December 2023
Cutting edge testing equipment prompts peak cycling performance
The Silverstone Sports Engineering Hub has added a Pedalling Efficiency Rig to its already impressive list of facilities. The rig, supported by Bucks LEP funding of £450,000, will open up new opportunities for manufacturers and athletes to investigate the [...]
November 2023
A window to high quality, free-to-access local economic insights
Our voice of business this month is: Caroline Hargrave, Research Manager at Buckinghamshire LEP The state of the UK economy and labour market has frequently been headline news over the last few years. At a local level, it is vital [...]
September 2023
First company chosen for new growth programme
Our voice of business this month is: Portia Bowman, Director of Growbotics Space As a start-up business, the ability to receive as much help and support as possible is vital for our development. We are thrilled to have been [...]
Skyports Drone Services and Royal Mail launch fully electric drone deliveries in Orkney
Skyports, a pioneering company specialising in the development of drone delivery services, spread its wings to become the UK's first drone mail service in Orkney. Skyports is based at Westcott’s new Drone Test and Development Centre, which Bucks LEP invested [...]
July 2023
Meeting environmental targets is just the start!
Our voice of business this month is: Andreas Hohmann, Managing Director of Total Carbide. Every business will tell you that they are committed to the environment but for us it is at the heart of everything we do. Our [...]
UK students set world record at Westcott Enterprise Zone
Students from universities across the UK came together for the ‘Race to Space’ competition at Westcott Space Cluster, where they set an unofficial world record for the number of different hybrid/liquid rocket engines hot-fired for the first time on [...]