Case studies of investment in Cornwall

• The Eden Project

  • First opened in 2001
  • It consists of two large conservatories which exhibit major plant types
  • An education centre about sustainable living
  • A youth hostel
  • Transformed landscape from a china clay quarry
  • £140 million - 3/4 came from Objective One and the National Lottery
  • Generated £1.1 billion for Cornwall's economy
  • 13 million visitors
• Superfast broadband


  • By 2016, over 95% of Cornwall had access to fibre broadband (the first county to achieve this)
  • Cornwall has the world's largest rural fibre network
  • £132 million - £53.5 million from the EU Regional Development Fund and £78.5 million from BT
  • Encourages businesses, particularly knowledge-economy companies and those working from home
  • 2000 jobs created
  • Annual economic impact of £200 million
• Newquay Aerohub


  • In 2014, Cornwall Council obtained Enterprise Zone status for Newquay Aerohub Business Park
  • Aimed to attract investment to an aviation 'hub' that would generate 700 skilled permanent jobs by 2015
  • Partnership between Cornwall Council and private investors
  • Opportunities created include:
  • Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust (2 emergency ambulance helicopters)
  • Skybus (passenger flights between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly)
  • Ainscough Wind Energy