The search is on to find the region’s best business pitch in the fourth annual Pitchfest competition. Entrepreneurs and business owners based in the Midlands will get the chance to pitch their business opportunity to an audience of investors, designed to raise their profile and boost their ability to secure the funds needed to grow […]
A revolutionary new tool that will change the way that people accurately measure is set to be launched by a Warwick company. The Moasure ONE is a new product that has been developed and created by 3D Technologies. Described as the world’s first motion-measure, the ground-breaking piece of equipment accurately measures volume, area, circumference, height, […]
A Warwickshire entrepreneur, who grew up wanting to ‘design trainers for Nike’, is growing his own cool design and manufacturing studio in Coventry after receiving business support. Adam Duffy, who grew up in Claverdon and lives in Rugby, has been working in the fashion industry for 15 years, including for a range of high […]
A West Midlands technology company has been awarded a six-figure grant to develop a ground-breaking energy efficient product to track and monitor assets. Inventor-e, which is based the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council’s owned Blythe Valley Innovation Centre near Solihull, provides a range of inventory management solutions linked to its cloud-based Sourcerer™ software platform. These […]
A rapidly-expanding IT company has increased its turnover by £2 million since moving to a business park near Solihull three years ago. Central IT Support started life in a computer shop on the Hagley Road in Birmingham in 2009 before re-locating to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council’s owned Blythe Valley Innovation Centre near Solihull in 2015. The […]
A global West Midlands technology firm has secured a significant contract with one of the UK’s leading ports. MCP Consulting Group Ltd (MCP), which was awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2016, provides asset management consulting and training services in a variety of sectors including automotive, aviation and aerospace, and food and drink. […]
A rapidly expanding Warwickshire technology company, which provides property firms with mapped information on sites across the UK, is on target to hit 100,000 users by the summer after clinching a major contract. Nimbus Maps, based at the University of Warwick Science Park’s Warwick Innovation Centre, spun out of an existing property company when owners […]
An angel investment organisation, which has pumped £8.5 million into more than 65 companies in the Midlands, has a new man at the helm. The Minerva Business Angel Network, operated by the University of Warwick Science Park, has six syndicates across the region and, together with direct investment, has helped to lever an additional £25 million […]
London’s famous black cabs are chugging round the capital in greener and more economical fashion thanks to the expertise of a ground-breaking small business based in Warwickshire. Vehicle Repowering Solutions, near Alcester, have responded to the Government’s ambition to cut air-pollution around major cities in the most practical way – by devising technology which repowers […]
A new era has begun at two University of Warwick Science Park locations after a long-standing manager retired. After nearly a decade of service in her current roles, Karen Aston, has stepped down from being Centre Manager at the Venture Centre in Coventry and the Warwick Innovation Centre. Karen has been a centre manager with […]