Giving your New or Relocated Business the Best Chance of Success
If you are starting up your new business, making a brave move to self employment or relocating your business to Cornwall, or looking for scalable office space with specialist services and know-how on hand, ready access to skilled labour to suit your business, advice on how to protect your business idea or product, understanding the steps you need to take to make your business investment ready or training for you or your key staff, the CUC partners can help.
Incubation or Scalable Office Space
Pool Innovation Centre (operated by Plymouth University for Cornwall Council) offers premium office accommodation and facilities from 25-90 square meters for a fixed three year period, meeting rooms and conference facilities for new and existing businesses. Innovation Centres offer much more - a ready peer network, so that you're not alone in taking major decisions, have opportunities for recpricoal arrangements and don't feel isolated in your choice of new worklife.
Tremough Innovation Centre – offers premium office accommodation and facilities for new and existing businesses in the creative, arts, media and environmental technology sectors.
Health & Wellbeing Centre - proposed development that will focus on businesses providing reactive strategies dealing with health issues and proactive or preventative strategies.
Formation Zone – this Plymouth University facility is a dedicated pre-incubation zone for those seeking to develop a creative business idea in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Formation 2 is similar to Formation Zone, but for businesses active in the scientific, technical, engineering or maths related sectors.
Tamar Science Park - for businesses located in Plymouth or on the Tamar border.
Access to Skilled Labour
Unlocking Cornish Potential - this highly successful graduate placement scheme can help you locate the right graduates and individuals trained to specific vocational levels to suit your business needs.
One Stop Ideas Shop - offers impartial, free and confidential advice on how to protect a business idea or product, run by Plymouth University. Specialist guidance is available from a variety of experts including PATLIB UK, Plymouth University, Business Link, NJ Akers & Co Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys and Tamar Science Park.
Business Mentors in Environmental Technology
Business Mentoring is provided by the University of Exeter’s Dr Mark Scibor-Rylski and Mr Robert Misselbrook who jointly bring a wide range of technical, business and Venture Capital experience to companies, linking strategy, finance, corporate partners and larger markets.
Training & Development
Both Truro & Penwith College and Cornwall College offer a wide range of degree level short courses that can help develop you and your new business. These include: Business management; Innovation and Enterprise, Smart Enterprise Programme and the Empowering Smart Women Programme.
Graduate Business Start Up Support
Business start up support for graduates is offered by Unlocking Cornish Potential
This includes help with business planning, business awareness training, a range of financial support, mentor support, access to Continuing Professional Develpment (CPD) and networking.
Relocating your Business to Cornwall Invest In Cornwall provides free assistance for businesses - moving to or setting up in Cornwall. This includes information, making introductions, skills support and advice on financial assistance available.