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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 aimed to accelerate innovation and commercialisation in sustainable transport and low-carbon hydrogen production in the West of England.
It covered all areas of sustainable transport, including the decarbonisation of road, marine, rail and air vehicles and fleets, as well as the development of hydrogen as a green fuel and the supporting storage infrastructure.
It offered a comprehensive package of innovation, investment, and growth support for start-ups and SMEs in the sector. This included access to our online community via the Innovation Platform, support to raise private equity investment and secure grant funding in collaboration with academic partners, masterclasses, networking opportunities, and one-to-one clinics with advisors and academics in the field.
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There are still avenues of support available to you to help your business grow post programme, including new hydrogen programme support, access to sector networks and discovering our regional acceleration centres.
Spanning the South West of England and South Wales, the Great Western Supercluster of Hydrogen Impact for Future Technologies (GW-SHIFT) is a programme created to connect academic and industry partners, SMES/Start-ups, local authorities and other public sector organisations with a shared vision to maximise the enormous potential of the region’s hydrogen ecosystem.
Through this programme, a hydrogen SME can access:
Hosted on the SETsquared Innovation platform, the GW-SHIFT Hydrogen Network accompanies the main programme and serves as an online community for all stakeholders involved in the hydrogen sector based in the South West. This is a space designed to host businesses focused on hydrogen, academics, civic organisations, and more, with access to exclusive events, the ability to connect easily with others in the industry, form new partnerships, share knowledge and access resources.
Once registered, please introduce yourself in the live feed.
You can remain within the SETsquared consortium through the SETsquared Innovation Platform, and gain access to the community through our networks below.
Our regional Business Acceleration Centres are on hand to help guide you through the next steps of your start-up journey. Our industry specialists, talented entrepreneurs-in-residence, experienced mentors and seasoned investors, based at our six technology incubators, are the driving force behind ambitious start-ups with a vision to scale up into international markets.
They’re here to help you succeed, so maximise your opportunities with a membership at one of your local centres.
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