Bath & Bristol Enterprise Network - News

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£10,000 Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010

Now open for entries - deadline 5pm on 6th September 2010!

Regional gap broadens

The economic gulf between London and the rest of the UK widened during the credit crunch, official data reveals.

Pebble Bay Launch Embedded Systems Development Workshops

Pebble Bay, have announced that they will be running a series of workshops that will assist engineers in understanding the fundamentals of developing code for embedded systems.

Company formations on the rise again

The number of new companies being formed has started to rise again after two years of record falls.

New R&D funding stream

Innovative research and development (R&D) projects in the South West can access millions of pounds of funding through EUREKA’s Eurostars Programme and Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) South West.

SETsquared Partnership offers a million pearls of wisdom to grow business in recession

Technology business acceleration specialists SETsquared (the enterprise partnership of Bristol, Bath, Southampton and Surrey universities) has brought new Bristol-based software company Brightpearl into a major phase of expansion, helping them secure $1.5 million of funding, announced earlier this week.

Leading corporate finance advisor Beanstalk Management secures 3M in funding for Tech Company

Beanstalk Management, the leading corporate finance advisor specialising in the small and mid‐market, has successfully concluded a private equity investment on behalf of Mantis Deposition Limited.

ELearning Training Courses - Instant, affordable and straight to your desktop

You may be glad to learn that you can now own excellent, affordable, personal training seminars, in the form of an instant digital download or DVD.

Wanted - SMEs with Big Ideas on Climate Change

Shell Springboard is now open for the sixth round of applications, for small businesses who have an innovative product or service that will help address climate change.

Invest in Bristol News - June 2010

See attached the June 2010 issue of Invest in Bristol News. You can also view this on www.investinbristol.com where an archive of previous Invest in Bristol News is available. Invest in Bristol News is produced by Bristol City Council's Economic Developent Team and includes extracts from local media coverage as well as press releases supplied by Bristol's leading companies and public sector organisations. All stories sourced from local media are verified with the companies or organisations concerned in order to ensure accurate coverage.

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