Innovation and Technology

Maximise the effectiveness of technology in your business

Are you looking to increase your competitiveness and profitability with innovation or technology? The digital and technology sector is thriving but are you as a business keeping pace with the latest developments. In this digital age let us help you future proof your business.

Access support to help your business innovate, develop and grow, supercharge your products and services, and inject new energy into your business.

Swindon and Wiltshire has traditionally been a nesting ground for future innovation with facilities such as the Hydrogen Hub and Porton Science Park.

Innovate to Succeed

innovate2succeed is a new fully funded programme designed to drive business growth through innovation.

Knowledge

GH Webinar

Learn the power of LinkedIn

Join James Potter where he explores the world of LinkedIn and how to use it to your advantage across two brand new Growth Hub Webinars.

GH Webinar

Going Digital

Kate Doodson shares the lessons she's learnt and why she think going digital is still the number one business issue for 2021.

Becoming an Ebay trader

Moving to a digital shop front can help with the downturn for all retailers at this present time.

Social Media for Business

'Social media' is the general term used to describe websites, apps and platforms whose users can create, submit and share content or participate in so...

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Selling Goods Online

In this guide, we outline the legal requirements for traders selling goods (products or digital content) online.

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Social Media and your Business

We all use social media today but what is it and how can your business use it?

Resources

Creative Social Enterprise - Create Studios

Create Studios is not just a media hub. They are a collaborative team of digital creatives drawing on their pooled experience to grow their award–winning track record.

CreateStudios

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Boost your digital knowledge with Google

Google Digital Garage is a set of free tutorials for everyone to boost their digital knowledge.

LearnDigital.WithGoogle.com/digitalgarage/

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Enhancing the digital experience for skills learners (Jisc)

Comprehensive guide to enhancing the digital experience for skills learners How can skills providers make the most of digital technology to support their learners to gain employment and progress in their careers?

Enhancing the digital experience

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Digital Solutions for UK Education and Research (Jisc)

A membership organisation Jisc's vision is for the UK to be the most digitally-advanced higher education, further education and research nation in the world.

jisc.ac.uk

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Documents

News

The Swindon and Wiltshire Growth Hub Impact Report...

A new report published today takes a look back at the pandemic and the response by the Growth Hub

Tim Burghes Published: 20/07/21

New climate change campaign encourages Swindon pub...

Tim Burghes Published: 1/07/21

AB Dynamics moving to new HQ

Follows delays due to pandemic

Tim Burghes Published: 15/06/21

Launch of Longer Duration Energy Storage Demonstra...

This £68m UK-wide competition aims to deliver first-of-a-kind long-duration energy storage prototype...

Tim Burghes Published: 4/06/21

Together for our Planet - the UK's year of Climate...

How to get involved in COP26

Tim Burghes Published: 20/05/21

University of Bath leads major academic-industry c...

The University of Bath is coordinating a major new collaboration with academia and industry to use ...

Tim Burghes Published: 17/05/21

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Events

Community Events INTRODUCTION TO SPREADSHEETS LIVE TRAINING ONLINE COURSE 11 Aug 2021, 10am - 12pm

Online event FREE Hosted by Skills Ladder Ltd

Community Events FREE INTERMEDIATE SPREADSHEETS LIVE TRAINING ONLINE COURSE 13 Aug 2021, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Online event FREE Hosted by Skills Ladder Ltd

Community Insights

Is video the right marketing tool for you?

If a picture paints a thousand words, then video paints a whole lot more. Love it or hate it, we live in the age of social media and sharing video co...

Business Support

New tool probes employees’ feelings of wellbeing during pandemic

A Wiltshire based company which focuses on customer experience has turned its attention to helping businesses measure their employees’ wellbeing and g...

14 SEO Myths you don't want to fall for

I started providing SEO services in 2001 and things were a lot simpler than they are now. Things have changed, the number of SEO myths has grown and t...

Plan Ahead for Your Future Success

Beyond the devastating human cost of COVID-19, the pandemic has turned the business world on its head. The impact of social distancing is emphasising ...

guide

Selling Goods Online

In this guide, we outline the legal requirements for traders selling goods (products or digital content) online.

The Benefits of Magento 2

All in all, there’s no doubt that the performance of Magento 2 is much better than Magento 1. With Magento 1 to 2 migration, the e-commerce store’s po...

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Social Media and your Business

We all use social media today but what is it and how can your business use it?

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Protect your small business from cyber crime

These 6 simple actions will help protect your business from cyber crime.

Community News

Is your business taking advantage of the latest technology?

Don't fall behind this fast moving industry.

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An Introduction to Cyber Essentials Certification

Whats the purpose and benefits to Cyber Essentials, the government-backed cyber security certification scheme for small firms.

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A brief guide to business continuity planning

In this short guide, we will explore how you can prepare for the unforeseen with focus on your IT and business-critical systems.

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Top 10 Online Business Tools You Should Be Using!

Alison Edgar 'The Entrepreneur’s Godmother' shares the top 10 online business tools that she uses. Some of these tools are completely free and other...