A new IT consultancy firm, SecureNet Consulting , has been launched in the South West to guide and consult on small and medium businesses in Torbay and the wider region, and ensure their businesses are protected and not falling behind.
SWTD spoke to SecureNet’s founder about the company, his ambitions and why he has launched this new venture.
A startup born out of Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, is calling all entrepreneurs over 50 to contribute to a new economic report highlighting the challenges and opportunities for business owners in their ‘greater’ years.
Greater Life, founded by Mike Turner and George Hardwick, is on a mission to support entrepreneurs over 50 plan for a better work life balance. The...
South West-based Boardroom Advisors have now been officially authorised by the UK Home Office to act as an Endorsing Body for Startup Visa applications.
This is the second Visa for which Boardroom Advisors, based in Exeter, Bristol and Cheltenham, is now an Endorsing Body. The news follows the authorisation from the Home Office last year for the Innovator Visa, for which the firm has...
Mercia Asset Management has been announced as the new Investor in Residence service for SETsqaured Bristol member companies,and will be offering monthly one-to-one investment advice clinics starting in February.
Mercia is a UK domestic investor with a focus on regional businesses that are seeking venture, private equity or debt finance to scale or transition their businesses....
Two universities in the South West have been named in Tide’s University Start-Up League , which ranks the UK’s top universities for producing startup businesses.
Cornwall’s Falmouth University came third in the rankings, having generated over 1000 viable startups since 2014/15.
Falmouth is the highest-ranked university in the report outside of London.
Founders who are considering external funding sources will often be concerned about the impact of taking on investment, particularly about losing some control of a business they may have invested many years in building.
On the flip side, an investor may be concerned about writing a big cheque and not having any ongoing control over or involvement in your business.
Cardiff University has become the sixth partner of SETsquared , the world’s top-ranked university-business incubator.
Cardiff joins the South West universities of Bath , Bristol and Exeter , as well as Southampton and Surrey , and will further strengthen the group’s capability for providing enterprise and innovation programmes for researchers, entrepreneurs and high-growth companies...
Tech leaders, founders and entrepreneurs from the region have been featured in a list of the top 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech .
Computer Weekly’s annual list celebrates over 500 leading women, who have each boosted the reputation or advanced the technology sector and South West personalities like Gapsquare ’s Zara Nanu and Open Bionics co-founder Samantha Payne.
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As announced in the Spring 2021 Budget , a new £375m Future Fund: Breakthrough scheme has been launched to help support high growth, innovative and R&D intensive firms.
The scheme allows the government to co-invest with private investors to help scale-up...
The 2021 Great British Entrepreneur Awards finalists for the South West region have been revealed.
The shortlist features 118 entrepreneurs from 88 businesses shortlisted across 16 categories, with many tech firms and tech entrepreneurs in contention.
One finalist from the list will be named Great British Entrepreneur of the Year for the South West at the Great British...
