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WORLD LEADING BUSINESS SUPPORT
Let’s go further, smarter, cleaner, faster together
Specialist low carbon business support
Support to scale your business
Accelerate the development of your products & services
Work with expert mentors & academics
Funded by the West of England Combined Authority in partnership with the world-leading centre of excellence IAAPs, this programme aims to accelerate innovation and commercialisation in sustainable transport and low-carbon hydrogen production in the West of England.
It covers all areas of sustainable transport, including the decarbonisation of all road, marine, rail and air vehicles and fleets, as well as the development of hydrogen as a green fuel and its storage infrastructure.
It offers a new package of innovation, investment, and growth support for start-ups and SMEs in the sector, including access to our online community via the Innovation Platform, support to raise private equity investment and grant funding alongside an academic collaborator, masterclasses and networking and one-to-one clinics with advisors and academics in the field.
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7 May, 10 July, 11 September, online
Join Dr. Becky Sage and a peer group of entrepreneurs to figure out how focusing on your own needs can help your organisation, your relationships and your wider impact.
In this one hour recurring virtual workshop, you and a community of founders from the programme will examine your own relationship to leadership, hear stories from other founders and take away some tools to set you up for business success without sacrificing yourself.
“Being a founder is like being on a rollercoaster. I say it is being on 10 rollercoasters all at once.
We tell ourselves to grin and bear it, to enjoy the ride, to embrace the hustle. We convince ourselves that we will just burn the candle at both ends for the next 6 months when we will hit that next big milestone and then we can sleep. Resilience is an important entrepreneurial skill, after all, and everyone else is making it work – aren’t they?
True resilience isn’t just getting back up whenever we get knocked down. No one can successfully navigate the leadership demands of entrepreneurship if they constantly feel like they are stumbling around after a knock-out punch.
We can be resilient, effective leaders, founders & entrepreneurs AND be mindful of sustaining our own health. In fact, I think it is imperative to the success of your business.” – Dr Becky Sage
Resister by selecting this series in your Expression of Interest application form, and a team member will be in touch.
30 April & 1 May, 9:15 – 15:30, IAAPS, Bristol & Bath Science Park
Join us for this fast-paced two-day interactive Innovation Workout course that will guide you in reflecting and identifying patterns for growth within and outside of your business.
Delivered by expert mentors, this in-person workshop will take place in IAAPS, in the Bristol & Bath Science Park, and will give you dedicated time to revisit and scrutinise your business model. It will allow you to consider different financial models, develop new and existing products as well as identify new revenue streams. If you are planning your R&D and funding roadmap – this is the ideal programme to participate to develop your strategy.
The outcome will be a developed business model with a greater potential for investment and growth!
Across the two days, you will learn to pitch, practice with peers, and present in front of a panel. The delivery of the workout as an interactive group allows participants to gain the added benefit of peer feedback and networking opportunities.
To join this workout, you must be a member of the Hydrogen & Sustainable Transport Economy Accelerator.
Register by selecting this masterclass in your Expression of Interest application form, and a team member will be in touch.
23 May, 9:00 – 13:00, online
This Masterclass covers the intricacies of bid writing and applications, as well as sharing general hints, tips, and hacks to guarantee funding success.
Drawing on his 30 years of experience as a successful national and international bid writer, Kevin Brooks will be leading this session, offering also an opportunity for a 1-to-1 session with him afterwards. With limited space available, this will be on a first-come, first serve basis.
There are millions of pounds to be won in competitive R&D funding competitions.
Describing your project, team, and potential market in the clearest, most concise way is vital to securing R&D funding. Knowing your funder and understanding more about the way assessors score you throughout this process is also vital to your success.
How will this masterclass be delivered?
What content will be covered?
Who should attend:
Organisations from Hydrogen and Sustainable Transport sector – SME start-ups and scale-ups / Directors, Founders, and company grant writers/anyone wanting to explore the R&D grant landscape and wanting to develop their grant writing skills.
To join this workout, you must be a member of the Hydrogen & Sustainable transport Economy Accelerator.
Resister by selecting this masterclass in your Expression of Interest application form, and a team member will be in touch.
4 & 5 June, 9:00 – 11:00, online
This two-session online masterclass will provide tips and insights on how sustainability can positively impact your sales pipelines and your wider business communications.
Delivered by expert Katharine Bourke, as a result of this workshop participants will be able to understand how to best communicate their sustainability ambitions to clients, as well as developing communicative selling techniques, and negotiating with sustainability front of mind.
The Sustainability Policies session will be provided in the following format:
Short bursts of lecture content
Exercises & examples
Session one: Selling Sustainability – 2 Hours
Session two: Communicating for Sustainability – 2 Hours
Who should attend:
Any business in the Hydrogen and Sustainable Transport sector who wants to expand its sustainability through its whole sales process, as well as organisations wanting to take action on their communications to share with their clients about their sustainability status and ambition.
To join this workout, you must be a member of the Hydrogen & Sustainable transport Economy Accelerator.
Resister by selecting this masterclass in your Expression of Interest application form, and a team member will be in touch.
The Accelerator is open to companies that are innovating with clean hydrogen and/or sustainable transport and propulsion – across all sectors including marine, automotive, aerospace, heavy-duty, and off-highway vehicles.
We welcome applications from organisations that are an SME, a start-up, an individual entrepreneur with a registered business, Sole Trader, Partnership Organisation, Limited Company (Ltd) or Community Interest Company (CIC, CIO). Applicants do not need to be associated with SETsquared’s partner universities in any way.
Fully funded places on the programme can be awarded to businesses that: are either currently based or have a part of a supply chain in the West of England which includes Bath, North and North East Somerset, Bristol, and South Gloucestershire; have identified or would like to find potential partners/networks in the area; want to explore business opportunities to collaborate, do research or develop new products in partnership with hydrogen and sustainable transport companies in the area; or are actively considering working and accessing opportunities in the area, including those that are interested in potentially relocating their operation (or some of it).
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