(Podcast) The Source Business Breakfast 19th August

Posted on | August 19, 2011 | No Comments

The Source Business Breakfast went out on Source 96.1Fm in Falmouth and Penryn between 8am and 9am on Friday 19th August, 2011.

LISTEN – Source Business Breakfast 19th August 2011 presented by Andy Coote

Features -
Henri Lloyd Falmouth Week ended last Sunday. Subjectively, it seems to have been a successful week with a packed programme of events on and off the water. Even the weather stayed (mostly) kind thought the fireworks were deferred by a night due to conditions. I talked to Richard Gates, Falmouth Town Manager about how he felt it had gone, whether businesses had felt benefit from the visitor numbers, standards in the Town and Fal350 (celebration of 350 years of charter) which will be on October 5th – more information at the Fal350 website .

Studio Guest
Marie Curie nurses are part of the essential care network that surrounds Cancer in all its forms. They are not part of the health service provision but no less essential a service for that. As a charity, every penny they spend providing services where and when they are most needed comes from donations and much of the fund raising is done locally to raise money for use locally. Lynda Thomas is Community Fundraising Manager for Marie Curie in Cornwall with a target of raising £250,00 this year and probably more in future years. To do this, she gets involved in a wide variety of events – from driving challenges, and cycle rides to formal Balls and fundraisers. We spoke about how fundraising is organised, about managing teams of volunteers and how businesses can get involved. There are still places for the Driving Challenge at Portreath on 4th September. Go to the events pages to register online.

Business News
On Wednesday this week the Government announced a further 11 Enterprise Zones to add to the initial 11. One of those zones will be based around Newquay airport. The Newquay Aero Hub as it is being called is being hailed as the first major success for the Cornwall and IOS Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). In this report we began with Lord Robin Teverson who is a Cornwall Councillor and a member of the LEP Board. Matthew Clarke spoke to him on Wednesday for the Business Cornwall Podcast.
So how are local business leaders responding to the announcement. Well, mostly positively with some concerns for the detail. Jeremy Edwards, Chair of the Port of Falmouth Chamber of Commerce gave a typically missed reaction. For Richard Gates, Falmouth Town Manager, the move makes sense if it strengthens the economic case for the airport. Jonathan Griffin is Director of the National Maritime Museum, Cornwall and Chair of the Falmouth Town Forum. He reacts positively to the plans and suggests that Falmouth Docks, the Marine Industry on the Fal and Penryn rivers and the Industrial Estates would benefit from the same benefits as Enterprise Zones are getting. As it happens, the Western Morning News on Thursday ran an article suggesting that councils could decide to create their own ‘informal’ Enterprise Zones with all of the incentives should they choose. Mike Reynolds, Port Operations Director at A&P Falmouth and a major player in the Port of Falmouth Master Plan, sees the plan as improving the chances for a viable Newquay Airport. He sees lower taxation and, importantly, relaxation of planning laws as benefits that Falmouth could also use to create a vibrant economy locally.

As several speakers said, this announcement cannot really be judged at this stage. The outcomes of the Enterpise Zone are medium to long term and they are only part of a wider strategy for growth that is needed to move Cornwall (and the UK) out of recession and back into prosperity. Economic growth in Cornwall and in the towns of Falmouth and Penryn will be a regular topic of conversation here on the Business Breakfast. I’d like to hear your views on this. Email source(dot)business(dot)breakfast(at)gmail.com
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This podcast has been edited to remove commercial music and leave original content only. It runs at 52mins 51secs.

Category: Big Society, Business Growth, Business Skills, Communication, Cornwall, Falmouth, Henri Lloyd Falmouth Week, Penryn, Podcasts, Retail, Source FM, Team Building
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