Region’s first Tech Prospectus to be launched revealing scale of blue and green sector

A national showcase of technological innovation from the South West of England is set to take place in London.

The likes of Altilium, Kelpi, Cleaner Seas Group, LettUs Grow, Oxi-Tech, Additive.earth and MolendoTech are amongst the innovative growth firms across the blue, green and...

Establishing a Regional Investment Bank could support regional economic hubs outside of London and the South East, by giving them better access to public and private investment and closing the “equity finance gap”, a leading think tank has claimed.

The proposal from the Social Market Foundation (SMF) expands on a suggestion originally made in Gordon Brown’s Commission on the future...

Caroline Orr, Marketing Director at Astley Media , shares her insight on the SW Tech Analysis Report and how tech brands in the region can plug into regional opportunities.

The South West Tech Analysis Report reveals the opportunities and challenges facing the region’s tech sector.

Often, they are two sides of the same coin.

Take geography, for example. Are we a...

Five businesses from Cornwall visited the National Renewable Energy Centre last week on a fully funded trip, for an in-depth tour of the test facilities at the site in Blyth, Northumberland. The flagship centre, which is owned by ORE Catapult, is one of over 20 world-class test facilities which businesses supported by Marine-i can access, in order to accelerate innovation in marine technology...

Dr Andrew Dean, Head of Regional Impact at the University of Exeter , shares his insight on the inaugural South West Tech Analysis Report and why our Universities can be key to seizing this opportunity.

There are 169,800 students at the region’s 14 universities, including 19,500 tech and engineering students, but the...

Dave Tansley, UK vice chair at Deloitte , shares his insight on the inaugural South West Tech Analysis Report and why this report will galvanise the tech community in a journey of collaboration for growth.

Involvement as headline sponsor in the commissioning of this report was an obvious choice for Deloitte. Mapping out and understanding the existing ecosystem has never been as...

Technology-based health and exercise programmes and apps, designed to offer a convenient and accessible way to boost physical activity, are dramatically less beneficial for users with low socio-economic status, a study has shown.

A team of experts, including Professor Mark Kelson from the University of Exeter , have conducted a major study to determine whether digital health...

Airway Medical , in collaboration with the University of Portsmouth and Versarien PLC, have announced the conclusion of their project to further the development of The AMSU™ - a novel airway suction device developed to save the lives of patients with blocked airways and improving the well-being of people with a multitude of chronic conditions.

The project was part-funded by a grant...

SWTD spoke to Harry Singer, CEO of Singer Instruments , about his plans for one of the South West’s standout tech businesses.

Essentially, we develop laboratory automation to accelerate the research work of scientists who want to make the world a better place.

From our headquarters in Somerset, on the edge of Exmoor, we have a global...

The MILO Insitute and Lockheed Martin have signed a deal that will see Redruth-based AeroSpace Cornwall deliver the UK's first-ever MILO Ambassador programme, reinforcing Cornwall's place at the cutting edge of UK space science.

The MILO Institute is a collective formed by Arizona State University, with a mission of “transforming space science through shared cost and global...