Business and enterprise news

• UWE Bristol expands support for start-ups with new incubation facilities

  16/05/2023

  The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has transformed its incubation space on campus, bringing together two technology incubators into one area.

• UWE Bristol's award-winning green skills programme returns for 2023

  20/04/2023

  Applications are now open for the transformational Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship programme, which is aimed at young people from Black, Asian and Global Majority backgrounds who are interested in exploring a career in the green sector or setting up their own sustainable business or social enterprise.

• UWE Bristol research helps highlight how court system is failing to support public understanding of justice system

  09/11/2022

  The House of Commons Justice Committee has warned that the court system needs to do more to support open justice in the digital age.

• UWE Bristol team wins Impact prize for work on empowering women in aviation

  03/11/2022 Professor Susan Durbin and her team have won the ESRC 2022 Celebrating Impact Prize for their research into the under-representation of women in the UK aviation and aerospace industry. Their work includes the development of alta, an industry-wide mentoring scheme that supports women to build their careers in a traditionally male-dominated profession.

• Bristol and Bath inaugural Screen Summit to highlight industry's success and potential

  20/10/2022

  <p>Bristol and Bath&rsquo;s first ever Screen Summit, showcasing the city region as a leading global production community, takes place in Bristol next month (2 and 3 November).</p>

• West of England health tech firms earning national recognition thanks to UWE Bristol support

  21/07/2022

  Two companies supported by UWE Bristol’s Health Technology Hub have received prizes in a prestigious national healthcare industry awards ceremony.

• UWE Bristol and PeoplePlus team up to boost employment chances for prisoners

  04/07/2022

  A new digital scheme – developed through the first partnership of its kind in the UK - has been launched to boost prisoner confidence and encourage more learners to engage with education services.

• Ground-breaking green skills programme for minoritised young people celebrates success

  07/06/2022 More than 70 young people have successfully completed the first stage of a transformational 'first of its kind' green skills training programme.

• Skills for Clean Growth for SMEs in West of England launches

  10/02/2022 Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the West of England will be able to benefit from skills and workforce development to help them transition to a low carbon economy, thanks to the Skills for Clean Growth (SCG) programme, which launches in January 2022.

• Subsidised Help to Grow course available for SME business leaders in South West

  26/10/2021 Senior leaders in the south west of England can now sign up to a government-subsidised practical management training programme delivered by UWE Bristol's business school. Help to Grow is a 12-week course aimed at small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and is accredited by the Small Business Charter.

• UWE Bristol houses UK's first on-campus aeroponic grow system for student business

  11/10/2021

  A vertical farming system, set up on Frenchay campus using aeroponic technology to grow and supply micro herbs and baby leaf plants, is the first of its kind to be located at a UK university. The system is being used by student venture The Greener Greens, which Jamie Taylor founded as part of his Team Entrepreneurship degree.

• Talks by top leaders to begin again in the autumn

  01/09/2021 Members of the public can once again attend talks given by top leaders. Organised by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), the lectures will cover a variety of subjects and are to include speakers from Pfizer, The Royal Television Society, Arts Council England, Mott MacDonald, and the Royal Mint.

• National Teaching Fellowship Award and CATE for UWE lecturers

  05/08/2021 Teaching staff on UWE Bristol's Team Entrepreneurship programme have won an AdvanceHE Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE), while Professor Elena Marco has been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship. The accolades recognise academic teaching excellence and are awarded by Advance HE.

• UWE Bristol to offer free digital skills support for SMEs

  14/05/2021 As part of the West of England Combined Authority's Workforce for the Future Programme, UWE Bristol has launched 'Digital Skills: Workforce for the Future', offering free support to SMEs looking to improve business productivity and sustainability by enhancing the digital skills and capabilities of their workforce.

• New funding scheme to support SMEs with R&D projects in Swindon & Wiltshire

  22/04/2021 UWE Bristol is launching a new round of Innovation 4 Growth, a funding programme that supports SMEs in Swindon & Wiltshire undertaking innovative research and development (R&D) projects. Businesses can apply for grants of £10,000 to £40,000 to help their projects, with the programme covering 35% of project costs.

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