A new Angel Investor Programme launching in the Great South West is set to play a pivotal role in driving economic growth.
The initiative is aimed at identifying, educating, and supporting new individual investors, fostering a diverse and thriving investment community to drive innovation and help address funding challenges for tech businesses in the region.
Plymouth Science Park is delighted to welcome Jacques Wood, Senior Digital Applications Engineer, to head up the Park’s Advanced Digital Manufacturing & Innovation Centre (ADMI).
Jacques Wood joined Plymouth Science Park in January 2023 to lead on the advanced manufacturing centre , through which the Park provides metal and polymer 3D printing, alongside providing consultation for...
Plymouth Science Park ’s new modular clean room offers space for vital research and testing in the South West.
The new facility is part of the Health Tech Innovation Hub , which opened at the Park this year. This regional hub for the incubation and development of health technology businesses, funded through the Heart of the South West LEP , provides access to integrated health...
The Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP) is inviting
foreign-owned companies to apply for the remaining funds in a £900,000 grant scheme to boost business growth and local job opportunities.
This funding is part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020, and invites foreign-owned companies to invest in the area to...
A regional centre of health technology excellence has been launched in Plymouth, following a successful bid submitted to the Heart of the South West LEP by Plymouth Science Park.
The new Health Technology Innovation Hub (HTIH) will incubate and support health technology businesses and accelerate new technologies in the sector. As the capabilities of the centre expand, it is set to...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, which has a large office in Plymouth, has organised an International Innovation Week.
From Monday 19th to Friday 23rd March, more than 19 events took place across Womble Bond Dickinson's UK and US offices, looking at how innovative technology is transforming the legal industry and other sectors, how businesses challenge themselves to...
Bond Dickinson, which has a large office in Plymouth, has been recognised as one of Europe's most innovative law firms in the FT Innovative Lawyers Report, ranking 14th in the FT 50: Most Innovative Law Firms and Legal Services Providers 2017.
The FT Innovative Lawyers Report was compiled by the FT, alongside its research partner RSG Consulting, who have assessed legal innovation...
208 deals took place between South West SMEs and large organisations over the last four years, known to have exceeded £2.7bn, according to economic data from national law firm, Bond Dickinson.
Despite this billion pound figure, only 4% of all the UK’s collaborations between SMEs and corporates involved the South West. Taking into account the number of SMEs in each region last year*,...
National law firm Bond Dickinson LLP, which has a large office in Plymouth, has launched its first ever International Innovation Week in collaboration with its US alliance partner Womble Carlyle.
From Monday 20th to Friday 24th March, events on the topic of innovation were organised across the firm, looking at everything from how innovative technology is transforming the legal industry...
An innovative and award-winning idea by a Plymouth University adult nursing graduate is being developed in one of the South West’s biggest hospitals.
Sarah Richards won the University’s 2012 Nursing Challenge with her fluid balance design which monitors intake and loss in critically ill patients, providing a more visual way of identifying if nurse intervention is needed. Her idea is...
