Aerohub at Cornwall Airport Newquay

Cornwall Expo Zone Information

Aerohub Zone

Aerohub is England's only focused Enterprise Zone with significant development land and access to development support, offering aviation and aerospace companies in a unique operational environment. It was awarded Enterprise Zone status in 2011 and is now the largest planning free zone in the UK covering 650 acres.

The Aerohub Enterprise Zone has the opportunity to attract investment, development and jobs through a combination of business rate discounts worth up to £250,000 over five years for each business on the zone and planning free development that can accelerate development timeframes and superfast broadband links.

16 companies are now located at the Airport, including Bristow Helicopters, Apple Aviation, British International Helicopters and AgustaWestland, employing over 450 people at an average annual wage of £33,400.

Aerohub@ Newquay Cornwall Airport is being led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership and Cornwall Council, as the owners of the Airport and surrounding land. They co-commissioned Cornwall Development Company to deliver the Enterprise Zone project alongside Cornwall Airport Limited as the operator of the Airport and CDC’s Aerohub Team are part financed by the European Regional Development Fund Convergence Programme 2007 to 2013.

Specific projects include : Incubator hangar – the 2,323 sqm hangar, completed in Dec 2014, is now occupied by Apple Aviation Aerohub Business Park – the £6.3m infrastructure project will complete this year, providing 21.7 hectares of serviced land for development,. Bristow Search and Rescue Hangar – following the awarding of the search and rescue contract to Bristow helicopters the new £7m will be operational from December 2015 creating 40 new jobs. Better Business for All Zone

Better Business for All is a partnership between the business community and regulatory services at Cornwall Council. It is led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).

Regulation takes many forms. It includes trading standards, environmental health, animal health, licensing, planning and fire and community safety. Cornwall Council's team of regulators carry out more than 60,000 one-to-one visits to local businesses every year. The vast majority of these visits are to offer advice and guidance to help businesses comply with the law.

Better Business for All is part of a national government initiative to reduce the regulatory burden on business. It is endorsed by the Better Regulation Delivery Office, which is part of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills. The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP was been selected as one of the 11 early adopters of the scheme and successfully bid for grant funding to get the project off the ground.

The project is being managed by a steering group which includes small and large regulated businesses in Cornwall, the Federation of Small Businesses, Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, the LEP and representatives from a cross-section of regulatory services at Cornwall Council (including Environmental Health, Licensing, Trading Standards, Fire and Planning).

Better Business for All has a Charter which commits everyone involved to work together to ensure we have a regulatory environment that promotes business success and provides public protection.

It is about working with the business community to improve how regulatory services are delivered in Cornwall. It aims to show how working with your local regulators can save you time and money, improve your competitiveness and help you grow your business.

It's also about encouraging more businesses in Cornwall to seek advice from local regulators by highlighting the benefits of regulation to business, without fear of enforcement activity.

And it's about ensuring that regulatory staff better understand how businesses operate and the pressures they face. Bus Zone

Cornwall Council wants to ensure its residents and visitors have a public transport network that enables access to essential services.

While a £36m investment in rail since 2000 has seen rail use in Cornwall grow by 8% per year to 6.5m journeys, there has been a reduction in the use of buses.

The recently approved Devolution Deal and the £8m of Growth Deal funding awarded to the Council in March 2014 provides an opportunity to invest in the bus network, to attract more people onto buses and create links with rail to provide an improved public transport system for Cornwall.

The aim will be to see improvements in roadside infrastructure, better customer- focussed information and marketing, newer appropriately sized vehicles, inter- modal ticketing, and better branding of the product to raise the image and delivery of an integrated public transport network for Cornwall.

Specific projects will include:  Services and vehicles - new and refurbished vehicles and a network of smaller, more appropriately sized vehicles which will help improve the journey experience and attract more passengers  Infrastructure – high quality and accessible interchange and waiting facilities improve the waiting experience and connections between services  Smart ticketing – contactless/cashless ticketing across bus, rail and ferry with a flexible range of projects better suited to the way we travel. Business Zone

The Business Zone will allow delegates to network with both the public and private sector

There will be representatives from the following organisations:

 Growth Hub  Better Business for All  Cornwall Chamber  Federation of Small Business  Islands Partnership  UKTI Southwest  European Enterprise Network CORMAC Zone CORMAC comprises two companies – CORMAC Solutions Ltd and CORMAC Contracting Ltd. Both companies are wholly owned by Cornwall Council and are designed to deliver value-added services for the Council and to trade in the open marketplace to generate a sustainable financial return to the Council.

Last year CORMAC returned over £6m to the Council which helped to meet budget pressures and support frontline services for the residents of Cornwall. It also spent over £16m with Cornish small and medium sized enterprises, worked with 105 community partnerships and supported community groups providing 100,000 volunteer hours worth £1.45m.

 CORMAC Solutions Ltd provides services to both the Council and its partners. Its purpose is to enhance local communities by delivering innovative services which create a better local environment and contribute to sustainable economic growth, whilst facilitating resilient, self-sufficient and safer communities.  CORMAC Contracting Ltd is a trading company which acts as a vehicle for private sector growth. Its purpose is to generate revenues by winning work in a competitive environment and partnering with other public or private sector companies to deliver cost effective and sustainable solutions to complex engineering challenges.

CORMAC employs over 1,600 people across seven business divisions who deliver a wide range of services including designing, fixing, building, inspecting, maintaining, gardening, cleaning, landscaping, quarrying, recycling and much more. These include over 700 highly trained cleaning staff working in more than 500 locations; mechanical and Electrical services which maintain, service and install equipment; a Property Maintenance section which provides day to day reactive work, planned maintenance and construction works; a Compliance section and one of Cornwall’s largest vehicle and plant maintenance facilities.

The Design and Build section is one of the South West’s leading Civil Engineering contractors and covers all areas of infrastructure design and development., including major construction, civil engineering and highways projects, marine and coastal works, land remediation, building, property refurbishment and construction, bridge and retaining and retaining wall strengthening and replacement works, footway and cycleway construction, project management and a wide range of consultancy services.

Recent projects include A30 Temple to Higher Carblake, scheme design review; A391 Carluddon Road Improvement, A390 Trafalgar Roundabout, Langarth and Tregurra Park and Ride sites, Union Corner Roundabout, Falmouth, A30 Avers, Tolvaddon and Treswithian junction improvements, Bencolen Bridge, Bude, Newlyn and Bolitho Sea Walls, Jubilee Pool regeneration, and Portreath Sea Wall repairs.

CORMAC continues to win contracts across the UK, as well as offering highways maintenance services to town and parish councils, doubling its turnover in the past three years. It employs more than 50 apprentices and continues to develop skills and training initiatives.

Culture Zone

Cornwall’s creative industries employ 12,000 people and are worth £500 million to the local economy.

The Council’s Culture Team, part of the Economic Development Service, aims to grow the creative and cultural sector in a way that improves the economic, social and cultural well-being of all communities across Cornwall.

The team now encompasses the arts and creative industries; museums; Cornwall Archives and Cornish Study Service; the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site and MAGA – the Cornish Language Service.

The Council has supported a range of cultural projects in recent years. These include: New workspaces : including new builds such as the Percy William Building at Krowj; repurposing historic buildings such as the Grade 11 Listed old Count House and Carpenter’s Shop at the King Edward None which has been transformed into nine workspaces; conservation projects, such as the historic Porthmeor Studios in St Ives and Poet Charles Causley’s house in Launceston and building on successful foundations, such as Falmouth University’s growing success as a leading specialist in arts courses. Establishing global connections – including achieving UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the Cornish Mining sites in 2006;developing links between the Leach Pottery in St Ives and Japan; tours by Kneehigh Theatre to America, China and new Zealand and ongoing projects led by Tate St Ives Enriching the lives of local residents and visitors – through projects such as the Cornwall Museum Partnership, which brings together six museums and develops and manages collaborative programmes of work; the FEAST programme and the successful WildWorks theatre. Ambitions for the future – including the Kresen Kernow project to create a modern archive and library space at the historic Redruth Brewery site; the development of the Hall for Cornwall building to provide 25% more seats and a fresh front and back of house and cultural sector facilities, and the further development of the Cornish language services. Cycling Zone

The case for investing in cycling is clear. For every pound invested in cycling in the UK in 2010 there was an economic benefit of £19.

A 10% increase in people cycling to work could save the Cornish economy £16.9m a year in Cornwall from NHS savings and reduced mortality. It could also save £4.7m from reduced traffic congestion and lower pollution levels.

Improved cycling provision will improve access to services, reduce social exclusion and transport poverty. It will also improve physical and mental welling, and create a safer pedestrian and cyclist environment by slowing vehicle speeds to 20mph.

The National Cycle network now passes within one mile of half of all Cornish homes. Leisure and tourism cycling on the National Cycle network supports over 15,000 jobs and directly £650m to the UK economy each year.

Cornwall Council is working with a range of partners to make cycling investment integral to enhancing and regenerating our communities for all.

Highlights of this work include:  A £7.465 m project to develop Bodmin as Cornwall’s first Cycle Town. The project will build on the success of the Camel Trail, which already attracts more than 500,000 users a year, and the Cardinham and Lanhydrock cycling hubs to re-balance the partnership between pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. Improvements include the development of a comprehensive high quality walking and cycling network; low speed environment at Dennison Road, Turf Street and Church Square junction; improved Camel Trail alignment at Scarlett’s Well; improved connections to Bodmin College, local primary schools and the Callywith employment zone and improved pedestrian and cycling access at the new £2.2m Priory Road roundabout. This will help attract 74,000 new cyclists to the town, generate additional spend of £1.2m in the town centre each year, support the delivery of 536 new jobs and improve traffic flows.  Community ownership of a cycle village scheme in St Agnes – this project has been driven by local community group “Aggie Cycles” – with the aim of improving the village center for all users, encourage growth in the local economy and provide more inviting, viable and sustainable travel patterns.  Penzance and Newlyn – the regeneration of Penzance starting with providing a high quality cycle link along one of its greatest assets, the bay. The 10km coastal cycle way from Marazion to Mousehole will act as an economic driver for the area. This is the first phase of a wider ambition for a Bay to Bay cycle route linking Penzance, Newlyn and Marazion with St Erth, Hayle and St Ives. This will provide an additional attraction for the town, improve the quality of the Promenade, create links to the existing transport hub, re-design the street scene, support the regeneration of the town centre, and link key regeneration sites. Digital and Superfast Broadband Zone

Superfast Cornwall 2011-2015 EU Programme

In 2010 Superfast Cornwall set out to transform lives by creating the world’s biggest rural fibre broadband network.

Since then the pioneering £132m superfast broadband partnership, funded by the EU, BT and Cornwall Council, and managed by Cornwall Development Company, has built a fibre based network that now covers 95% of premises, with nearly 90% able to connect with superfast speeds of over 24Mbps – making Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly some of the best connected places in the world.

Fibre broadband is transforming the way people work and play; boosting the economy, enabling businesses to work more effectively and bringing online entertainment to life.

12,000 business are now connected to superfast broadband. Rural communities are also benefiting from superfast, with more than 3,000 people given their first taste of the internet with help from community venues, CRCC, libraries and Job Centre Plus.

Superfast connections have benefited the economy by £186m and created or safeguarded 4, 500 jobs and start-ups.

The next phase will upgrade about 9,000 premises in 2016 and 2017 with a programme funded by central Government, Cornwall Council, RGF and the LEP’s Growth Deal.

The long term goal is to keep Cornwall at the leading edge of digital connectivity by ensuring that over 99% of premises can connect to 30 plus Mbps superfast speeds. Electric Vehicle Zone

Cornwall Council received £1 million in Government funding in 2013 to provide electric vehicle charging points across Cornwall.

The aim is to create a reliable charging network to allow drivers of electric vehicles to travel throughout Cornwall and encourage more people to consider owning an electric vehicle; helping to reduce vehicle noise and combat air pollution.

The Council, in partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Chargepoint Services (CPS), launched their first Electric Vehicle charging point at Eden in August, and are now working to install the charge points at various venues across Cornwall and bordering regions for public use. The new charging are being switched on in batches into the Autumn.

There are two different types of chargepoint; Superfast and Fast.

Superfast “rapid” recharging points (50kW) are being installed to facilitate onward travel recharging . These charging point are located at roadside stops across Cornwall, Plymouth and West Devon.

Fast charging points (7-22kW) are aimed at general day to day use and are being installed at various public access buildings such as Cornwall Council offices, college campuses and the Truro park and Ride sites. .

The Electric Vehicle zone showcases the rapid and fast electric vehicle charging infrastructure, along with a range of electric vehicles, from manufactures including Tesla, BMW, Nissan, Renault, Peugeot and Kia. Employment and Skills Zone

The Employment and Skills Zone is a great opportunity to network and learn more about how you can develop your business to drive productivity, jobs and growth.

The Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Employment and Skills strategy sets out the priorities for developing the employment opportunities and the skills of our people, bringing together the needs of businesses across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. One of the key principles is to provide great careers here by nurturing and developing the talents of our young people to gain the right skills and ensuring they have access to great career opportunities.

You will also have the opportunity to chat with local FE colleges and training providers about skills requirements within your business.

Exhibitors include:-

Education Business Partnership – with many years’ experience engaging its network of employers in activities, events and motivational programmes which enable young people to broaden horizons and become aware of employment opportunities. http://www.cornwalllearning.org/services/education-business-partnership-ebp/

National Apprenticeship Service Advice and support and how apprentices can benefit your business. https://www.gov.uk/take-on-an-apprentice

Graduate Recruitment with Unlocking Potential Brighter Cornwall is run by Cornwall Council in partnership with Unlocking Potential and supports graduates with paid work experience opportunities. http://www.brightercornwall.org.uk/

Software Cornwall Software Cornwall and its members will be promoting and raising awareness on the tech business community and the development of digital skills, showcasing the growing software businesses in the county as well as skills and educational activities. www.softwarecornwall.org Environment Zone

The Environment Zone encompasses Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership and Cornwall Sustainability Awards (CSA) with the overall focus being on Environmental Growth.

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Nature Partnership Environmental Growth is about nurturing and enhancing Nature so that it functions better and is more abundant, healthier, resilient and naturally productive.

Key facts include:  80% of Cornwall’s land is in agricultural use – with just 5% of Cornwall’s land developed  There are 48,000 km of Cornish hedges  The South West Coast Path contributes £177m to the economy of Cornwall each year  Surfing contributes around £153m to the Cornish economy each year

Key priorities include:  To gain agreement on the best use of environmental assets to realise their local, national and global potential.  To build environmental skills, knowledge and understanding to increase the value of the environment in local communities and the economy.  To connect people, processes and communications to improve decision making, efficacy and behaviours with respect to the environment.  To grow the natural environment responsibly as a key economic asset, boosting biodiversity and increasing ecosystem goods and services.

Cornwall Sustainability Awards Cornwall Sustainability Awards is a collaboration of joint working between many private, public and voluntary sector organisations working on the same agenda for a more sustainable tomorrow.

It aims to encourage, reward and gain recognition for the excellent work businesses are doing to improve their own sustainability and that of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly as a whole.

The Growth Hub Zone www.ciosgrowthhub.com

The Growth Hub is the place to find business support in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.

The Growth Hub acts as the spring board to all kinds of information, with businesses encouraged to use www.ciosgrowthhub.com as the starting point for all their business questions.

The Growth Hub signposts businesses to the latest information on accessing finance, how to engage with employment and skills, join local business networks and seek out business advice and coaching.

An interactive business support tool allows businesses to self-diagnose the current supports available to them, and businesses can ring or web chat with national business support advisors to talk through their options in more detail.

In January 2016 the full Growth Hub provision will be in place where refreshed website and a team of locally based advisors will be on hand to work with businesses to discover their growth potential.

In this interim period until January we would like businesses to register their interest in the growth hub so when the local support starts they will be contacted by one of the team. Growth Programme Zone (EU)

The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme, the European economic regeneration programme for the region, will be launched at Cornwall Expo 2015. Running from 2014-2020, this programme of European funding builds on the previous Objective One and Convergence Programmes.

The Programme is made up of three funding streams: • European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is worth circa €450 million • European Social Fund (ESF) is worth circa €150 million • European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)

The EAFRD fund will have a smaller allocation of circa £10 million whichwill align with the wider Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Programme.

The funding will deliver smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by supporting innovation and boosting businesses. It will support those most disadvantaged in the region to progress into work or education, improving skills and creating jobs across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

A series of community level launches will take place during October and November where local businesses and the general public will have the opportunity to learn more about the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme and potential funding. These will take place in the following locations: 05.10.15. Wadebridge, Main Hall, Wadebridge Town Hall. 14:00-16:00 08.10.15. Launceston, Otto Peters Room, Launceston Town Hall. 10:00-12:00 08.10.15. Bude, Room 1, Parkhouse Centre. 14:00-16:00 12.10.15. Bodmin, Cornish Room, Bodmin Library. 10:00- 12:00 12.10.15. Camelford, Leisure Centre. 14:30-16:30 22.10.15. Isles of Scilly, Church Hall, St Mary’s. 13:00-15:00 23.10.15. Liskeard, Long Rm, Public Hall, Liskeard Town Council. 13:00-15:00 23.10.15. Saltash, Council Chamber, Town Council, Saltash. 16:00 – 18:00 09.11.15. St Austell, Barnes Room, White Hart Hotel. 10:00 – 12:00 09.11.15. Newquay, Town Council Committee Room. 14:00 – 16:00 16.11.15. Falmouth, Maritime Museum. 10:00 – 12:00 16.11.15. Helston, The Old Cattle Market. 14:00 – 16:00 19.11.15. Camborne, Pool, Redruth, Pool Innovation Centre. 10:00 – 12:00 19.11.15. Truro, Haven House. 14:00 – 16:00 27.11.15. St Ives, Greta Williams Room, St Ives Library. 10:00—12:00 27.11.15. Penzance, Lounge Area, Workbox. 14:00 – 16:00

Come and visit us at the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Programme Zone for the latest funding update.

We can help with questions about what European funding opportunities exist for organisations and businesses; how to access the funding; how the programme works; and when money will be available. Highways Zone ( local)

As well as working in partnership with Highways England and the Department of Transport to deliver strategic transport schemes, including improvements to the A30 and A38, Cornwall Council’s Highways team are delivering a wide range of local transport schemes which will help improve connectivity and increase capacity on key roads, reduce traffic congestion and delays, improve air quality and support growth schemes in towns and villages across Cornwall .

Specific projects include: Newquay – the Council is providing a number of projects to support the development of the sustainable Cornish urban extension to Newquay which will provide around 3,750 new homes, a similar number of new jobs and a wide range of public amenities which will complement and extend those already available within the town. These include: Rialton Link Road - £3.37m Pinchpoint scheme , funded by the Department for Transport and the developers, which has provided a new link road opening up development and forming the North Eastern section of the Newquay Strategic Route, a new roundabout junction and priority junction which allows the existing constrained junction to be closed. It was completed in May 2015. Newquay Strategic Route: the Newquay Strategic Route will help accelerate the delivery of new jobs and houses, support the closure of two level crossings, promote sustainable trips with “streets for people” and relikeve congestion on the local highway network. NSR phase 1 Phase 1 –the £2.9m scheme, funded by the Growth Fund and Cornwall Council, includes the construction of a new roundabout on A392, a new 350m section of the NSR and opening up new employment space. It is due for completion in April 2016. NSR Phase 1 and 2 – this £17m scheme, due for construction 2018 , will be funded by the developer. It will provide new links roads between the A392 and A3078 /A3059; improve routes to West Newquay and Newquay Airport, a new bridge over the Newquay branchline allowing the closure of Trencreek crossing. Streets for People – a mixed use walkable neighbourhood that will promote public transport and the movement of pedestrians and cyclists over the car. Newquay Rail Strategy – this includes the development of the Newquay Station Masterplan which supports the vision for a shuttle service between the town centre and a rail halt at Nansleden. Improvements to the rail station are scheduled for completion by 2018, with the rail halt operational by 2025.

St Austell and Clay Villages - this focuses on connecting Cornwall’s largest community and includes the development of a business case for the delivery of a strategic road link between St Austell and the A30. As the largest town in Cornwall (34,700) St Austell suffers from a constrained road network, with the clay villages suffering from high levels of HGVs, poor pedestrian environments, localised congestion and poor air quality.

Providing the strategic road link will have a number of benefits including:  improving the village environment of Bugle and Roche and providing an opportunity for low speed environment  opening up regeneration and recreational space in the centre of the Clay Country  Mitigates the impact of traffic in St Austell town centre  Supports the recently opened £9.7m A381 Carluddon link and technology park  Supports the creation of the nationally significant manufacturing space at Carluddon , The development of the business case for the scheme is currently being, with a single route option due to be selected in February 2016. If the business case is approved, planning and design could be completed by the end of 2019, with the scheme open by 2022.

Redruth – this £7.536m scheme, funded through the Growth Fund, delivers a package of measures which will help deliver 670 new homes and396 jobs; support the delivery of the old Brewery site and the Kresen Kernow Archive centre; create a high quality gateway into Redruth and provide improved walking and cycling links which will deliver improved access to employment, health benefits and links to key routes such as the Mineral Tramways . Specific projects include:  £27m East West Link Road scheme – funded by the Department for Transport, Cornwall Council and the private sector, this scheme, which will be opened in October, has delivered a 560m new single carriageway route across derelict land and a direct route from industrial area to the A30.  Improvements at Avers, Treswithian and East Hill Junctions  Improvements at Trenson park South  Barncoose Link Road  Redruth Brewerey development, including the new Kresen Kernow Archive.

Truro – the highways schemes being carried out in Truro will help accelerate strategic housing and job growth along a key corridor into the city by unlocking key junctions and supporting more movements by bus, walking and cycling and enhancing Truro’s position as a regional centre. The schemes will help deliver improved journey times, savings in bus service journey times of between 3 and 5 mins, managed air quality and reduce the costs of congestion to the local economy by £10m Specific projects include :  Development of 1,200 space Western and 1,300 Eastern Park and Ride schemes – which now provide 7,700 bus seats a day throughout the city  Signalisation and widening works at Royal Cornwall Hospital  Mainline and branchline improvements  Capacity improvements at Threemilestone, the delivery of a “bus gate” and inbound bus lanes along the route corridor  Delivery of critical walking and cycling links along the Western corridor

Highways Zone (Strategic)

Highways England is a Government owned strategic highways company. Their role is to operate, maintain and modernise the strategic road network in the interests of its customers.

The Road Investment Strategy for the South West is the largest investment in roads for a generation – with £2 billion worth of investment open or under construction by 2020. This includes eight major schemes, plus a £500 million investment in the A303, together with the provision of an expressway for Cornwall. The aim of the Strategy is to create a safer, more accessible, free- flowing network that promotes economic growth.

Cornwall Council is working in partnership with Highways England to deliver major projects, route strategies, network maintenance and reduced congestion

A30 improvements Research shows there are 733 lost hours per year due to delays on the A30. Cornwall Council is working in partnership with Highways England and the Local Enterprise Partnership to bring A30 up to Expressway standard to support Cornwall’s economic growth.

Specific projects include : A30 Temple to Higher Carblake scheme - the 2.8 mile single carriage section between Temple and Higher Carblake forms a constraint to the capacity of the A30 route, often causing severe congestion and delays. Cornwall Council’s innovative approach to this scheme was supported by the Government to allow this scheme to be delivered earlier and benefit the Cornish economy. The scheme is due to be completed by Spring 2017.

The scheme will  Have two lanes open in each direction by the busy Summer period 2016  Provide transport benefits in excess of £235m due to reduction in congestion and delays  Enhance economic growth and wider benefits in excess of £134m to the Cornish economy by generating more employment, reducing business costs and improving productivity  Saving an anticipated 4 fatal and 23 serious casualties over the design life of the scheme

A30 Carland Cross to Chiverton Cross scheme - work is currently taking place to develop options to improve this 14km (8.7) m section.

The proposed scheme to dual this section will :  Provide 14km of dual carriageway  Bring economic benefits by reducing congestion and delays and improving journey time reliability  Improve resilience and safety  Provide the opportunity for improvements on local connecting roads and junctions More than 1,300 people gave their comments during the public engagement exhibitions held earlier this year, of which 94% supported the dualling, 59% wanted cycling improvements and 25% wanted improved junctions.

Public consultation will take place on proposed route options in Summer 2016, with works taking place between 2016/2017 on the preferred options. Further public consultation will take place on the preferred route in 2017, with a decision from the Secretary of State expected in the Summer of 2019, and construction completed by 2022.

A30 Plusha - this scheme includes the provision of a grade separated junction. Discussions are currently taking place with stakeholders, together with work on developing an Options study. The funding for the scheme and the programme for delivery have still to be confirmed .

A38 improvements Research shows there are 263,000 hours per year due to delays on the A38.

The Council is also working in partnership with Highways England, the Department for Transport and the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP to develop a number of schemes to help improve this strategic road.

These include :

A38 Cornwall Gateway - the aim of the two phase scheme is to improve the stretch of the road at Carkeel, increase the benefits of improvements along the A38 corridor. This will support the delivery of 1,000 new houses and the delivery of over 1,200 jobs. A38 Carkeel Phase 1 – this £3.3m project, which was delivered by Highways England and funded through the Pinch Point scheme, included the installation of a footbridge and improvements to the capacity of the A38 . It was completed in August 2015 A38 Carkeel Phase 2 – this £3.85m project is being delivered by Cornwall Council and funded by the Local growth deal and Local Transport Plan. The scheme, which is currently being designed, will provide a larger signalised junction, with work set to begin in Winter 2015

A38 Lean Quarry /Menheniot - this scheme includes the provision of a new grade separated junction. Discussions are currently taking place with stakeholders, together with works on developing an Options study. The funding and the programme for delivery have still to be confirmed. Isles of Scilly Transport Zone

Isles of Scilly Steam Ship Company: over the past five years more than £10m has been invested by the Company to improve and build resilience in the transport links between the mainland and the Isles of Scilly.

Services delivered by the company include:  Land’s End Airport is the main air gateway to and from the Isles of Scilly. The Isles of Scilly Steamship company has spent nearly £5m on improving the quality of the facilities and reliability of flights. Recent investments include a new terminal and new air traffic control centre; two new all weather tarmac runways; improved drainage to prevent waterlogging; new runway lighting; enhanced apron and taxi way; more customer parking.  Scillionian 111 – the Company has also carried out improvements to the passenger ferry, including new bathrooms, comfortable seating, improved refreshments and better facilities for disabled passengers.  Gry Maritha – the ship provides an all year round freight service which carries essential cargo to sustain the needs of the community and businesses. Marine Renewables Zone Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have a wide breadth of natural resources key to the development of wave energy, with some of the best wave and offshore wind resources in the UK. With facilities like FaBTest and WaveHub we can offer technology developers the infrastructure and critical support through Higher Education partners and mature supply chain, to enable technology developers to reach their goal of producing a commercial technology.

Marine Renewable Energy development is a long term investment. In May 2015, the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Marine Renewables Roadmap was launched. Building on the existing £100 million invested, the Road Map sets out how the public and private sector can work together to deliver the next steps towards the commercialisation of offshore and marine energy generation solutions and supporting technologies over the next 10 years.

The Roadmap outlines Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly’s ambitions to achieve commercialisation by 2025, through investing in three key development themes: 1) Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) - supporting industry led R&D with local Universities and HE Colleges 2) Demonstration and pre-commercialisation – encourage pre commercial array scale and ‘seed’ the development of ‘commercial scale’ projects (including investment in enabling infrastructure) 3) Commercialisation and market development – identifying suitable funding mechanisms to de-risk private sector investment. Cornwall and Isles of Scilly is already home to many MRE businesses possessing industry specific skills in the key stages of the industry lifecycle including planning and project management, R&D, design and manufacture. Building on these foundations Cornwall and Isles of Scilly MRE sector is expanding. Polygen have recently deployed their ‘Volta’ their prototype wave energy convertor at the FaBTest test site in Falmouth Bay. Whilst all four of the available WaveHub Berths are now committed. Seatricity deployed their Oceanus 2 device in August last year and with recent announcements of a Horizon 2020 grant of €17m earlier this year that there will be further deployments in 2016. Specific projects include:  Plymouth University COAST Lab – the Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport (COAST) laboratory provides physical model testing with combined waves, currents and wind, offered at scales appropriate for device testing, array testing, environmental modelling and coastal engineering.  Fabtest –this award winning test site located between three and five kilometres offshore in Falmouth Bay, enables up to three devices to be deployed and tested concurrently. Wave energy device developers can test components, concepts or fullscale devices in a moderate wave climate on the Falmouth site.  Wave Hub – based off the coast of Hayle, provides the only multi-berth grid connected deployment site in the and is targeted at supporting third stage demonstration level technologies  Hayle Marine Business Park – A £24m business park, which features 900 m2 of modern office accommodation over two floors with Superfast fibre broadband and seven light industrial units varying in size from 200 to 250 m2 entered construction last November, the business park is intended to accommodate companies in the growing marine energy sector. Cornwall Airport Newquay Zone

Cornwall Airport Newquay provides connectivity for Cornwall’s businesses with the capital, as well as other destinations around the UK, Europe and worldwide.

The Airport is run by Cornwall Airport Limited (CAL), a wholly owned company of Cornwall Council. Passenger numbers at the airport continue to grow and the total in 2014 was over 220,000 - an increase of 20%. The passenger forecast for 2015 is 250,000.

According to the latest figures, 34,000 passengers used Cornwall Airport Newquay in August 2015, the highest figure for 5 years. This continues the trend of month on month growth in passenger numbers and is attributed to an increasing number of people using services from around the UK, Ireland and Germany to visit Cornwall for their holidays. The increases in scheduled flights from destinations such as Manchester and Birmingham and new routes from London Stansted and Dublin for summer 2015 have also supported this growth.

Cornwall Airport Newquay offers year round flights to Manchester and London Gatwick with Flybe - with the vital service from Cornwall Airport Newquay to London Gatwick protected by a Public Service Obligation. As well as offering direct connectivity to the cities, the routes offer passengers the opportunity to make onward connections to destinations across the UK, Europe and worldwide. Daily direct flights also operate between Newquay and the Isles of Scilly with Skybus.

For the 2015 summer season additional regional and international routes operated from Cornwall Airport Newquay to and from Dublin (Aer Lingus Regional) Belfast City, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Birmingham, London Stansted (Flybe), Liverpool (EasyJet) and Dusseldorf (Germanwings).

The overall economic benefit of the Airport to the Cornish economy is around £48m GVA per year and the Airport provides vital support to the inbound tourism market, with 83,500 trips, supporting 1,160 jobs.

Cornwall Airport Newquay is also home to the Aerohub Business Park, which was awarded Enterprise Zone status in 2011 and is now the largest planning free zone in the UK covering 650 acres. 16 companies are now located at the Airport, including Bristow Helicopters, Apple Aviation, British International Helicopters and AgustaWestland, employing over 450 people at an average annual wage of £33,400. Rail Zone The railway in Cornwall is crucial to our economic growth and providing access to employment and education opportunities and connecting businesses to economic markets in Plymouth, Exeter, Bristol and London. A £36m investment in rail since 2000 has seen rail use in Cornwall grow by 8% per year to 6.5m journeys.

Over the past 12 months funding has been approved for a system of improvements that will link with buses at key interchanges to improve the capacity of Cornwall’s public transport system.

The total funding amounts to £146m, including £9m of funding from the Department of Transport, £29.6m secured through Cornwall Council and the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership; £103.5m from Network rail and £4.5m from train operator Great Western Railway.

The key improvements include: Upgraded Sleeper service – Great Western Railway is carrying out a complete overhaul of all the Night Riviera Sleeper trains which will increase the capacity, upgrade the quality and continue to drive growth in the service. The upgrade will include completely redesigned and refreshed cabins with power points; enhanced buffet and bar area, increased capacity in the seated day coaches and improved facility for persons with reduced mobility. Three new sleeper lounges will also be built at Penzance, Truro and Paddington stations. The first refurbished coach will enter passenger service in December 2015, with all the coaches upgraded by the end of September 2016 New trains for travel to South West – Great Western Railway will take delivery of 29 new long distance trains to service the south west by 2018 The new state of the art trains will provide improved passenger comfort, with up to 20% more seats compared with the majority of the High Speed trains serving the network today. This will mean more than 1,000 additional seats will be provided at peak times. The new trains will also offer improved reliability and cut journey times from London to Exeter by up to five minutes, to Plymouth by up to six minutes and to Penzance by up to 14 minutes. Enhanced maintenance facility – Great Western Railway are expanding the existing depot in Penzance to create a Traincare Centre. This will allow for the maintenance of the Night Riviera service; support the planned introduction of a twice hourly service on the Cornish mainline and provide better facilities for staff working at the centre This is due to be completed by December 2016 Mainline service improvements –the programme to bring forward the delivery of the planned signalling upgrade and the provision of additional signalled sections by five years will provide faster journeys between Penzance and Totnes and pave the way for the potential introduction of two trains per hour in both directions on the Cornish mainline. This will increase capacity, improve journey times and passenger comfort and play a key role in integrating Cornwall’s rail and bus networks. This is due to be in service by December 2018 when additional rolling stock is available. Great Western Railway information

The 2015 Cornwall Expo marks the launch of the Great Western Railway in the South West of England– a truly momentous occasion.

We are embarked on the largest fleet upgrade in our history, with new or updated trains on every part of our network.

There will be 7,900 more peak time seats in and out of London, with 9,600 more seats available across the fleet every day by 2019. That’s three million additional seats per year across the network.

We are increasing the number of direct trains for Devon and Cornwall, doubling the number of trains into and out of Cornwall and introducing faster services between London and Oxford, South Wales, Bristol and the South West.

We are investing more than £50 million in station upgrades across the network, with better customer information, CCTV, new gatelines, improved retail systems and extra car parking. Free WiFi will be available on trains and in stations.

We are introducing a£2.2 million fund to support service and station development in areas of social need, as well as a range of activities to help the long-term unemployed back into work.

Please join us at the GWR stand for a tea, a chat about our plans for the region’s railway and some truly impressive exhibits, which will bring our plans to life.

You can also visit our website GWR.com to learn more about our plans. Space Growth in Cornwall Zone

The UK Space Agency recognises that Cornwall has assets of national significance.

The key assets that could provide Cornwall with a competitive advantage are:  Goonhilly Earth Station – located on the Lizard Peninsula, Goonhilly is a fully operational satellite communications teleport which carries business internet data and is also used as a command and control centre gateway for controlling various satellites.  Aerohub at Newquay Cornwall Airport –a UK Enterprise Zone and an exceptional aviation and aerospace environment .  Bloodhound SSC – a unique Space/Aerospace project with a rocket and jet powered vehicle capable of achieving 1,000mph.

The Airport has also been shortlisted as a possible location for a UK Spaceport, which could be a catalyst for the further development of the space sector and related activity in the region.

Other opportunities include the development of Superfast Cornwall – providing the most comprehensive rural fibre broadband network in the UK and te Growth programme – with Space identified as one of the focus sectors for the £530m EU programme.

By 2020 Cornwall could have a privately funded Space/Aerospace industry through the development of:  a satellite applications regional centre of excellence  Business /research hubs  Spaceport UK Technology Zone

Cornwall Council uses technology to improve service delivery

In recent years the development in technology and the appetite for information has affected and influenced the way people live their lives every day, this can also be said for the way some Cornwall Council services are now delivered.

The Technology Zone at the Cornwall Expo showcases sees a “Focus on Technology in Transport” and its use across the service to deliver improvements, consistency and efficiencies.

There are also a number of integration projects which illustrate how systems can be joined up or aligned to improve transport services, whether that is making a journey in a car or riding on one of the county’s buses.

There is also a focus on safety and the importance of how real time data can be used to shape and inform the transport network user.

Some of the technology on display include:  Cornwall’s world leading lighting infrastructure  Real time ANPR information  Traffic Control systems  SMART ticketing  Variable Message Information Signs  CCTV  Asset Management Data systems

There will also be an opportunity for to discuss with the team what the future holds in this area and discuss where changes or improvements should be focused for the users. Tourism Zone

Cornwall has been named the favourite UK holiday destination for the last six consecutive years and attracts 4.4 million staying visitors a year, spending £1.794 billion in the local economy and supporting around 58,000 tourism related jobs.

Tourism headline statistics  Average 4.5 million overnight visitors each year  Accounts for 20% of all employment in Cornwall  Value of tourism exceeds £1.75 billion  85% of visitors are repeat visitors  8% of visitors are from overseas  Over 250 hotels  Almost 4,000 self-catering units; 900 plus guest-houses and B+Bs, 300 campsites and holiday parks  Cornwall is top national brand in Visit England Brand and Satisfaction Tracker (2012)

Visit Cornwall Visit Cornwall is the Cornwall Tourist Board, the lead body for destination marketing and champion of the tourism industry. Visit Cornwall was created in 1975 and in April 2015 became a Community Interest Company, a private sector trade organisation, run by the industry, for the industry.

Visit Cornwall is responsible for growing Cornwall’s visitor economy through destination marketing. It aims to ensure Cornwall remains Britain’s number one holiday destination and to increase the volume and value of visitors from overseas.

Main areas of activity are:  Destination Marketing  Destination PR  Tourism representation / lobbying  Membership programme (including routes to market, training + business development)  Market research