Penryn Starup Makes a Splash at COP26

ScaffFloat, an innovative start up based in Penryn that makes floating pontoons using their patented plastic floats and scaffolding has been up in Glasgow this week providing a protest pontoon for the COP26 conference in Glasgow.

The company, who also floated the inflated blimp of Johnson and Biden at this summers G7 conference, was approached by The Climate Coalition at short notice to see if they could do something similar in Scotland.



Toby Budd, MD at ScaffFloat added ''This is such a great example of how we add value. Initially the client only wanted a floating pontoon with a banner, then we suggested we sink the pontoon to create this great photo opportunity. We knew the objective was press coverage so worked hard to give them a photo that would get traction in the worlds media - and within an hour it was on BBC News, Glasgow Daily Times, Sky News, CNN, to name but a few.''

For the press photo, an 8m x 4m scaffold platform was sunk just bellow the waters surface, and supported by a set of plastic ScaffFloats on deck. This gives the impression of a 'flooded' floor which the charity utilised for a creative photo showing world leaders meeting on a flooded stage.