The funding landscape is complex and with our Access to Finance programme of events, we aim to help companies identify the relevant sources of potential funding for them, along with the advice and support required to access it.

We will have two panels of industry experts and businesses who can share their practical experience with funding and innovation, together with their support and advice, including: 

• Lewis Stringer, Senior Manager - UKN, East and South-East Midlands,

• Hemaxi Bhatt, Programme Lead - Innovate UK 

• Richard Carey-Evans, Senior Innovation Advisor – Innovate UK Edge

We are thrilled to announce the following will be joining us, with more to announce shortly:

• Chris Wiles, Senior Investment Manager - Foresight Group 

• Elena Kovalikhina, Growth Investor - BGF  

• Dolores Sanders, Sales Director - Total Control Pro 

• Denise Paquet, Manager, Enterprise and Research Commercialisation - Open University 

This is a hybrid event held at Cranfield Eagle Lab, Bedford, so please ensure you register for the appropriate ticket.

Save the date and join us for an event to help you identify the best source of finance for your business.

Learn more about Electron Microscope suite services and application in Engineering, together with Diffusion Bonding Un-Weldable Materials & Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM). The OU will also share details on areas of their research and its wide applications. They are keen to collaborate with companies to increase the impact of its research and help industries solve business problems.

Medilink Midlands will be looking at what they can do to support business in the MedTech/Health and Wellbeing areas as well as any transitioning or considering development towards the health sector. They will cover grants still available, what else is out there in the funding landscape across the Midlands region and look through the most common errors when completing grant application forms.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for events or webinars, please contact [email protected]

Specialist one-to-one support for 12 months from an experienced business leader is available as part of the Silverstone Technology Cluster’s Mentoring Programme with government-backed network Be the Business.

Via the Mentoring Programme, we can match up anyone within your company’s leadership team with an expert advisor, tailored to your needs, and there are places still available.

Please view our video which will give you a good overview of how the Mentoring Programme can be a really powerful tool and hear from those who have 'been there - done that' and benefitted hugely from the support and experience.

By joining the Mentoring Programme, you’ll receive one-to-one support over the course of the year, meeting your mentor – virtually for now – every month. Please do indicate when prompted that you came across the programme via the STC.

If you have any questions, please e-mail Trudi as we are happy to be of any help to you.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions for events or webinars, please contact [email protected]