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Pioneering Workshops Take Cornwall to the World
01.12.09
The £2 million pound UKTI Globalisation Project, which has received ERDF Convergence investment and is designed to help businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly trade internationally, is launching a series of innovative free workshops targeted at high growth businesses.
Carleen Kelemen, Director of the Convergence Partnership Office for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, says: “These workshops are breaking new ground in Cornwall. This is the first time there has been such intensive investment focussed on helping businesses trade overseas. The ERDF Convergence investment will help businesses discover how to enter world markets and build profitable international business. These workshops will help businesses that have the appetite and the capability for growth to really maximise their potential.”
The first workshop will take place over two days on 18th/19th January at the Fowey Hall Hotel and will be free of charge to eligible businesses. Dinner and overnight accommodation will also be provided free of charge, providing a valuable opportunity for high growth businesses to network.
Called ‘Marketing for International Growth’, the workshop will be run by renowned expert on building overseas business, Gary Jennings from GJ International.
Ray Gore, Services Development Manager at UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), says: “These inspiring workshops are a first for Cornwall. These will provide valuable insight and information that will help set Cornish businesses firmly on the path to profitable overseas trade. In turn, this will lead to higher quality jobs and help boost prosperity in the county.”
On 9th and 23rd February, there will be a workshop on ‘Supercharging Agents and Distributors’ taking place over the two days at Woodland Valley Farm near Truro.
On 24th and 25th March, a workshop on ‘Entrepreneurship in Export’ will take place at The Bay Hotel in Newquay.
Adam Chambers, Chief Executive of Peninsula Enterprise, says: “With new technological advances, the barriers that used to prevent businesses from trading internationally are being removed. We are seeing increasing numbers of businesses in Cornwall trade profitably overseas and this is an extremely exciting and important trend that we want to help accelerate.”
Businesses that are interested should email lynn@brandinnovation.co.uk or call Lynn File on 07968 015731 as soon as possible as places are strictly limited.
For further information:
Lynn File
Brand Innovation Ltd
07968 015731
Editor's notes:
The UKTI Globalisation Project aims to support a step change in the international performance of companies in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, as well as attract international investment to support economic development in the county.
The target of the three year project, which is run by Peninsula Enterprise, is to support 193 businesses with high growth potential in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to trade internationally.
The project is receiving £1,545,652 from the ERDF Convergence Programme with match funding of £515,218 coming from UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) which works with UK based businesses to ensure their success in international markets.
Convergence
Convergence helpline telephone: 0800 0280120.
In Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly the Convergence programmes are made up of European Regional Development Fund (£347 million) and European Social Fund (£153 million) Convergence Programmes will run until 2013 and follow the successful Objective One Programme and prior to that Objective 5b.
