Rising in the west
13 September 2012
Geographic isolation and economic decline pose particular problems for Cornwall, says Peter Varley. But, having generated £2 million of contracts in two years, the Regional Supply Office is making headway
To many people, the west country, and Cornwall in particular, is just a holiday haven of coves, clotted cream and pasties. To others, it’s an area that has lost its fishing, its manufacturing and its mines, and - industrially at least - has all but closed for business. The reality is neither and both of these. In statistical terms, Cornwall is among Europe’s...