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St Mellion welcomes the cream of Cornish business

Over 40 of Cornwall’s leading businesses will descend upon St Mellion International Resort on Thursday 17 May for the prestigious annual Cornwall Business Awards organised by the Cornwall Development Company.

Companies have been shortlisted into 15 different categories ranging from Young Business Person of the Year to Best International Business and Business Leader awards.

Those on the shortlist were selected from another strong field of entrants by an expert panel of judges including CUC Director Sue Brownlow, Plymouth University Pro-Vice Chancellor Julian Beer, Eden Project CEO Time Smit KBE and rugby legend turned entrepreneur Phil Vickery... Read More

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Twitter & Anonymity: Does the law need to be changed?

Foot Anstey Associate, Peter Singfield looks into the difficultly in keeping identities protected in today's social media world.

At the end of last week, a Sheffield United footballer was sentenced to five years in jail for raping a young woman.  Over the weekend, a number of comments were made on Twitter, insulting the woman in question and, in some cases, naming her, or speculating as to her identity.

There have been calls this week for a long hard look at whether the law dealing with this sort of behaviour is adequate.

For instance, the... Read More

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Fuel 'Join the Club' at PAFC

With fingers crossed for a positive result against Oxford United we hope the feel good factor at Home Park kicks off early tomorrow with the launch of Plymouth Argyle FC's brand new membership packages for next season. Developed under the theme of encouraging fans to "Join the Club" we have been delighted to work with Peter Jones and Rick Cowdry on the campaign which heralds "A new season. A fresh start."

Thanks to careful consultation and an innovative approach from... Read More

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Armed Forces heroes on course for new horizons

Members of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces who have suffered life changing injuries are once again showing their courage, skill and determination – this time on the golf course in pursuit of new careers.

Eighteen golfers from the On Course Foundation, a charity dedicated to enabling seriously injured servicemen and servicewoman to participate on a level playing field and take up careers in the golfing world, have just completed a three day golf tuition and career development course at St Mellion International Resort in Cornwall.

The On Course Foundation were guests at the Resort after being... Read More

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Moving in the right direction

We are kicking off our fifth year in business in new premises. Relax, we are still at Crownhill Fort, we’ve just invested in larger office space and equipment following a record beating 2011/2012.

Now at Studio 12 and 13 in the Fort’s impressive Officers Quarters, regular visitors can now find us over to the far right (same row, but walk or drive over to when you get into the parade ground).
The new facilities include a new client meeting room, telephone system, desks, monitors, break out workspace and some garden furniture to soak up the surroundings, get creative and enjoy... Read More

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