Space cluster launches PR fund

A Cornwall business network has launched a new fund to help smaller companies raise their profile through professional public relations and media support.

Cornwall Space Cluster has unveiled a £15,000 PR & Media Support Launchpad, giving member businesses access to communications expertise until April 2027. 

Designed for firms without in-house marketing or PR teams, the initiative will support announcements ranging from contract wins and product launches to recruitment and business milestones.

International communications agency Halo has been appointed as the cluster’s communications partner and will deliver the programme, providing services including press releases, media outreach, social media content and campaign reporting.

Jess Ratty, chief executive and founder of Halo PR and Communications, said: “Working with the Cornwall Space Cluster for the next year is a real privilege, and I’m excited to have helped develop the Launchpad. 

“There are companies in this cluster delivering extraordinary technologies – solving problems most people will never know exist – and too often the story stops at the lab door. 

“The Launchpad means Cornish companies developing new tech have the same route to a national audience as the big players. 

“This is how clusters grow. We can't wait to get started.”

The launch comes as Cornwall strengthens its position within the UK’s growing space sector, with the region recognised in the Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy as one of the country’s key space ecosystems and space identified as one of four priority sectors in Cornwall Council’s Good Growth Plan.

The Launchpad is the first in a series of new initiatives planned following the cluster’s relaunch this summer, with a live recording of Haymarket Media Group’s The Kármán Line podcast at Spaceport Cornwall also scheduled for later this month.

Nathan Coe, Cornwall Space Cluster lead, added: “This is exactly the kind of practical support the cluster should be offering. 

“We’ve got brilliant businesses across Cornwall doing world-class work in space, and too many of them never get the recognition they deserve simply because PR feels out of reach. 

“The Launchpad changes that. 

“It’s flexible, it’s fair, and it’s built around the reality of what our members actually need – when something matters, we want it told well. 

“National strategy now positions Cornwall as one of the UK’s most important regional space clusters; the job from here is to make sure the wider world hears about what our members are doing. 

“Halo knows this sector, they know Cornwall, and they have a track record of getting global space organisations in front of the audiences that matter.”

Cluster members can apply for the Launchpad via the dedicated form. 

Full details of how the Launchpad works are available on the Cornwall Space Cluster website.

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