A new on-demand bus service is being launched at the University of Warwick promising staff, students and the local community convenient services to order. The West Midlands On Demand service, starting in April, offers the convenience of a taxi but with the environmental benefits of a traditional bus service helping to reduce car use and traffic congestion on our streets. […]
Take your business to the next level with the government’s new Help to Grow programme. The programme will help small and medium sized businesses across the UK learn new skills, reach new customers and boost profits. You could get: an Executive Development programme that could help you improve business performance and growth potential through Help […]
The Warwick Internship Programme offers a 222-hour, flexibly-worked, managed undergraduate internship programme for SMEs and charities, with access to £2,100-£2,500 funding grants towards internships taking place on a full or part-time basis (or a combination of the two) starting April to early July, with a minimum of 148 hours taking place in advance of 30th […]
A media business in Coventry, run by a teenage entrepreneur, has expanded into bigger offices after taking on three new team members and diversifying into new markets. Pictured (left to right): Jake Griffin, Harry Coleman, James Cousins, Penny Robb, Dan Maxwell Geeka Media was set up as a YouTube channel by James Cousins, now 19, […]
Two Warwickshire entrepreneurs are planning to make the lives of amateur sports coaches easier with the development of a revolutionary new app – which already has buy-in from the Football Association. Pictured: Chris White (left) with Joe Wheatley Clubbie was created in 2016 by Rugby businessman Chris White as a social media platform for sports […]
One of the UK’s most senior female business figures will launch a new initiative in Coventry and Warwickshire, giving aspiring businesswomen the support they need to help achieve their goals. Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith, the president of the British Chambers of Commerce, will be the guest of honour at the launch of the Coventry and Warwickshire […]
A Warwickshire-based manufacturer of fertility monitoring products, Fertility Focus, has secured further investment from MEIF through a £250,000 loan, enabling it to invest in its staff, continue research and development, while safeguarding against the impact of COVID-19. Fertility Focus secured the finance from The FSE Group Debt Finance Fund, part of the Midlands Engine Investment […]
A Warwickshire-based company, which helps foreign businesses establish in the UK, is expanding after seeing a growth in demand due to Brexit. EBS is taking a second office at the University of Warwick Science Park’s site at Warwick Innovation Centre. This will enable the company to accommodate additional staff and create a state-of-the-art video conferencing […]
Minerva Business Angels, part of the University of Warwick Science Park, has launched its first Super Start-Up Club with MICRA. MICRA is a collaboration between the Technical Transfer Offices of eight leading Midlands Universities, and provides a gateway to the latest technology and innovation emanating from them. It is hoped by working together with Minerva, they can […]
Chancellor announces one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property to help businesses through to the Spring £594 million discretionary fund also made available to support other impacted businesses comes in addition to £1.1 billion further discretionary grant funding for Local Authorities, Local Restriction Support Grants worth […]