Cookie Queen Raises Dough for Expansion
A baker from West Cornwall is the latest entrepreneur to benefit from the Start Up Loan scheme. Artisan cookie sandwich maker, Cookie Queen, has received £25,000 in Start Up funding via SWIG Finance to expand the business. The loan has enabled business owner, Jo...
Business Expansion at Plymouth Science Park
One of Plymouth Science Park’s newest tenants has announced significant growth, after just 7 months in business. Having moved to the Park in June, just one month after its inception, Ultra Semi provides technical and consultancy services to companies in the...
Hi Tech & Digital Centre wins Education Project of the Year at Michelmores Property Awards 2020
South Devon College’s Hi Tech & Digital Centre was successfully crowned the winner in the category ‘Education Project of the Year’, at a virtual awards ceremony on Thursday evening. The annual Property Awards, now in their 18th year, celebrate the most...
Support the South West Coast Path and local suppliers when you choose your corporate gifts this Christmas
Support the South West Coast Path and local suppliers when you choose your corporate gifts this Christmas We are delighted that SWBC members, Devon Hampers, have, like us, chosen the South West Coast Path Association as their partner charity over the Christmas period....
University of Exeter New Degree Apprenticeship – Chartered Manager
Unlock the potential of your existing Managers by utilising Government funding – the University of Exeter Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship The Degree Apprenticeship initiative was set up by the Government in 2015 to address our Country’s skills gaps by offering...
Funding Supports Tech for Healthcare
Exeter-based business Spatial Quotient, which creates tech for hospitals and healthcare, is the latest business to benefit from Debt Funding through SWIG Finance. The £210,000 loan will be used as working capital to support business continuity and fulfil new...
South West Business Council September virtual conference highlights
Our quarterly conferences bring together an eclectic mix of speakers to address topics of importance to businesses across the South West. The September Conference was on ‘Bouncing forward: New jobs for a resurgent economy This brief reel will give you a flavour of the...
City College’s work overseas is shortlisted for top award
City College Plymouth has been announced as a finalist for the AoC Beacon British Council International Award. The Association of Colleges’ (AoC) Beacon Awards celebrate the best and most innovative practice among UK colleges each year. This award, supported by the...
South West leads with renewable & sustainable energy innovation
THE SOUTH West is working with Chinese investors and partners to become a world-leading sustainable energy innovation cluster it has been revealed this month (November 2020). The region is leading on innovative renewable energy relationships with China says a Somerset...
South West recycling firm invests over £450K in new vehicles as business booms
Following a surge in demand for its services, DCW, a leading independent commercial waste management firm, has invested £456,000 in three new state-of-the-art, environmentally efficient vehicles. Two of the vehicles are Euro 6 Scania mobile compaction trucks, the...
Start Up Funding for Cutting Tool Specialist
Cornish entrepreneur, Mike Jackson, has received a £25,000 boost from the Start Up Loans Company via South West delivery partner SWIG Finance. The cash injection was used to secure a premises and cover the setup of the operational side of the business, including...
Bristol company wins Innovate UK grant
Bristol based Airway Medical Ltd today announced that they have been awarded a 9-month £260,000 funded project; in collaboration with University of Portsmouth, via The Sustainable Innovation Fund from UK Government funding agency Innovate UK. Innovate UK as part of UK...