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New sponsor for popular family cycling trail

New sponsor for popular family cycling trail

Callestick Farm Ice Cream has joined forces with the National Trust at Lanhydrock to sponsor one of its family cycle trails. The sponsorship has helped to fund resurfacing work on the Lodge cycle trail, to make it easier for children on small wheeled bikes to use. The...

Taking the plunge for Swimathon

Taking the plunge for Swimathon

Swimmers of all abilities across Cornwall are signing up to take part in Swimathon 2020. The events will be taking place from 27 to 29 March at Bodmin, Launceston, Helston, Liskeard and Truro leisure centres to raise money for Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie. For...

Official opening of Harmony Lane

Official opening of Harmony Lane

Colonel Bolitho, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, has officially opened a new 15-bed household called Harmony Lane at Cornwall Care’s Cedar Grange home in Launceston. The new facility specialises in looking after people with advanced, often complex dementia and represents...

Camborne businesses celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight

Camborne businesses celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight

Camborne has had its status as a Fairtrade town officially renewed for a further two years and, to celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight, has its very own Fairtrade flag flying from the council offices.  Fairtrade Fortnight runs from 24 February to 8 March and is an...

New CEO for Royal Cornwall Museum

New CEO for Royal Cornwall Museum

Jonathan Morton has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro. Currently Head of Business and Operations at Tate St Ives, Jonathan has an impressive track record of significantly increasing visitor numbers and revenue for a variety...

Open Day at St Austell Leisure Centre

Open Day at St Austell Leisure Centre

On Saturday 7th March, St Austell Leisure Centre will be holding an Open Day with a range of activities available for the whole family to try. Running between 7.30am and 5pm, visitors will be able to take part in activities that include soft play, short tennis, lane...

Brewin Dolphin South West promotes two regional team members

Brewin Dolphin South West promotes two regional team members

Two members of Brewin Dolphin’s South West regional team have been promoted. Vicky Eastwood is now a divisional director based at the wealth management company’s Exeter office and James Holt has been appointed assistant director in Plymouth. Vicky began her wealth...

Ice-cream opportunity for budding photographers

Ice-cream opportunity for budding photographers

Thanks to Callestick Farm, photography students at Truro & Penwith College are being given a taste of what it’s like to work professionally. As an award-winning ice-cream manufacturer, creative photography is seen as an essential part of the company’s promotional...

Tea room opens on Valentine’s Day

Tea room opens on Valentine’s Day

Say it with a delicious shared dessert or a heart-shaped scone – that’s the message behind Callestick Farm’s decision to open their tea room on Valentine’s Day for the first time in the company’s thirty year history. With heart-warming waffle cones, freshly baked...

Branding and packaging designed to catch the eye

Branding and packaging designed to catch the eye

Truro-based Wolf Rock creative agency has just completed two eye-catching food and drink branding campaigns. The first was for Saltash-based Jolly’s Drinks – Cornwall’s oldest soft drink manufacturer. The company is launching a range of new canned soft drinks,...

PR agency celebrates 20 years in business

PR agency celebrates 20 years in business

January 2020 marks the twentieth anniversary of SBPR Ltd, a Truro-based public relations agency that was first set up in 2000 by managing director Sue Bradbury. Over the last two decades, SBPR has worked with a range of organisations and brands including universities,...

‘Fabulicious’ Levi Roots ice-cream

‘Fabulicious’ Levi Roots ice-cream

Orders are now being taken for a range of ‘fabulicious’ Caribbean-inspired ice-cream and sorbet being launched by Levi Roots, in collaboration with Cornwall-based Callestick Farm. Famous for introducing Reggae Reggae Sauce to the market via the notoriously challenging...

Protecting the royals – from the man who knows

Protecting the royals – from the man who knows

As a former Head of Royal Protection, Dai Davies has a unique and fascinating insight into security at the very highest levels. His views have been sought by countless print and broadcast outlets over the last few years and, with the Royal Family again hitting the...

Family tennis sessions launched at St Austell Leisure Centre

With the first of this year’s open tennis championships about to take place, St Austell Leisure Centre is offering families the chance to have a go at the sport themselves.  The sessions are aimed at children aged between six and ten years, along with their...

Jump into 2020 with a new swimming goal

A dedicated Swim School Open Day will be taking place at St Austell Leisure Centre on Saturday 25th January from 1230 to 1530, offering a range of free taster sessions to try. The sessions include adult lessons, synchronised swimming for beginners, a pre-school...

All-round success in Callestick’s anniversary year

All-round success in Callestick’s anniversary year

Callestick Farm’s thirtieth anniversary in 2019 was the company’s most successful business year to date. Not only did the ice-cream manufacturer achieve a 24.8% increase in turnover, it also secured a major 5-year export contract to China, agreed a collaboration with...