More than 50,000 food lovers and Christmas revellers from across the country braved wintery weather at the weekend to visit the annual Padstow Christmas Festival. The popular four-day event, which ran from 6 to 9 December, has become one of the largest of its kind in the country. Padstow bustled with celebrity chefs and showcased… Read more

An awards scheme celebrating smart thinking and innovative ideas in Cornish hospitality businesses has launched this week. Hospitality Hacks is a new initiative from Be the Business, a charity supporting businesses by helping them share knowledge and skills. Set up to improve performance throughout the sector, the awards are based around an innovative new format… Read more

A Cornish PR and marketing agency has been crowned the region’s Outstanding Small Public Relations Consultancy by the industry’s governing body. Open to agencies with an annual turnover of £1 million or under, the CIPR’s small consultancy award recognises strategy, professionalism and outstanding achievements in public relations. St Wenn-based Barefoot Media won four awards in… Read more

A leading Cornish construction company recently joined forces with Bodmin College as part of an initiative to encourage young people into the building industry. St Austell-based Gilbert & Goode welcomed a group of college students to its site in St Tudy, where it’s building 21 new homes on behalf of Coastline Housing. The students, aged… Read more

A lobster and wine pairing masterclass and a Cornish long table feast are just two of the events being held in a brand new wine theatre at this year’s Padstow Christmas Festival. Event organisers have joined forces with Tavistock-based Steevenson Wines to launch the new marquee. Experts from Trevibban Mill Vineyard, Camel Valley, Tarquin’s Gin,… Read more

Cornish events company Amélies Events has unveiled a new creative partnership with the historic Port Eliot Estate in St Germans. The programme comprises an eclectic celebration of food, opera, immersive theatre and the best Cornish produce. The estate and the Port Eliot Festival are both highly esteemed in the arts world for bringing cutting edge… Read more

Five of the country’s top chefs are teaming up at this year’s Padstow Christmas festival to host the event’s first ever Big Cornish Breakfast. Culinary A listers Rick Stein, Paul Ainsworth, Mitch Tonks, Brian Turner, and Angela Hartnett will cook and serve breakfast to 50 people on the final day of the festival, which runs… Read more

Work is underway on a collection of 59 new homes in the historic coastal village of Crantock in north Cornwall. The two, three, four, and five-bedroomed architect-designed houses at Halwyn Meadows are being built by Cornish housebuilder, Legacy Homes, a subsidiary of the multi award-winning prestige developer, Legacy Properties. Built using locally-sourced materials, they’ve been… Read more

A planning-led architectural practice in Cornwall has just recruited a new planning manager to its award-winning team. Laurence Associates, which celebrates its 25th birthday this year, offers town planning, architecture, interior architecture and landscape architecture expertise. It attracts commissions from across the country on a range of projects, from high end residential developments and commercial… Read more

A leading social housing provider in Cornwall has welcomed a Government pledge to pump an extra £1-billion into the welfare system to help ease the transition to universal credit. The cash was one of the  measures unveiled by Chancellor Philip Hammond in his Budget statement last Tuesday. Mr Hammond will also increase universal credit work… Read more