.
The project is being managed by a steering group which includes small and large
regulated businesses in Cornwall, the Federation of Small Businesses, Cornwall
Chamber of Commerce, the LEP and representatives from a cross-section of
regulatory services at Cornwall Council (including Environmental Health,
Licensing, Trading Standards, Fire and Planning).
Better Business for All has a Charter which commits everyone involved to work
together to ensure we have a regulatory environment that promotes business
success and provides public protection.
It is about working with the business community to improve how regulatory
services are delivered in Cornwall. It aims to show how working with your local
regulators can save you time and money, improve your competitiveness and
help you grow your business.
It's also about encouraging more businesses in Cornwall to seek advice from
local regulators by highlighting the benefits of regulation to business, without
fear of enforcement activity.
And it's about ensuring that regulatory staff better understand how businesses
operate and the pressures they face.
Bus Zone
Cornwall Council wants to ensure its residents and visitors have a public
transport network that enables access to essential services.
While a £36m investment in rail since 2000 has seen rail use in Cornwall grow
by 8% per year to 6.5m journeys, there has been a reduction in the use of
buses.
The recently approved Devolution Deal and the £8m of Growth Deal funding
awarded to the Council in March 2014 provides an opportunity to invest in the
bus network, to attract more people onto buses and create links with rail to
provide an improved public transport system for Cornwall.
The aim will be to see improvements in roadside infrastructure, better customerfocussed information and marketing, newer appropriately sized vehicles, intermodal ticketing, and better branding of the product to raise the image and
delivery of an integrated public transport network for Cornwall.
Specific projects will include:
 Services and vehicles - new and refurbished vehicles and a network of
smaller, more appropriately sized vehicles which will help improve the
journey experience and attract more passengers
 Infrastructure – high quality and accessible interchange and waiting
facilities improve the waiting experience and connections between
services
 Smart ticketing – contactless/cashless ticketing across bus, rail and
ferry with a flexible range of projects better suited to the way we travel.
Business Zone
The Business Zone will allow delegates to network with both the public and
private sector
There will be representatives from the following organisations:
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Growth Hub
Better Business for All
Cornwall Chamber
Federation of Small Business
Islands Partnership
UKTI Southwest
European Enterprise Network
CORMAC Zone
CORMAC comprises two companies – CORMAC Solutions Ltd and CORMAC
Contracting Ltd. Both companies are wholly owned by Cornwall Council and are
designed to deliver value-added services for the Council and to trade in the open
marketplace to generate a sustainable financial return to the Council.
Last year CORMAC returned over £6m to the Council which helped to meet
budget pressures and support frontline services for the residents of Cornwall. It
also spent over £16m with Cornish small and medium sized enterprises, worked
with 105 community partnerships and supported community groups providing
100,000 volunteer hours worth £1.45m.
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CORMAC Solutions Ltd provides services to both the Council and its partners.
Its purpose is to enhance local communities by delivering innovative services
which create a better local environment and contribute to sustainable economic
growth, whilst facilitating resilient, self-sufficient and safer communities.
CORMAC Contracting Ltd is a trading company which acts as a vehicle for
private sector growth. Its purpose is to generate revenues by winning work in a
competitive environment and partnering with other public or private sector
companies to deliver cost effective and sustainable solutions to complex
engineering challenges.
CORMAC employs over 1,600 people across seven business divisions who deliver
a wide range of services including designing, fixing, building, inspecting,
maintaining, gardening, cleaning, landscaping, quarrying, recycling and much
more. These include over 700 highly trained cleaning staff working in more than
500 locations; mechanical and Electrical services which maintain, service and
install equipment; a Property Maintenance section which provides day to day
reactive work, planned maintenance and construction works; a Compliance
section and one of Cornwall’s largest vehicle and plant maintenance facilities.
The Design and Build section is one of the South West’s leading Civil Engineering
contractors and covers all areas of infrastructure design and development.,
including major construction, civil engineering and highways projects, marine
and coastal works, land remediation, building, property refurbishment and
construction, bridge and retaining and retaining wall strengthening and
replacement works, footway and cycleway construction, project management
and a wide range of consultancy services.
Recent projects include A30 Temple to Higher Carblake, scheme design review;
A391 Carluddon Road Improvement, A390 Trafalgar Roundabout, Langarth and
Tregurra Park and Ride sites, Union Corner Roundabout, Falmouth, A30 Avers,
Tolvaddon and Treswithian junction improvements, Bencolen Bridge, Bude,
Newlyn and Bolitho Sea Walls, Jubilee Pool regeneration, and Portreath Sea Wall
repairs.
CORMAC continues to win contracts across the UK, as well as offering highways
maintenance services to town and parish councils, doubling its turnover in the
past three years. It employs more than 50 apprentices and continues to develop
skills and training initiatives.
Culture Zone
Cornwall’s creative industries employ 12,000 people and are worth £500 million
to the local economy.
The Council’s Culture Team, part of the Economic Development Service, aims to
grow the creative and cultural sector in a way that improves the economic, social
and cultural well-being of all communities across Cornwall.
The team now encompasses the arts and creative industries; museums;
Cornwall Archives and Cornish Study Service; the Cornish Mining World Heritage
Site and MAGA – the Cornish Language Service.
The Council has supported a range of cultural projects in recent years. These
include:
New workspaces : including new builds such as the Percy William Building at
Krowj; repurposing historic buildings such as the Grade 11 Listed old Count
House and Carpenter’s Shop at the King Edward None which has been
transformed into nine workspaces; conservation projects, such as the historic
Porthmeor Studios in St Ives and Poet Charles Causley’s house in Launceston
and building on successful foundations, such as Falmouth University’s growing
success as a leading specialist in arts courses.
Establishing global connections – including achieving UNESCO World
Heritage Site status for the Cornish Mining sites in 2006;developing links
between the Leach Pottery in St Ives and Japan; tours by Kneehigh Theatre to
America, China and new Zealand and ongoing projects led by Tate St Ives
Enriching the lives of local residents and visitors – through projects such
as the Cornwall Museum Partnership, which brings together six museums and
develops and manages collaborative programmes of work; the FEAST
programme and the successful WildWorks theatre.
Ambitions for the future – including the Kresen Kernow project to create a
modern archive and library space at the historic Redruth Brewery site; the
development of the Hall for Cornwall building to provide 25% more seats and a
fresh front and back of house and cultural sector facilities, and the further
development of the Cornish language services.
Cycling Zone
The case for investing in cycling is clear. For every pound invested in cycling in
the UK in 2010 there was an economic benefit of £19.
A 10% increase in people cycling to work could save the Cornish economy
£16.9m a year in Cornwall from NHS savings and reduced mortality. It could
also save £4.7m from reduced traffic congestion and lower pollution levels.
Improved cycling provision will improve access to services, reduce social
exclusion and transport poverty. It will also improve physical and mental welling,
and create a safer pedestrian and cyclist environment by slowing vehicle speeds
to 20mph.
The National Cycle network now passes within one mile of half of all Cornish
homes. Leisure and tourism cycling on the National Cycle network supports over
15,000 jobs and directly £650m to the UK economy each year.
Cornwall Council is working with a range of partners to make cycling investment
integral to enhancing and regenerating our communities for all.
Highlights of this work include:
 A £7.465 m project to develop Bodmin as Cornwall’s first Cycle
Town. The project will build on the success of the Camel Trail, which
already attracts more than 500,000 users a year, and the Cardinham and
Lanhydrock cycling hubs to re-balance the partnership between
pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. Improvements include the
development of a comprehensive high quality walking and cycling
network; low speed environment at Dennison Road, Turf Street and
Church Square junction; improved Camel Trail alignment at Scarlett’s
Well; improved connections to Bodmin College, local primary schools and
the Callywith employment zone and improved pedestrian and cycling
access at the new £2.2m Priory Road roundabout. This will help attract
74,000 new cyclists to the town, generate additional spend of £1.2m in
the town centre each year, support the delivery of 536 new jobs and
improve traffic flows.
 Community ownership of a cycle village scheme in St Agnes – this
project has been driven by local community group “Aggie Cycles” – with
the aim of improving the village center for all users, encourage growth in
the local economy and provide more inviting, viable and sustainable travel
patterns.
 Penzance and Newlyn – the regeneration of Penzance starting with
providing a high quality cycle link along one of its greatest assets, the
bay. The 10km coastal cycle way from Marazion to Mousehole will act as
an economic driver for the area. This is the first phase of a wider
ambition for a Bay to Bay cycle route linking Penzance, Newlyn and
Marazion with St Erth, Hayle and St Ives. This will provide an additional
attraction for the town, improve the quality of the Promenade, create links
to the existing transport hub, re-design the street scene, support the
regeneration of the town centre, and link key regeneration sites.
Digital and Superfast Broadband Zone
Superfast Cornwall 2011-2015 EU Programme
In 2010 Superfast Cornwall set out to transform lives by creating the world’s
biggest rural fibre broadband network.
Since then the pioneering £132m superfast broadband partnership, funded by
the EU, BT and Cornwall Council, and managed by Cornwall Development
Company, has built a fibre based network that now covers 95% of premises,
with nearly 90% able to connect with superfast speeds of over 24Mbps – making
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly some of the best connected places in the world.
Fibre broadband is transforming the way people work and play; boosting the
economy, enabling businesses to work more effectively and bringing online
entertainment to life.
12,000 business are now connected to superfast broadband. Rural communities
are also benefiting from superfast, with more than 3,000 people given their first
taste of the internet with help from community venues, CRCC, libraries and Job
Centre Plus.
Superfast connections have benefited the economy by £186m and created or
safeguarded 4, 500 jobs and start-ups.
The next phase will upgrade about 9,000 premises in 2016 and 2017 with a
programme funded by central Government, Cornwall Council, RGF and the LEP’s
Growth Deal.
The long term goal is to keep Cornwall at the leading edge of digital connectivity
by ensuring that over 99% of premises can connect to 30 plus Mbps superfast
speeds.
Electric Vehicle Zone
Cornwall Council received £1 million in Government funding in 2013 to provide
electric vehicle charging points across Cornwall.
The aim is to create a reliable charging network to allow drivers of electric
vehicles to travel throughout Cornwall and encourage more people to consider
owning an electric vehicle; helping to reduce vehicle noise and combat air
pollution.
The Council, in partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and
Chargepoint Services (CPS), launched their first Electric Vehicle charging point at
Eden in August, and are now working to install the charge points at various
venues across Cornwall and bordering regions for public use. The new charging
are being switched on in batches into the Autumn.
There are two different types of chargepoint; Superfast and Fast.
Superfast “rapid” recharging points (50kW) are being installed to facilitate
onward travel recharging . These charging point are located at roadside stops
across Cornwall, Plymouth and West Devon.
Fast charging points (7-22kW) are aimed at general day to day use and are
being installed at various public access buildings such as Cornwall Council
offices, college campuses and the Truro park and Ride sites. .
The Electric Vehicle zone showcases the rapid and fast electric vehicle charging
infrastructure, along with a range of electric vehicles, from manufactures
including Tesla, BMW, Nissan, Renault, Peugeot and Kia.
Employment and Skills Zone
The Employment and Skills Zone is a great opportunity to network and learn
more about how you can develop your business to drive productivity, jobs and
growth.
The Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Employment and Skills strategy sets out
the priorities for developing the employment opportunities and the skills of our
people, bringing together the needs of businesses across Cornwall and the Isles
of Scilly. One of the key principles is to provide great careers here by nurturing
and developing the talents of our young people to gain the right skills and
ensuring they have access to great career opportunities.
You will also have the opportunity to chat with local FE colleges and training
providers about skills requirements within your business.
Exhibitors include:Education Business Partnership – with many years’ experience engaging its
network of employers in activities, events and motivational programmes which
enable young people to broaden horizons and become aware of employment
opportunities.
http://www.cornwalllearning.org/services/education-business-partnership-ebp/
National Apprenticeship Service
Advice and support and how apprentices can benefit your business.
https://www.gov.uk/take-on-an-apprentice
Graduate Recruitment with Unlocking Potential
Brighter Cornwall is run by Cornwall Council in partnership with Unlocking
Potential and supports graduates with paid work experience opportunities.
http://www.brightercornwall.org.uk/
Software Cornwall
Software Cornwall and its members will be promoting and raising awareness on
the tech business community and the development of digital skills, showcasing
the growing software businesses in the county as well as skills and educational
activities. www.softwarecornwall.org
Environment Zone
The Environment Zone encompasses Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Nature
Partnership and Cornwall Sustainability Awards (CSA) with the overall focus
being on Environmental Growth.
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership
Environmental Growth is about nurturing and enhancing Nature so that it
functions better and is more abundant, healthier, resilient and naturally
productive.
Key facts include:
 80% of Cornwall’s land is in agricultural use – with just 5% of Cornwall’s
land developed
 There are 48,000 km of Cornish hedges
 The South West Coast Path contributes £177m to the economy of
Cornwall each year
 Surfing contributes around £153m to the Cornish economy each year
Key priorities include:
 To gain agreement on the best use of environmental assets to realise their
local, national and global potential.
 To build environmental skills, knowledge and understanding to increase
the value of the environment in local communities and the economy.
 To connect people, processes and communications to improve decision
making, efficacy and behaviours with respect to the environment.
 To grow the natural environment responsibly as a key economic asset,
boosting biodiversity and increasing ecosystem goods and services.
Cornwall Sustainability Awards
Cornwall Sustainability Awards is a collaboration of joint working between many
private, public and voluntary sector organisations working on the same agenda
for a more sustainable tomorrow.
It aims to encourage, reward and gain recognition for the excellent work
businesses are doing to improve their own sustainability and that of Cornwall
and the Isles of Scilly as a whole.
The Growth Hub Zone
www.ciosgrowthhub.com
The Growth Hub is the place to find business support in Cornwall and Isles of
Scilly.
The Growth Hub acts as the spring board to all kinds of information, with
businesses encouraged to use www.ciosgrowthhub.com as the starting point for
all their business questions.
The Growth Hub signposts businesses to the latest information on accessing
finance, how to engage with employment and skills, join local business networks
and seek out business advice and coaching.
An interactive business support tool allows businesses to self-diagnose the
current supports available to them, and businesses can ring or web chat with
national business support advisors to talk through their options in more detail.
In January 2016 the full Growth Hub provision will be in place where refreshed
website and a team of locally based advisors will be on hand to work with
businesses to discover their growth potential.
In this interim period until January we would like businesses to register their
interest in the growth hub so when the local support starts they will be
contacted by one of the team.
Growth Programme Zone (EU)
The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme, the European economic
regeneration programme for the region, will be launched at Cornwall Expo 2015.
Running from 2014-2020, this programme of European funding builds on the
previous Objective One and Convergence Programmes.
The Programme is made up of three funding streams:
• European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is worth circa €450 million
• European Social Fund (ESF) is worth circa €150 million
• European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
The EAFRD fund will have a smaller allocation of circa £10 million whichwill align
with the wider Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Programme.
The funding will deliver smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by supporting
innovation and boosting businesses. It will support those most disadvantaged in
the region to progress into work or education, improving skills and creating jobs
across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
A series of community level launches will take place during October and
November where local businesses and the general public will have the
opportunity to learn more about the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth
Programme and potential funding. These will take place in the following
locations:
05.10.15. Wadebridge, Main Hall, Wadebridge Town Hall. 14:00-16:00
08.10.15. Launceston, Otto Peters Room, Launceston Town Hall. 10:00-12:00
08.10.15. Bude, Room 1, Parkhouse Centre. 14:00-16:00
12.10.15. Bodmin, Cornish Room, Bodmin Library. 10:00- 12:00
12.10.15. Camelford, Leisure Centre. 14:30-16:30
22.10.15. Isles of Scilly, Church Hall, St Mary’s. 13:00-15:00
23.10.15. Liskeard, Long Rm, Public Hall, Liskeard Town Council. 13:00-15:00
23.10.15. Saltash, Council Chamber, Town Council, Saltash. 16:00 – 18:00
09.11.15. St Austell, Barnes Room, White Hart Hotel. 10:00 – 12:00
09.11.15. Newquay, Town Council Committee Room. 14:00 – 16:00
16.11.15. Falmouth, Maritime Museum. 10:00 – 12:00
16.11.15. Helston, The Old Cattle Market. 14:00 – 16:00
19.11.15. Camborne, Pool, Redruth, Pool Innovation Centre. 10:00 – 12:00
19.11.15. Truro, Haven House. 14:00 – 16:00
27.11.15. St Ives, Greta Williams Room, St Ives Library. 10:00—12:00
27.11.15. Penzance, Lounge Area, Workbox. 14:00 – 16:00
Come and visit us at the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Programme Zone for
the latest funding update.
We can help with questions about what European funding opportunities exist for
organisations and businesses; how to access the funding; how the programme
works; and when money will be available.
Highways Zone ( local)
As well as working in partnership with Highways England and the Department of
Transport to deliver strategic transport schemes, including improvements to the
A30 and A38, Cornwall Council’s Highways team are delivering a wide range of
local transport schemes which will help improve connectivity and increase
capacity on key roads, reduce traffic congestion and delays, improve air quality
and support growth schemes in towns and villages across Cornwall .
Specific projects include:
Newquay – the Council is providing a number of projects to support the
development of the sustainable Cornish urban extension to Newquay which will
provide around 3,750 new homes, a similar number of new jobs and a wide
range of public amenities which will complement and extend those already
available within the town.
These include:
Rialton Link Road - £3.37m Pinchpoint scheme , funded by the
Department for Transport and the developers, which has provided a new
link road opening up development and forming the North Eastern section
of the Newquay Strategic Route, a new roundabout junction and priority
junction which allows the existing constrained junction to be closed. It
was completed in May 2015.
Newquay Strategic Route: the Newquay Strategic Route will help
accelerate the delivery of new jobs and houses, support the closure of two
level crossings, promote sustainable trips with “streets for people” and
relikeve congestion on the local highway network.
NSR phase 1 Phase 1 –the £2.9m scheme, funded by the Growth Fund
and Cornwall Council, includes the construction of a new roundabout on
A392, a new 350m section of the NSR and opening up new employment
space. It is due for completion in April 2016.
NSR Phase 1 and 2 – this £17m scheme, due for construction 2018 , will
be funded by the developer. It will provide new links roads between the
A392 and A3078 /A3059; improve routes to West Newquay and Newquay
Airport, a new bridge over the Newquay branchline allowing the closure of
Trencreek crossing.
Streets for People – a mixed use walkable neighbourhood that will
promote public transport and the movement of pedestrians and cyclists
over the car.
Newquay Rail Strategy – this includes the development of the Newquay
Station Masterplan which supports the vision for a shuttle service between
the town centre and a rail halt at Nansleden. Improvements to the rail
station are scheduled for completion by 2018, with the rail halt
operational by 2025.
St Austell and Clay Villages - this focuses on connecting Cornwall’s largest
community and includes the development of a business case for the delivery of a
strategic road link between St Austell and the A30. As the largest town in
Cornwall (34,700) St Austell suffers from a constrained road network, with the
clay villages suffering from high levels of HGVs, poor pedestrian environments,
localised congestion and poor air quality.
Providing the strategic road link will have a number of benefits including:
 improving the village environment of Bugle and Roche and providing an
opportunity for low speed environment
 opening up regeneration and recreational space in the centre of the Clay
Country
 Mitigates the impact of traffic in St Austell town centre
 Supports the recently opened £9.7m A381 Carluddon link and technology
park
 Supports the creation of the nationally significant manufacturing space at
Carluddon ,
The development of the business case for the scheme is currently being, with a
single route option due to be selected in February 2016. If the business case is
approved, planning and design could be completed by the end of 2019, with the
scheme open by 2022.
Redruth – this £7.536m scheme, funded through the Growth Fund, delivers a
package of measures which will help deliver 670 new homes and396 jobs;
support the delivery of the old Brewery site and the Kresen Kernow Archive
centre; create a high quality gateway into Redruth and provide improved
walking and cycling links which will deliver improved access to employment,
health benefits and links to key routes such as the Mineral Tramways .
Specific projects include:
 £27m East West Link Road scheme – funded by the Department for
Transport, Cornwall Council and the private sector, this scheme, which will
be opened in October, has delivered a 560m new single carriageway
route across derelict land and a direct route from industrial area to the
A30.
 Improvements at Avers, Treswithian and East Hill Junctions
 Improvements at Trenson park South
 Barncoose Link Road
 Redruth Brewerey development, including the new Kresen Kernow
Archive.
Truro – the highways schemes being carried out in Truro will help accelerate
strategic housing and job growth along a key corridor into the city by unlocking
key junctions and supporting more movements by bus, walking and cycling and
enhancing Truro’s position as a regional centre. The schemes will help deliver
improved journey times, savings in bus service journey times of between 3 and
5 mins, managed air quality and reduce the costs of congestion to the local
economy by £10m
Specific projects include :
 Development of 1,200 space Western and 1,300 Eastern Park and Ride
schemes – which now provide 7,700 bus seats a day throughout the city
 Signalisation and widening works at Royal Cornwall Hospital
 Mainline and branchline improvements
 Capacity improvements at Threemilestone, the delivery of a “bus gate”
and inbound bus lanes along the route corridor
 Delivery of critical walking and cycling links along the Western corridor
Highways Zone (Strategic)
Highways England is a Government owned strategic highways company. Their
role is to operate, maintain and modernise the strategic road network in the
interests of its customers.
The Road Investment Strategy for the South West is the largest investment in
roads for a generation – with £2 billion worth of investment open or under
construction by 2020. This includes eight major schemes, plus a £500 million
investment in the A303, together with the provision of an expressway for
Cornwall. The aim of the Strategy is to create a safer, more accessible, freeflowing network that promotes economic growth.
Cornwall Council is working in partnership with Highways England to deliver
major projects, route strategies, network maintenance and reduced congestion
A30 improvements
Research shows there are 733 lost hours per year due to delays on the A30.
Cornwall Council is working in partnership with Highways England and the Local
Enterprise Partnership to bring A30 up to Expressway standard to support
Cornwall’s economic growth.
Specific projects include :
A30 Temple to Higher Carblake scheme - the 2.8 mile single carriage section
between Temple and Higher Carblake forms a constraint to the capacity of the
A30 route, often causing severe congestion and delays.
Cornwall Council’s innovative approach to this scheme was supported by the
Government to allow this scheme to be delivered earlier and benefit the Cornish
economy. The scheme is due to be completed by Spring 2017.
The scheme will
 Have two lanes open in each direction by the busy Summer period 2016
 Provide transport benefits in excess of £235m due to reduction in
congestion and delays
 Enhance economic growth and wider benefits in excess of £134m to the
Cornish economy by generating more employment, reducing business
costs and improving productivity
 Saving an anticipated 4 fatal and 23 serious casualties over the design life
of the scheme
A30 Carland Cross to Chiverton Cross scheme - work is currently taking
place to develop options to improve this 14km (8.7) m section.
The proposed scheme to dual this section will :
 Provide 14km of dual carriageway
 Bring economic benefits by reducing congestion and delays and improving
journey time reliability
 Improve resilience and safety
 Provide the opportunity for improvements on local connecting roads and
junctions
More than 1,300 people gave their comments during the public engagement
exhibitions held earlier this year, of which 94% supported the dualling, 59%
wanted cycling improvements and 25% wanted improved junctions.
Public consultation will take place on proposed route options in Summer 2016,
with works taking place between 2016/2017 on the preferred options. Further
public consultation will take place on the preferred route in 2017, with a decision
from the Secretary of State expected in the Summer of 2019, and construction
completed by 2022.
A30 Plusha - this scheme includes the provision of a grade separated junction.
Discussions are currently taking place with stakeholders, together with work on
developing an Options study. The funding for the scheme and the programme
for delivery have still to be confirmed .
A38 improvements
Research shows there are 263,000 hours per year due to delays on the A38.
The Council is also working in partnership with Highways England, the
Department for Transport and the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP to develop a
number of schemes to help improve this strategic road.
These include :
A38 Cornwall Gateway - the aim of the two phase scheme is to improve the
stretch of the road at Carkeel, increase the benefits of improvements along the
A38 corridor. This will support the delivery of 1,000 new houses and the
delivery of over 1,200 jobs.
A38 Carkeel Phase 1 – this £3.3m project, which was delivered by
Highways England and funded through the Pinch Point scheme, included
the installation of a footbridge and improvements to the capacity of the
A38 . It was completed in August 2015
A38 Carkeel Phase 2 – this £3.85m project is being delivered by
Cornwall Council and funded by the Local growth deal and Local Transport
Plan. The scheme, which is currently being designed, will provide a larger
signalised junction, with work set to begin in Winter 2015
A38 Lean Quarry /Menheniot - this scheme includes the provision of a new
grade separated junction. Discussions are currently taking place with
stakeholders, together with works on developing an Options study. The funding
and the programme for delivery have still to be confirmed.
Isles of Scilly Transport Zone
Isles of Scilly Steam Ship Company: over the past five years more than
£10m has been invested by the Company to improve and build resilience in the
transport links between the mainland and the Isles of Scilly.
Services delivered by the company include:
 Land’s End Airport is the main air gateway to and from the Isles of
Scilly. The Isles of Scilly Steamship company has spent nearly £5m on
improving the quality of the facilities and reliability of flights. Recent
investments include a new terminal and new air traffic control centre; two
new all weather tarmac runways; improved drainage to prevent
waterlogging; new runway lighting; enhanced apron and taxi way; more
customer parking.
 Scillionian 111 – the Company has also carried out improvements to the
passenger ferry, including new bathrooms, comfortable seating, improved
refreshments and better facilities for disabled passengers.
 Gry Maritha – the ship provides an all year round freight service which
carries essential cargo to sustain the needs of the community and
businesses.
Marine Renewables Zone
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have a wide breadth of natural resources key to
the development of wave energy, with some of the best wave and offshore wind
resources in the UK. With facilities like FaBTest and WaveHub we can offer
technology developers the infrastructure and critical support through Higher
Education partners and mature supply chain, to enable technology developers to
reach their goal of producing a commercial technology.
Marine Renewable Energy development is a long term investment. In May 2015,
the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Marine Renewables Roadmap was
launched. Building on the existing £100 million invested, the Road Map sets out
how the public and private sector can work together to deliver the next steps
towards the commercialisation of offshore and marine energy generation
solutions and supporting technologies over the next 10 years.
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The Roadmap outlines Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly’s ambitions to achieve
commercialisation by 2025, through investing in three key development themes:
1) Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) - supporting industry led
R&D with local Universities and HE Colleges
2) Demonstration and pre-commercialisation – encourage pre commercial
array scale and ‘seed’ the development of ‘commercial scale’ projects (including
investment in enabling infrastructure)
3) Commercialisation and market development – identifying suitable
funding mechanisms to de-risk private sector investment.
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly is already home to many MRE businesses possessing
industry specific skills in the key stages of the industry lifecycle including
planning and project management, R&D, design and manufacture. Building on
these foundations Cornwall and Isles of Scilly MRE sector is expanding. Polygen
have recently deployed their ‘Volta’ their prototype wave energy convertor at the
FaBTest test site in Falmouth Bay. Whilst all four of the available WaveHub
Berths are now committed. Seatricity deployed their Oceanus 2 device in August
last year and with recent announcements of a Horizon 2020 grant of €17m
earlier this year that there will be further deployments in 2016.
Specific projects include:
Plymouth University COAST Lab – the Coastal, Ocean and Sediment
Transport (COAST) laboratory provides physical model testing with combined
waves, currents and wind, offered at scales appropriate for device testing, array
testing, environmental modelling and coastal engineering.
Fabtest –this award winning test site located between three and five kilometres
offshore in Falmouth Bay, enables up to three devices to be deployed and tested
concurrently. Wave energy device developers can test components, concepts or
fullscale devices in a moderate wave climate on the Falmouth site.
Wave Hub – based off the coast of Hayle, provides the only multi-berth grid
connected deployment site in the and is targeted at supporting third stage
demonstration level technologies
Hayle Marine Business Park – A £24m business park, which features 900 m2
of modern office accommodation over two floors with Superfast fibre broadband
and seven light industrial units varying in size from 200 to 250 m2 entered
construction last November, the business park is intended to accommodate
companies in the growing marine energy sector.
Cornwall Airport Newquay Zone
Cornwall Airport Newquay provides connectivity for Cornwall’s businesses with
the capital, as well as other destinations around the UK, Europe and worldwide.
The Airport is run by Cornwall Airport Limited (CAL), a wholly owned company of
Cornwall Council. Passenger numbers at the airport continue to grow and the
total in 2014 was over 220,000 - an increase of 20%. The passenger forecast
for 2015 is 250,000.
According to the latest figures, 34,000 passengers used Cornwall Airport
Newquay in August 2015, the highest figure for 5 years. This continues the
trend of month on month growth in passenger numbers and is attributed to an
increasing number of people using services from around the UK, Ireland and
Germany to visit Cornwall for their holidays. The increases in scheduled flights
from destinations such as Manchester and Birmingham and new routes from
London Stansted and Dublin for summer 2015 have also supported this growth.
Cornwall Airport Newquay offers year round flights to Manchester and London
Gatwick with Flybe - with the vital service from Cornwall Airport Newquay to
London Gatwick protected by a Public Service Obligation. As well as offering
direct connectivity to the cities, the routes offer passengers the opportunity to
make onward connections to destinations across the UK, Europe and worldwide.
Daily direct flights also operate between Newquay and the Isles of Scilly with
Skybus.
For the 2015 summer season additional regional and international routes
operated from Cornwall Airport Newquay to and from Dublin (Aer Lingus
Regional) Belfast City, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Birmingham, London Stansted
(Flybe), Liverpool (EasyJet) and Dusseldorf (Germanwings).
The overall economic benefit of the Airport to the Cornish economy is around
£48m GVA per year and the Airport provides vital support to the inbound
tourism market, with 83,500 trips, supporting 1,160 jobs.
Cornwall Airport Newquay is also home to the Aerohub Business Park, which was
awarded Enterprise Zone status in 2011 and is now the largest planning free
zone in the UK covering 650 acres. 16 companies are now located at the Airport,
including Bristow Helicopters, Apple Aviation, British International Helicopters
and AgustaWestland, employing over 450 people at an average annual wage of
£33,400.
Rail Zone
The railway in Cornwall is crucial to our economic growth and providing access to
employment and education opportunities and connecting businesses to economic
markets in Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol and London. A £36m investment in rail
since 2000 has seen rail use in Cornwall grow by 8% per year to 6.5m journeys.
Over the past 12 months funding has been approved for a system of
improvements that will link with buses at key interchanges to improve the
capacity of Cornwall’s public transport system.
The total funding amounts to £146m, including £9m of funding from the
Department of Transport, £29.6m secured through Cornwall Council and the
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership; £103.5m from Network
rail and £4.5m from train operator Great Western Railway.
The key improvements include:
Upgraded Sleeper service – Great Western Railway is carrying out a complete
overhaul of all the Night Riviera Sleeper trains which will increase the capacity,
upgrade the quality and continue to drive growth in the service.
The upgrade will include completely redesigned and refreshed cabins with power
points; enhanced buffet and bar area, increased capacity in the seated day
coaches and improved facility for persons with reduced mobility.
Three new sleeper lounges will also be built at Penzance, Truro and Paddington
stations.
The first refurbished coach will enter passenger service in December 2015, with
all the coaches upgraded by the end of September 2016
New trains for travel to South West – Great Western Railway will take
delivery of 29 new long distance trains to service the south west by 2018
The new state of the art trains will provide improved passenger comfort, with up
to 20% more seats compared with the majority of the High Speed trains serving
the network today. This will mean more than 1,000 additional seats will be
provided at peak times.
The new trains will also offer improved reliability and cut journey times from
London to Exeter by up to five minutes, to Plymouth by up to six minutes and to
Penzance by up to 14 minutes.
Enhanced maintenance facility – Great Western Railway are expanding the
existing depot in Penzance to create a Traincare Centre.
This will allow for the maintenance of the Night Riviera service; support the
planned introduction of a twice hourly service on the Cornish mainline and
provide better facilities for staff working at the centre
This is due to be completed by December 2016
Mainline service improvements –the programme to bring forward the
delivery of the planned signalling upgrade and the provision of additional
signalled sections by five years will provide faster journeys between Penzance
and Totnes and pave the way for the potential introduction of two trains per
hour in both directions on the Cornish mainline.
This will increase capacity, improve journey times and passenger comfort and
play a key role in integrating Cornwall’s rail and bus networks.
This is due to be in service by December 2018 when additional rolling stock is
available.
Great Western Railway information
The 2015 Cornwall Expo marks the launch of the Great Western Railway in the
South West of England– a truly momentous occasion.
We are embarked on the largest fleet upgrade in our history, with new or
updated trains on every part of our network.
There will be 7,900 more peak time seats in and out of London, with 9,600 more
seats available across the fleet every day by 2019. That’s three million
additional seats per year across the network.
We are increasing the number of direct trains for Devon and Cornwall, doubling
the number of trains into and out of Cornwall and introducing faster services
between London and Oxford, South Wales, Bristol and the South West.
We are investing more than £50 million in station upgrades across the network,
with better customer information, CCTV, new gatelines, improved retail systems
and extra car parking. Free WiFi will be available on trains and in stations.
We are introducing a£2.2 million fund to support service and station
development in areas of social need, as well as a range of activities to help the
long-term unemployed back into work.
Please join us at the GWR stand for a tea, a chat about our plans for the region’s
railway and some truly impressive exhibits, which will bring our plans to life.
You can also visit our website GWR.com to learn more about our plans.
Space Growth in Cornwall Zone
The UK Space Agency recognises that Cornwall has assets of national
significance.
The key assets that could provide Cornwall with a competitive advantage are:
 Goonhilly Earth Station – located on the Lizard Peninsula, Goonhilly is a
fully operational satellite communications teleport which carries business
internet data and is also used as a command and control centre gateway
for controlling various satellites.
 Aerohub at Newquay Cornwall Airport –a UK Enterprise Zone and an
exceptional aviation and aerospace environment .
 Bloodhound SSC – a unique Space/Aerospace project with a rocket and
jet powered vehicle capable of achieving 1,000mph.
The Airport has also been shortlisted as a possible location for a UK Spaceport,
which could be a catalyst for the further development of the space sector and
related activity in the region.
Other opportunities include the development of Superfast Cornwall – providing
the most comprehensive rural fibre broadband network in the UK and te Growth
programme – with Space identified as one of the focus sectors for the £530m EU
programme.
By 2020 Cornwall could have a privately funded Space/Aerospace industry
through the development of:
 a satellite applications regional centre of excellence
 Business /research hubs
 Spaceport UK
Technology Zone
Cornwall Council uses technology to improve service delivery
In recent years the development in technology and the appetite for information
has affected and influenced the way people live their lives every day, this can
also be said for the way some Cornwall Council services are now delivered.
The Technology Zone at the Cornwall Expo showcases sees a “Focus on
Technology in Transport” and its use across the service to deliver improvements,
consistency and efficiencies.
There are also a number of integration projects which illustrate how systems can
be joined up or aligned to improve transport services, whether that is making a
journey in a car or riding on one of the county’s buses.
There is also a focus on safety and the importance of how real time data can be
used to shape and inform the transport network user.
Some
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of the technology on display include:
Cornwall’s world leading lighting infrastructure
Real time ANPR information
Traffic Control systems
SMART ticketing
Variable Message Information Signs
CCTV
Asset Management Data systems
There will also be an opportunity for to discuss with the team what the future
holds in this area and discuss where changes or improvements should be
focused for the users.
Tourism Zone
Cornwall has been named the favourite UK holiday destination for the last six
consecutive years and attracts 4.4 million staying visitors a year, spending
£1.794 billion in the local economy and supporting around 58,000 tourism
related jobs.
Tourism headline statistics
 Average 4.5 million overnight visitors each year
 Accounts for 20% of all employment in Cornwall
 Value of tourism exceeds £1.75 billion
 85% of visitors are repeat visitors
 8% of visitors are from overseas
 Over 250 hotels
 Almost 4,000 self-catering units; 900 plus guest-houses and B+Bs, 300
campsites and holiday parks
 Cornwall is top national brand in Visit England Brand and Satisfaction
Tracker (2012)
Visit Cornwall
Visit Cornwall is the Cornwall Tourist Board, the lead body for destination
marketing and champion of the tourism industry. Visit Cornwall was created in
1975 and in April 2015 became a Community Interest Company, a private sector
trade organisation, run by the industry, for the industry.
Visit Cornwall is responsible for growing Cornwall’s visitor economy through
destination marketing. It aims to ensure Cornwall remains Britain’s number one
holiday destination and to increase the volume and value of visitors from
overseas.
Main
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areas of activity are:
Destination Marketing
Destination PR
Tourism representation / lobbying
Membership programme (including routes to market, training + business
development)
 Market research