Two decades of high-level experience in marine business and a lifetime’s knowledge of the sea has seen Tristan Rowe appointed as Falmouth Harbour’s new Head of Commercial Operations.Tristan will be looking to the wide horizons of sustainable growth and development for Falmouth Harbour for the benefit of all the Trust Port’s community, customers and stakeholders.As a Harbour leisure “user” with lifelong sailing and watersports credentials, he also spent the last twenty years of his career working on the
Tickets are now on sale for the annual Holly Ball in aid of Marie Curie in Cornwall. Friday 29 November The Penventon Park Hotel, Redruth 7pm to 12.30am £55 per person which includes a 3 course festive meal, complimentary drink on arrival, coffee and mince pies There will be a raffle and auction. If your company would like to donate a gift or prize please contact Lynda Thomas on 07798 638 099 or via email: Lynda.Thomas@mariecurie.org.uk The hotel are offering special rates for overnight for Holly
A new generation of Blue Meadows “smart” buoys are marking sensitive habitats of seagrass and maerl around Falmouth Harbour, whilst keeping their own mooring chains from scouring the seabed beneath them.The new Port Notice Advanced Mooring System (PNAMS) markers designed, developed and installed by Mylor Mooring Services Ltd also do the work of keeping their mooring risers off the seabed without the need for floats just under the surface of the water – as trialled in some older AMS pioneer projects. The
Dear Chancellor, We welcome your recent engagement with the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) on the priorities for businesses ahead of the Autumn Statement next week. For local communities to thrive, they need business investment, but this has been too low for too long. We are writing today to reiterate our call for you to offer much-needed solutions to Britain's investment problem, and use the upcoming Statement to tackle the fundamental issues inhibiting growth in the UK: overhaul the planning
Spring Budget: Hunt the Unleaked Items By Martyn Page, Investment Director, Worldwide Financial Planning AT lunchtime on Wednesday, in a set piece of political theatre, Chancellor Hunt unveiled those few remaining bits of the Budget not already leaked to the media. These included reducing the amount of tax due on a pub pint of draught beer, although supermarkets still retain their tax advantage here. The duty on draught beer is actually paid by the brewers so we need to see how much of this they pass
What can we expect in the Spring Budget this week? By Martyn Page, Investment Director at Worldwide Financial Planning CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt will announce his Spring Budget on Wednesday. At the same time the government’s independent assessor, the Office of Budget Responsibility, releases its latest forecasts for growth and borrowing. The Chancellor has already seen these – so expect him to be cautious. He has also said that any money available for tax cuts would prioritise businesses over