Inevitably some of the investments now being made will in the future look to have been a monstrous waste. Mr Richard Bodmin, head of strategy at AT&T, the biggest US long-distance phone company, says that the duplication is necessary.
It wants pre-lets where possible. Even so, a number of small privately-owned business parks can be found dotted around the county - at Launceston, Wadebridge and Bodmin, for instance.