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Latest news
International Women’s Day – March 2024
Our International Women’s Day event was a huge success. It covered several sessions and inspired attendees.
Download the presentations
Visit West awarded Local Visitor Economy Partnership status
Visit West, the Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) for Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset, has been awarded Local Visitor Economy Partnership (LVEP) accreditation by national tourism agency VisitEngland. Find out more on the Visit West website.
Digital Learning Factories training
The National Composites Centre (NCC) is offering SMEs in the West of England Combined Authority region the opportunity to develop their digital capability for free, as part of the Workforce for the Future programme. Digital Learning Factory training modules created by the NCC, GKN Aerospace and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) run through to September 2023. Read more on the NCC website.
Made Smarter Adoption
Made Smarter West of England is designed to assist local small-medium enterprises (SMEs) to understand and overcome production challenges through digital technologies. There is 1:1 support, grants up to £20k and skills support available. Find out more about Made Smarter West of England.
Innovate UK EDGE – RTO Grant
This national programme is offering up to £15k grant funding to use with a Research & Technology Organisation (RTO). The deadline for project completion is February 2024 with typical project duration of 2-3 months. Read more about the programme and whether your business is eligible for funding on the Innovate UK website.
The Create Growth Programme – West of England Growth Hub
Supporting local creative businesses to unlock economic growth.
The Create Growth Programme will build on the success of the Creative Scale Up Pilot (2019-2022) and aims to support high-growth creative businesses to scale and become investment ready through a targeted business support package.
Find out more on the West of England Growth Hub website.
Thrive at Work
The Thrive at Work programme supports business leaders with the mental health and wellbeing of their workforce. Find out more on the West of England Growth Hub website.
Business scale-up programme – Cool Ventures
A new intensive business support programme from South Gloucestershire council, created to help local small and micro businesses evolve and grow. Find out more on the Cool Ventures website.
Events
Maximising Business success through social value and behaviour change
14 May 2024 from 8am to 10am at The Wave, Room “The View”.
Find out more and book your free tickets on Ticket tailor.
Other events
Cool Ventures to provide funded business support to businesses in South Gloucestershire including opportunities to learn new skills that could help develop your business.
You can find events from Cool Ventures on their website and their Eventbrite page.
Check the West of England Growth Hub events page for upcoming events that could make a difference to you and to your business.
The current programmes that are running include: