Budget, Scaleup Support, Wellbeing Support, Tech events, Radio Opportunity, + Event Listing
Budget, Scaleup Support, Wellbeing Support, Tech events, Radio Opportunity, + Event Listing
Greater Bristol Business Bugle Issue 113
Dearest Bugle reader,
There was a variety of useful coverage about the implications of the budget for the innovation economy last week (1, 2, 3). I particularly enjoyed this post from Oli Barrett on the finer details and the joyful celebration from the Invest in Women Taskforce (read on for more on that).
Scale UK Connect is coming to the South West. In all the budget headlines, you might have missed a brand new Scale-up support programme led by techSPARK in the South West. Find out more.
The fab team at Looking After Me have created a simple assessment tool to help you assess how well set up your workplace is to support your team’s mental and physical health. It takes 2 minutes.
Are you, or do you know, a founder of B2B SaaS or tech (based in Wales or the South West) who is at or heading towards £1m ARR and is raising now or in the future? Check out this opportunity.
The Invest in Women Taskforce are celebrating some female-focused good news from the budget.
Bristol food legends The MAZI Project were featured in Prue Leith’s latest BBC programme. Bristol, home to one of Prue’s Food Heroes 🦸♀️
I actually haven’t met this person IRL (yet); I know her by reputation (thanks Gareth Williams and John Neville), which makes me think you might want to know her too. Since 2020, Em Blaydes has worked alongside energetic Bristol startups, helping them optimise messy processes, upgrade foundational operations, and scale efficiently - most recently incorporating smart, ethical AI automations. Contact her if you want to know more.
Why not Coalesce at the new Deep Tech Mixer evenings at Science Creates? First one is 19/11 16:30 - 19:30
The Friday, 6/11, FinTech West have quite the lineup for their annual conference.
BBC Radio producer Caz Milford is looking for great stories for radio. Thanks for the top off Rin.
Have you found an open room? It’s a hand-curated selection of tech events in various cities, apparently soon to launch in Bristol. It looks pretty well launched to me!
That’s all for this week.
Warmest,
Briony
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