Community & Events

10 November 2019 Do you have a great high tech business idea, but don’t know where to start? Or are you unsure what to do next in order to grow your technology company? Then sign up for #Idea2Pitch event, hosted by SETsquared Bristol, to help hone your ideas, and shape them into a pitch for ... Read more

Although Coronavirus has obviously dominated business discussions during the past few months, the deadline for the UK leaving the EU is getting ever closer and the key question for SMEs in the South West now must be: are you ready? To help look at this issue and explore what you still might need to do ... Read more

Everything MedTech firms need to know about the end of the Transition Period, and what will happen next. About this Event In this Medilink South West webinar, the Office for Life Sciences, the Government’s specialist team that sponsors the sector, will present on everything MedTech firms need to know about the end of the Transition ... Read more

The innovation support landscape event in SW is back in 2020, bigger, better & free as always! Join to learn of insights & tips from Innovate UK, Business West, Regional/Local Authorities, Uni of Bath Innovation Center, KTN/KTP & new in 2020: Routes to Internationalise with Dept of Int'l Trade Learn about -Grants, Schemes, Challenge initiatives ... Read more

This is our monthly Future Space Founder Peer Group A peer group is a community of like-minded, high-performing business leaders who share knowledge, insights and challenges for improved business performance. It is a private group, with a structured process, which allows members to help each other evaluate opportunities and solve challenges. Being a business leader ... Read more

About this Event As an innovator, what grant funding, equity investment and debt finance is available to you? What are the options, where do you find it, and how do you get it? Join EEN's webinar as they explore all this and more, including: What a grant entails; the types of projects that are fundable, ... Read more

For many founders the task of business development can feel like a bit of a dark art. I’m here to show you that it isn’t. What it is, is part creativity and part science. It needs a strategy, it needs a plan and it needs to be implemented using effective processes. This session is aimed ... Read more

Join us for our (virtual) Christmas Quiz! We refuse to let our spirits be dampened and our ambitions for a merry quizmas quashed, so this year’s quiz will be hosted online via Microsoft Teams. Once you have booked your space you will be sent an invite to the meeting. You do not need to have ... Read more

Ask most B2B companies where their biggest clients come from and one of the top answers will always be some form of referral; whether from existing or previous clients, or some kind of strategic partnership. But ask most B2B companies where they put their lead gen efforts and most of the top answers will be ... Read more

An overview of HMRC's R&D Tax Credit scheme, with practical tips on how to identify eligibility and estimate the size of your claim. About this Event A 30-minute presentation covering: 1. HMRC R&D Tax credit scheme overview 2. How, when and what you could claim, including the benefits 3. Your options for preparing a claim ... Read more

Quinton Davies are going to facilitate a workshop sharing the challenges and solutions they’ve found on their start-up journey so far. This will be an interactive session covering key areas of starting and running a business from finance to values. You will have opportunity to share your challenges and be involved in sharing solutions. Format 13:00 ... Read more

Join Barclays Eagle Labs to explore real user cases for smart tech and understand how adoption of IoT has provided a return on investment. The session will include opportunities for reflection and discussion of how the Internet of Things can be leveraged in your own context.