Creative businesses in the South West are being invited to partner with an academic and apply for funding to commercialise arts and humanities research.
As part of the drive for economic recovery, the South West Regional Development Agency has announced the launch of a new £10m South West Loans Fund which is now available to help growth-oriented business with viable business plans.
Almost £2.5million has been provided to South West universities to offer real help for businesses and communities during the economic downturn.
Businesses will get a helping hand to ensure they reap the benefits of employing the best people at graduate level, with a new online professional recruitment guide launched by the government today.
The University of the West of England is launching a new 65 space business incubator called UWE Ventures in Bush House, on Bristol’s Harbourside.
Following a highly successful and well-received keynote speech at the November 2008 HERDA-SW Annual Conference in Torquay, we are pleased to announce that Alan Hayman has published a paper based on the presentation.