Case studies of investment in Cornwall

    Cards (3)

    • 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