19 July 2010
NVQ Sucesses for Local People and Businesses
Celebrating their success in achieving NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications) at either Level 2 or Level 3 are (from left) Sandie Powell, Jane Simpson, and Janice Maddock from Coastline Care, Alison Pye from Trelawney Domiciliary Care, Jo Abram attending to represent CPR Regeneration, Jane Hooper of Hooper Graphics, David Duckworth and Natalie Reed from Corcoran Lettings, and Stacey Rowe from Williams Travel.
8 July 2010
Finance Course Proves Popular in Pool
Fourteen people from a range of local businesses including hairdressers, care home workers and nurseries are getting together to sort out their finances and gain a national qualification in literacy at the same time.
29 June 2010
St John's RC Primary Looks to Future at Pool Innovation Centre
Nearly 30 children from St John's RC Primary in Camborne visited the Pool Innovation Centre to complete a project looking at the past, present and future of the area.
4 June 2010
School's Back for Summer
Over 25 ex-staff members from Camborne School of Mines (CSM) took a trip down memory lane as they visited the Berlewen building, their former offices, on Friday 4 June.
CPR Regeneration helped to arrange a tour around the building with Cornwall Learning, JW Engineering and Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change (CN4C) all welcoming the group to their current offices in the Berlewen Building. The group then went on to visit the new Pool Innovation Centre and finished up with a tour of Heartlands Park in the afternoon.
28 May 2010
Business Workshops Great Success
Over fifty local business people attended a series of lunchtime workshops in the Pool Innovation Centre. The Centre is currently being fitted out ready to open in July 2010.
People heard talks from a variety of speakers about HR, low carbon issues, sustainable tourism and innovation and research.
100% of those attending thought that the Pool Innovation Centre was a great venue for such events.
Richard Jackson, Business Engagement Advisor for CPR Regeneration, who helped to arrange the events said, "It was really good to see businesses coming together to hear about topical issues and gain insights for their development. We hope to hold more events which will provide local companies with access to expert advice and the opportunity to network in the future."
26 May 2010
CPR Regeneration Top 20 in Fast Growth 75
CPR Regeneration is number 20 in this year's Western Morning News' Fast Growth 75 Supplement for Devon and Cornwall.
11 May 2010
Lunchtime Business Workshops
Pool Innovation Centre will host a series of daily lunchtime business workshops from Monday 24th May to Thursday 27th May.
6 April 2010
Roads Plan will Open Business Access and Boost Economy
A scheme worth more than £8 million to plan major new roads and open up access to businesses in Camborne, Pool and Redruth has been approved for almost £5,335,000 ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) Convergence investment.
6 April 2010
New Era for Economic Development in Cornwall
1 April marked the beginning of an exciting new era for economic development in Cornwall with the integration of the Camborne Pool Redruth (CPR) Urban Regeneration Company with Cornwall Development Company (CDC).
31 March 2010
Trevenson Restaurant Open for Summer at Cornwall College
The Trevenson Restaurant, part of Cornwall College is open daily Monday - Thursday at 12 noon for a la carte menu (£9.50) finishing next Thursday 1st April for Easter and resuming 19th April - 27th May.
It has evening functions (£16.50) commencing 6.30pm-7.00pm on the following dates:
29th April - Japanese themed evening
13th May - American themed evening
All bookings are subject to availability at time of enquiry.
Trevenson Restaurant telephone number 01209 616160.
31 March 2010
Carn Brea Gains National Recognition for Swim School
Staff at Carn Brea Leisure Centre are celebrating after the charity gained national recognition for the quality of its swimming programme.
23 March 2010
Market Proves Success with Local Support
The weekly market on Friday in Camborne has now been running for eight months and two recent surveys in the town have shown that more people are coming into town on Friday to visit the market and go shopping in order to show their support for local producers. The market is also in Redruth every Thursday.
10 March 2010
Pool Innovation Centre - Cornwall Council strikes deal with University of Plymouth and Tamar Science Park to run Pool Innovation Centre
Cornwall Council is pleased to announce that it has agreed the contract with the University of Plymouth and Tamar Science Park (TSP) to manage the Pool Innovation Centre (PIC) - the first of its kind in the county.
5 March 2010
Junction Improvement to Assist the Economic Regeneration of the Tolvaddon Area
Another piece of the highway improvements jigsaw for the Camborne Pool Redruth area has fallen into place with the switching on of the new traffic signals at the junction of A3047 Tolvaddon Road with the A30 eastbound slip roads.
9 February 2010
New Kind of Shop Opens in Redruth - Redruth Information Exchange
Tuesday 9 February saw the launch of the Redruth Information Exchange at 2 Fore Street Redruth (opposite the Regal cinema). Barbara Ellenbroek, Mayor of Redruth and Alan Jewell, Redruth Town Crier, cut the ribbon to open the Information exchange. The Information Exchange is open from 10.30am - 4.00pm until Saturday 13 February.
2 February 2010
Redruth Information Exchange to Open on 9 February
From Tuesday 9 to Saturday 13 February the Redruth Information Exchange will open at 2 Fore Street Redruth (opposite the Regal cinema). With town centres across the UK still struggling, this is the chance for local people to give their views on the future direction for Redruth.
1 February 2010
Planning Approval for Vital Highway Link
Planning approval has been granted by Cornwall Council for a vital new highway link in the Camborne Pool Redruth area.
13 January 2010
Statement on Proposed Integration of Camborne Pool Redruth Regeneration into Cornwall Development Company
This is a joint statement from the Cornwall Development Company and the Camborne Pool Redruth Urban Regeneration Company.
Cornwall Council is currently examining proposals to integrate the Camborne Pool Redruth (CPR) Urban Regeneration Company into the Cornwall Development Company (CDC).
15 December 2009
East Hill Juntion - New Traffic Lights Switched On
The new traffic signals at the East Hill junction in Pool were switched on at 2.30pm on Monday 14 December, relieving the congestion recently experienced during the works to build the new junction and a dual carriageway along Tolvaddon road to the A30.
8 December 2009
School Shows the Way on Redruth Action Plan Project
Over twenty pupils from Redruth School, a Technology College, today (8 December 2009) took part in the first workshop to help develop the Redruth Action Plan Project (RAPP). RAPP aims to create a community supported vision for the economic development of Redruth over the next 20 years.
27 November 2009
Redruth Action Plan Project Launched
Over 50 development site owners, Councillors and members of the Redruth business community met to officially launch the Redruth Action Plan Project.
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24 November 2009
Improvement Scheme Gets Underway at Carn Brea Leisure Centre
Staff, customers and trustees at Cornwall's only charitable run leisure facility are celebrating after work began on a £580,000 improvement scheme.
23 November 2009
Thirty Staff Benefit from Clusters ESF Convergence Investment
Thirty staff at Gwel an Mor, the five star self catering luxury resort near Portreath, have completed training supported by European Convergence.
11 November 2009
Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Hub Announced
A Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Hub for Cornwall is to be created from an out of use building using almost £950,000 of ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) Convergence investment.
26th October 2009
Outset Cornwall Unveils £2.2million Support Programme for New Entrepreneurs
A £2.2 million programme aimed at supporting hundreds of budding entrepreneurs from under-represented groups in Cornwall was unveiled today.
9 October 2009
Over 200 Local People View South Crofty and Dudnance Lane Plans
The transformation of Dudnance Lane in Pool, including the relocation of South Crofty mine and proposed commercial and residential development was be the subject of a public exhibition in Pool on Friday 23 October 2009.
21 October 2009
East Hill Information
East Hill Works - Permanent Traffic Lights Complete by Christmas
The major improvements to the East Hill junction, off the A30 dual carriageway, are crucial to a wide range of regeneration projects in the area. Only after this work is complete will the Highways Agency allow significant development work to take place in this area as the new junction and traffic lights are designed to avoid the danger of traffic queuing back onto the A30. This work has allowed the construction of the Pool Innovation Centre and the opening up of further land for employment space.
1 October 2009
Celebrating Enterprise in Primary Schools Across Camborne, Pool and Redruth
A special event was held in Camborne today to celebrate the achievements of seven primary schools in the Camborne, Pool and Redruth area that took part in a Young Enterprise project over the course of the last academic year.
28 September 2009
Mineral Tramway gets off to Olympic Start
Over Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September around 2,000 people headed for Elm Farm Cycle Centre near Portreath to celebrate the official opening of the Mineral Tramways Cycle Trails Heritage Project.
21 September 2009
Tuckingmill Framework Consultation
On Tuesday 29 September, from 11.00am to 7.30pm, the Baptist Chapel in Pendarves Street, Tuckingmill will be playing host to a public exhibition and consultation on a draft framework which looks at potential future plans for the area to the south of the Tuckingmill.
