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National Marine Autonomy Accelerator launched to drive innovation and opportunity

Tech South West has announced the launch of a new National Marine Autonomy Accelerator with industry leader Babcock International Group (Babcock), to support high-growth companies working in autonomous marine systems and technologies.

The University of Plymouth is also supporting the programme as a specialist partner.

Since launching in 2024, Tech South West’s flagship Growth Forge...

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Falmouth tech start-up targets construction delays with £60k funding boost

A Falmouth software company is hoping to iron out the “butterfly effect” that can cause long delays in major construction projects, with the help of a £60,000 loan delivered by SWIG Finance from the British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund.

Led by James Croftson, a mechanical engineer specialising in offshore wind farms, Interface Insight was set up to improve the way multi...

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Weymouth physician launches cardiac consultancy with Start Up Loans support

A Weymouth physician has taken the leap and started his own business offering cardiac diagnostics with the help of a £25,000 Start Up Loan delivered by SWIG Finance on behalf of the British Business Bank.

HeartWise has been established by Kevin Green and specialises in echocardiography, a non-invasive ultrasound scan that provides vital insights into the structure and function of the...

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HydroWing awarded additional 10MW, advancing world-leading tidal energy project at Morlais

HydroWing Tidal Energy Projects, part of Inyanga Marine Energy Group, has been awarded a further 10MW for its Ynni’r Lleuad Project at Morlais in Wales in today’s announcement of the UK government’s Allocation Round 7a (AR7a) Contracts for Difference (CfD) awards.

This additional capacity builds on the 20MW already awarded to HydroWing through earlier rounds of CfD and under...

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South West Investment Fund backs sports tech platform growth

A Wiltshire referee passionate about sport is expanding his online platform to match trained officials with the grassroots and amateur clubs who need them, with the help of a £60,000 loan from the South West Investment Fund.

Olly Ballinger combined decades of experience on the pitch with a talent for software to create YesRef, which is designed to “take the hassle out of finding...

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Digital Catapult builds on the South West of England and Wales’ deep tech potential with new office

Digital Catapult, the deep tech innovation organisation, has today announced the opening of a new office for South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Bath, strengthening its long-term commitment to working in partnership across the South West of England and Wales. To deliver shared economic and skills ambitions, Digital Catapult is primed to deliver in-demand innovation services to local startups...

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A bright future: SWIG Finance supports 21st century technology to the tune of £500,000

A Bristol company developing and prototyping technology capable of sending data at the speed of light is forging ahead thanks to loans equalling half a million pounds, courtesy of SWIG Finance.

Duality Quantum Photonics is dedicated to finding a 21st century solution to a 21st century problem: the speed and energy required to carry out the hundreds of billions of operations that make...

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Arts University Plymouth launches Centre for Circular Materials

A new academic-led hub bringing together established research and making, rooted in the materials, resources and stories of the South West

Founded in 1856 as the Plymouth Drawing School, Arts University Plymouth has 170 years of practice-led teaching and skilled making rooted in the South West. From regenerative dye grown in Plymouth to experiments with locally sourced clay and...

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Exeter Science Park appoints Lindsay Lucas as new CEO to lead next phase of growth

Exeter Science Park has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer to lead the organisation as it embarks on the next phase of its development.

Lindsay Lucas, who brings more than 18 years’ experience in the tech industry, will step into the key regional leadership position this May. She has most recently served as Head of Training and Consultancy (Deputy CEO) at the digital social...

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Cosmic leads new digital inclusion and employability work across Cornwall and the South West

Digital inclusion champion Cosmic is delivering a series of new projects across Cornwall and the wider South West after partners Good Things Foundation and FutureDotNow secured funding from the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund. These projects aim to better understand digital exclusion, strengthen community insight, and support people to gain the skills they need to find and stay in work....

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Bristol welcomes new scale-up lab space as the UK’s top deep tech city outside the Golden Triangle

Science Creates and the University of Bristol to open OMX this March — 30,000 sq ft of flexible lab space ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 sq ft in Bristol city centre

Bristol, UK: 26 January 2026

OMX , a new 30,000 sq ft laboratory and scale-up facility in Bristol city centre, opens this March — offering flexible lab space for rent from 1,000 to 5,000 sq ft for deep tech...

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