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WELCOME
Welcome to the Bristol Enterprise Network website, the University of Bristol's facility to assist knowledge transfer among the high-tech, high-growth business community. The network is ideally placed to bring together regional, national and international organisations from both the commercial and academic arenas.
WHAT IS BEN?
The Network will enable easy and rapid access to the knowledge, expertise, experience and equipment, available within partner organisations, including Bristol University.

Some of the exclusive benefits you receive with BEN membership are:

- Opportunity to network with like-minded business people
- Build relationships with organisations at all levels of the business process (e.g. manufacturers, service organisations, financiers etc)
- Interaction with researchers and leading academics
- Access to a significant group of entrepreneurs
- Series of training and development opportunities including presentations, lectures, seminars and workshops
WHAT'S NEW AT BEN
1 May LORD SAINSBURY UNVEILS SCIENCE PARK MASTERPLAN
30 Apr Bristol spin-out company secures £2 million for breast-screening
21 Apr The Bristol Enterprise Network releases a Podcast!
16 Apr ROLLS-ROYCE TAKES STAKE IN TIDAL POWER PROJECT
10 Apr Does the £12.6 billion cost of crime against business mean the Home Office doesn't care?
27 Mar Enterprise: Unlocking the UK's Talent
18 Jun Grants, Partnering & Growth Capital Seminars
13 Jun AIM Forum hits the road - take the easy path
News

1 May 2008  LORD SAINSBURY UNVEILS SCIENCE PARK MASTERPLAN
SPark, the new £300 million science park for Bristol and Bath, launched today 29 April 2008 with Lord Sainsbury, the UK's leading expert on Science and Innovation unveiling a model and images of how the first building, SPark One, will look.

The announcement came as part of a one day ...More>
30 April 2008  Bristol spin-out company secures £2 million for breast-screening
Micrima, the Bristol University spin-out company behind a new breast-screening technology that uses an innovative radar system to improve the early detection of breast cancer, has secured £2 million of investment.

The £2 million has been raised from a syndicate of co-investors led by YFM ...More>
21 April 2008  The Bristol Enterprise Network releases a Podcast!
The Bristol Enterprise Network has released a Podcast of it's most recent event. The event was held on Thursday 3rd April and titled Entrepreneurs Question Time - The sales cycle.

Speakers included:

* Ami Baker, Managing Director,IMA Enterprises Ltd
* Peter Claydon, ...More>
16 April 2008  ROLLS-ROYCE TAKES STAKE IN TIDAL POWER PROJECT
Rolls-Royce is continuing to invest in renewable energy sources by taking a 23.5 per cent equity stake in TGL, a privately-owned company developing free stream tidal power generation capability.

Rolls-Royce is researching key technologies to provide solutions to the environmental ...More>
10 April 2008  Does the £12.6 billion cost of crime against business mean the Home Office doesn't care?
A new report has today been released by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) which highlights the £12.6 billion annual cost of crimes against business. This figure has increased by 20 per cent since the BCC's last survey on business crime in 2004, and it now equates to over a sixth of the total ...More>
27 March 2008  Enterprise: Unlocking the UK's Talent
The UK Government has published a new 10-year strategy to make the UK a more enterprising economy in the world - and make it a leading place to start and grow a business. Released in conjunction with its FY08 budget, the strategy is entitled, 'Enterprise: Unlocking the UK's Talent'. ...More>