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How Somerset's Teapot Creative Achieved 94.7% Video Completion Rates with Innovative NHS Campaign

Somerset-based creative agency Teapot Creative recently delivered impressive results for NHS Somerset, achieving a remarkable 94.7% video completion rate by taking health messaging to an unexpected platform - Twitch. Co-founder and Digital Somerset member Lizzie Tottle shares how her team's gaming-first approach connected with young men about HPV vaccination.

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Insider view: Collaborative spirit is at the heart of Exeter tech firm Dashboard

Elizabeth Chandler, a Commercial Intern at Dashboard , discusses the importance of workplace culture at the Exeter Science Park-based cleantech firm.

Dashboard is not just a technology company; people are the “beating heart” of Dashboard. To outline what we do, Dashboard harnesses new technologies for our customers to deliver profitability, safety, security and environmentally...

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The UK’s secret weapon for change: our tech clusters

Tech is the fastest growing industry in the UK. This opens huge opportunities for positioning the UK as global tech leaders and creating a more equitable world of work for the next generation. Yet London still accounts for a large majority of tech activity in the UK, acting as a magnet for local and foreign investment, as well as capitalising on the more traditional sectors that have a...

Multinational joins Plymouth Science Park

The semiconductor market is vital to the tech and digital sectors, which is why Plymouth Science Park is shouting about having the international semiconductor manufacturer like X-FAB join its ranks.

Fay Davies, Business Development Manager at Plymouth Science Park commented; “The arrival of X-FAB to Plymouth Science Park is a sign of international confidence in the region’s potential...

Global success for Bath-based PR tech agency, Abode PR

Abode PR , the Bath-based, award-winning global B2B technology public relations agency, is delighted to celebrate an outstanding year for the business with new international clients, a growing headcount and an exciting brand refresh.

Abode PR was created in 2017 by Founder & Director Jessica Gillingham, also a former director of Visit Bath, after identifying a niche in the short-...

New Culture Survival Guide for South West tech businesses

Workplace culture experts Interaction are partnering with Tech South West to create the region’s first culture guide for the sector.

The Bath-based firm, which works with tech brands across the South West, will conduct a deep dive into the cultural challenges technology firms face as they scale and adapt to new working models, resulting in the production of The Tech Business Culture...

EPIC Tenant Nanusens Starts Recruitment Drive

EPIC houses several up and coming businesses that are creating high-profile jobs and opportunities for the local area. A example of this is Nanusens who moved into the centre earlier in the year.

The award winning company has created a single chip solution that is going to revolutionise many of the devices that we use on a daily basis. Their market disrupting technology frees-up...

Cornish start-up wins place on European accelerator programme

Green+Kode, a start-up from Falmouth University’s venture studio Launchpad, is one of just 50 start-ups from over 400 applications to be accepted onto the Data Market Services (DMS) Accelerator programme.

The DMS Accelerator programme offers support and services to start-ups and SMEs that are located in Europe. Those accepted onto the programme can benefit from meeting investors and...

Plymouth Science Park welcomes Ocean Ecology Limited

This month, Plymouth Science Park has welcomed Ocean Ecology Limited (OEL) to the flourishing community of marine and engineering businesses already based at the Park.

OEL is recognised as one of the UK’s leading marine ecological consultancies and provides a range of marine survey, laboratory and advisory services for projects in both the coastal and offshore zones. The company...

Nurses Direct joins healthcare community at Plymouth Science Park

Plymouth Science Park has this month welcomed Nurses Direct to its cohort of thriving healthcare businesses already based at the Park.

Nurses Direct is a South-West company with a network of high-profile clients across the South of the UK.

Established at the start of 2021 to address the demand for trained staff in care homes, the business provides nurses with access to...

Beta Earth joins Falmouth University’s Venture Studio as strategic partner

This year has brought unprecedented challenges for all of us, especially graduates who are facing the uncertainty of the job search and an ever-changing economy. At Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, entrepreneurial candidates get the opportunity to build the companies of tomorrow with leading strategic partners and mentors to help create new innovative enterprises to develop...