Editing South West England (section)

===Cornwall===
{{Main|Economy of Cornwall|Cornish cuisine}}
[[File:Davidstow Creamery - geograph.org.uk - 730296.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dairy Crest]] have their main cheese creamery in [[Davidstow]] making [[Cathedral City Cheddar]] and [[Davidstow Cheddar]] on the former [[RAF Davidstow Moor]], and important wartime [[RAF Coastal Command]] airfield bought by [[Cow & Gate]] in the 1950s]]
Major companies in Cornwall include [[Imerys]] who are major producers of kaolin. [[Rodda's]] make [[clotted cream]] near [[Scorrier]], off the A30 east of Redruth. [[Fugro Seacore]] in [[Mongleath]] near Falmouth are leading offshore drilling contractors; [[Pendennis (company)|Pendennis]] makes [[luxury yacht]]s at [[Falmouth Docks]]. [[Kensa Heat Pumps]] are west of Truro. Cornish Country Larder, owned by Arla, make cheese ([[Cornish Brie]]) at [[Trevarrian]] on the B3276 in [[Mawgan-in-Pydar]], north of [[Newquay Airport]] (former [[RAF St Mawgan]]).

[[Allen & Heath]] make [[mixing console]]s in [[Penryn, Cornwall|Penryn]]. [[Fourth Element]] (wet suits) are on the A3083 at [[Cury]], south of [[RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk)|RNAS Culdrose]] and Helston. [[A.P. Valves]] make diving equipment in Helston off the B3297 on Water-Ma-Trout Ind Estate, next to [[Helston Community College]]; [[Spiral Construction]] is the UK's leading manufacturer of [[Spiral stairs|spiral staircase]]s.

[[Gul (clothing)]] (watersports clothing) are on Callywith Gate Ind Est in [[Cooksland, Cornwall|Cooksland]] Bodmin at the 
western end of the A38, on the north end of the Bodmin bypass; [[C-Skins]] ([[wetsuit]]s) are on the Walker Lines Ind Est, south of Bodmin on the B3268; [[Fitzgerald Lighting]] are west of the [[Carminow Cross]] junction. [[GCHQ Bude]] is an important radar station in [[Morwenstow]]. On the other side of the river from Devonport is [[HMS Raleigh (shore establishment)|HMS Raleigh]], off the [[A374 road|A374]] at [[Torpoint]], home of the [[Royal Navy Submarine School]] (moved from [[HMS Dolphin (shore establishment)|HMS Dolphin]] in [[Gosport]] in 1999) and its [[Submarine Command Course]]; it provides all the training for the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] (RNR).

[[File:Ginsters Bakery - geograph.org.uk - 292348.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ginsters]] have a food production plant in [[Callington, Cornwall|Callington]], off the [[A390 road|A390]] between Liskeard and Tavistock]]
Cornwall has become reliant on tourism, more so than the other counties of the South West. In 2010 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly had the lowest GVA per head of any county or unitary authority in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-accounts/regional-gross-value-added--income-approach-/december-2011/sbd-regional-gva-dec-2011.pdf|title=Regional, sub-regional and local Gross Value Added 2010|date=14 December 2011|work=Statistical Bulletin|publisher=Office for national Statistics|page=10|access-date=9 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504184949/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-accounts/regional-gross-value-added--income-approach-/december-2011/sbd-regional-gva-dec-2011.pdf|archive-date=4 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> It contributes only 7.4% of the region's economy<ref>{{cite web|title=The changing state of the south west 2012|url=http://www.swo.org.uk/sotsw2012/economy/|publisher=South West Observatory|access-date=17 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428203909/http://www.swo.org.uk/sotsw2012/economy/|archive-date=28 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>  and has received [[Regional policy of the European Union|EU Convergence funding]] (formerly Objective One funding) since 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.objectiveone.com/|title=Objective One in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly|publisher=The Partnership Office for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly|access-date=9 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701160443/http://www.objectiveone.com/|archive-date=1 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>  Over four million people visit the county each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitengland.org/Images/GBTS%20England%20LA%20%26%20County%20%26%20Towns%202006-2010_Published%20September%202011_tcm30-26860.xls|title=Local Authority & County Analysis 2006–2010|date=September 2011|work=GBTS England LA & County & Towns 2006–2010|publisher=VisitEngland|page=5|access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref>  The reasons for Cornwall's poor economic performance are complex and apparently persistent, but causes include its remoteness and poor transport links,<ref name=eu_portrait/> the decline of its traditional industries, such as [[Mining in Cornwall|mining]], agriculture and fishing, the low-wealth generating capacity of tourism, relocation of higher skilled jobs to other parts of the South West, and lack of a concerted economic strategy (although use of European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund monies have been deployed in an attempt at restructuring).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.objectiveone.com/|title=Objective One in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly|website=www.objectiveone.com|access-date=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701160443/http://www.objectiveone.com/|archive-date=1 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>