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WESTERN MORNING NEWS Thursday, October 22, 2020 ANNUAL BUsiness GUIDE 2020 3 Welcome from Bill Martin, Marketplace Publisher, Reach PLC Region’s unique opportunity £1 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020 TRUSTED NEWS SINCE 1860 DEVON £1 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 TRUSTED NEWS SINCE 1860 CORNWALL £1 MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2020 TRUSTED NEWS SINCE 1860 CORNWALL £1 MONDAY, JULY 13, 2020 TRUSTED NEWS SINCE 1860 DEVON > The Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall will get > A pledge by Prime Minister funding for a space institute Boris Johnson to invest in and manufacturing facility offshore wind farms has been BID TO PULL UP A CHAIR FOR welcomed by those behind ambitious plans for a floating turbine array in the Celtic Sea HELP FLYBE A £500 CURRYS THE PERFECT VIEW As tens of millions WORKERS of pounds are pumped WINPC WORLD VOUCHER PAGE 15 into West building projects DETAILS & TOKEn – pAGE 7 – from space engineering and mining to leisure centres and Bids in for cultural venues – it seems that finally... new school Time to deliver for in Cornwall WO separate bids have been submitted to the Gov- Ternment to open a new secondary school in Cornwall. Things are Cornwall Council revealed last year that it was looking for a site for a new secondary school which See Pages 6-7 Great South West would be in the Perranporth area to ease pressure on places in Newquay and Truro. Now it has been revealed that Greg Martin two bids have been lodged with the Government to open a free looking up school. One is for Perranzabuloe Academy and the other is for Per- ranporth Secondary School. MARTIN FREEMAN Hall for Cornwall, Exeter Science » Full report: Page 3 [email protected] Park, skill centres and schemes to make social housing “greener”. INETEEN “shovel ready” pro- Karl Tucker, of the Heart of the jects in the South West are South West Local Enterprise Partner- Farmers in It’s time for the Ngetting almost £50 million ship, said: “This economic stimulus Turbo boost for Region calls for PM’s backing from the Government to get started will help our plans to restart, revital- and help the region’s economy re- ise and grow our economy.” plea on red cover from the pandemic shock. The cash injection earned cross- HE Great South West today is- CHARLOTTE TURNER A space institute and factory at party support, although Plymouth sued a united call for Prime [email protected] diesel duty Goonhilly Earth Station on the Liz- MP Luke Pollard said the South West TMinister Boris Johnson to back ard in Cornwall is among the needed more for a “fair share”. the region and help deliver unprece- and we urge the Government to take schemes supported by the Getting dented economic growth. up our challenge as part of its Level- ARMERS have urged the DAWN PRAISES Building Fund. Others include the » Full report: Pages 4-5 SW wind energy Leaders of the Great South West ling-Up agenda and invest in our Treasury not to cut the low- Government to partnership – which unifies the region. Fer rate of fuel duty for red counties of Cornwall, Devon, Somer- “We’ve got a very strong partner- diesel in this week’s Budget. ’MIRACULOUS’ PLEDGE by the Prime Minis- WILLIAM TELFORD in the sea, we will build windmills deployed at scale. This November set and Dorset – urged the Govern- ship of LEPs, local authorities, uni- Chancellor Rishi Sunak is ter to build more wind farms [email protected] that float on the sea – enough to will see the formal submission of a WESTCOUNTRY ment to make up for years of under versities, colleges and business. reported to be considering the WEST HOSPITAL A could provide a huge eco- deliver 1GW of energy by 2030, 15 Cornwall-led £30 million-plus fund- investment in the region in this We’ve been asked by Government to move, which would raise £2.4 bil- nomic and environmental boost to farms in the Celtic Sea could support times as much as the rest of the ing bid for Government investment week’s Budget. Mr Johnson pledged be ambitious, and we are. Our aim is lion for the Government, as well PAGE 8 the South West, business leaders say. 3,200 jobs in the South West and world put together.” to accelerate the creation of a float- FARMING NEWS, to back the region in a meeting with to be the first carbon-zero region in as help to achieve Britain’s goal of Boris Johnson wants the UK to Wales and £682 million of spend in The energy pledge is being seen as ing offshore wind industry in the a Great South West delegation before the country, and be a net exporter of net-zero carbon emissions by generate enough electricity from off- the local supply chain by 2030, pow- a huge boost to floating offshore region as part of a £64 million pro- VIEWS AND Christmas. energy, whilst building on our other 2050. Currently, an 11p per litre recognise region shore wind farms to power every ering hundreds of thousands of wind ambitions in Cornwall and the ject. And today Steve Hindley, Chair of key sector strengths in the blue and duty is levied on red diesel, a low- home in the UK within a decade. homes. South West, which have been led by The South West Floating Offshore PICTURES the Great South West said: “Our green economy.” tax fuel widely used to operate According to a report commis- In his speech to the Conservative the LEP for the past two years. Wind Accelerator project is being led common voice is increasingly being registered off-road vehicles and sioned by the Cornwall and Isles of Party annual conference, which was Apart from Scotland, the Celtic by Wave Hub, the Cornwall Council- STARTS ON heard in the halls of Westminster; » Full report: Pages 4-5 agricultural machinery. KEITH ROSSITER Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership held online, Mr Johnson pledged: Sea is the only other part of the UK PAGE 19 [email protected] MPs call on PM to grant recognition to the Great South West (LEP), 1GW of floating offshore wind “We will not only build fixed arrays where floating wind turbines can be » Turn to Page 5 » Full report: Page 7 HE government is being urged supported by the three local enter- and that once again, the South West to move swiftly to recognise prise partnerships, all local authori- is being short-changed,” he said. Tthe four counties of the far ties and all MPs in the region. “We are writing to draw to your South West as a region in their own His letter to the Prime Minister, personal attention to the strength of Red Ruby Devon - The Supreme Native Breed Beef - REAL Red Ruby right. copied to the Chancellor, the Com- feeling across the region about this GET THE BEST OF THE WESTERN MORNING Veteran Devon MP Sir Gary Street- munities Secretary and the Chief matter, and to urge government to er has written to the Prime Minister, Leaders of the Back the Great Whip, asks for recognition of the release the full potential of the Great Sedgemoor Auction Centre, J24 M5, Show 10:30, Sale 12:00 with the backing of MPs from across South West campaign, which has Great South West region now and South West and the many benefits to LATEST TWISTS NEWS delivered straight to your inbox every day. Catalogue: Auctioneers 01278 410250 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, been spearheaded by the Western not after the White Paper on devolu- our constituents by granting recog- DCBS 01404 47863 www.redrubydevon.co.uk Devon, Somerset and Dorset. Morning News, met the Prime Min- tion has run its course. Sir Gary said nition immediately – even if this has WHEN TYING Society Autumn Show & Sale His letter is prompted by the news ister in Downing Street in November that could result in a delay of up to to be fine-tuned once the White that the Government intends to last year and made the case for 18 months. Paper and subsequent legislation THE KNOT Sign up to receive our exclusive newsletter www.devonlive.com/western-morning-news Thursday 15th October, Registered Bulls, females and steers delay any decision until after the regional recognition for the four “There is a strong feeling in our has taken place.” The Red Ruby Devon - part of farming’s future forthcoming White Paper on counties. region that other regional groupings PAGE 18 Devolution. Sir Gary said the campaign was have been recognised and supported » Full report: Page 5 £1 FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2020 TRUSTED NEWS SINCE 1860 DEVON £1 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 TRUSTED NEWS SINCE 1860 CORNWALL £1 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020 TRUSTED NEWS SINCE 1860 CORNWALL £1 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2020 TRUSTED NEWS SINCE 1860 DEVON FISHERMEN SING WITH THE WARNING HELP NATURE FIND COVID FISHERMAN’S OVER FARM – CHOOSE Boris backs SILVER LINING FRIENDS TRADE DEALS LOCAL FOOD FULL REPORT: PAGES 16-17 PAGE 7 FARMING STARTS ON PAGE 21 MARIO DU PREEZ: PAGE 16 the West in Julie Taylor Farming fights back ‘Train for a yard deal JOEL COOPER [email protected] ARMERS, food producers, land- ATHWENNA IRONS focus on, and give people the confidence owners and communities are be- [email protected] that positive change can happen.” RIME Minister Boris Johnson gave a Fing called upon to help shape a Sue Pritchard, chief executive of the trade in the shot in the arm to Westcountry ship comprehensive rural action plan for the project, the events will explore topics Food, Farming and Countryside Com- Pbuilding yesterday on a visit to North South West.