Welcome to our last weekly South West Tech News roundup, where you can get all the headlines from the past week in one place.
What has our busy tech and digital community been up to this week? From award wins and innovative breakthroughs to unmissable events and capital raised, take a moment to reflect on the hive of daily activity taking place in our region.
If you have a story to share, wizz it over to beno@techspark.co – I look forward to hearing from you!
Bath Rugby confirms Truespeed as Public Wi-Fi provider
Premiership Rugby club, Bath Rugby, and Truespeed Communications, the Bath based broadband provider, have announced a multi-year partnership deal that enhances the fan experience by providing improved Wi-Fi and connectivity in the Fan Village at The Rec, the iconic home of Bath Rugby.
With Bath Rugby’s enhanced full fibre connectivity and the additional Wi-Fi points from Truespeed, Bath Rugby fans can enjoy speeds of up to 300 Mbps in the Fan Village. To deliver this experience, Bath Rugby and Truespeed have upgraded the connectivity to the stadium and installed an additional wireless network in the Fan Village to ensure seamless Wi-Fi.
Bath-based Creatonomy receives £50k Creative Catalyst grant
A new project aiming to grow the creator economy by providing services, support and enhanced revenue streams has been launched in the UK with a Creative Catalyst grant from Innovate UK.
Describing itself as the agency for the passion economy, Creatonomy’s sole goal is to help subject matter experts earn income from their knowledge, expertise and passions. Based in London and Bath, Creatonomy is the result of a collaboration between three digital pioneers with extensive experience on the frontline of digital content creation and monetisation.
In order to kickstart Creatonomy’s early-stage development with a series of pilot projects and collaborations, Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has awarded the project the maximum £50,000 grant under its Creative Catalyst programme, which is focused on supporting media, publishing and other creative industries.
YourRoom “virtual focus groups” generate instant spectrum of customer reactions
YourRoom, the new market research tool that bridges the gap between primary and secondary data, is now available for all marketers.
With YourRoom, marketers can quickly and cheaply test early-stage ideas before moving on to more time consuming and expensive research. The platform creates “rooms” for discussing any topic, from FMCG concepts to B2B product ideas. Rooms are populated with four customisable agentic AI personas who engage in a group conversation with the user. Each persona has its own individual demographic profile and is powered by a separate and distinct large language model (LLM).
YourRoom was developed by Rocketmakers, an award-winning software agency which has a strong reputation for innovative design. At the same Global Business Tech Awards which YourRoom won in two categories, Rocketmakers was named Digital Agency of the Year.
Bristol employers careers fair opportunity
Attended by Years 8 to 11, Oasis Academy Brislington’s Careers Fair is an excellent opportunity for students to decide which post-16 pathway is most appropriate for them. And they are looking for businesses to be a part of it.
The fair will run from 10am to 3:30pm on Monday 9th December, includes a free lunch, as well as an opportunity to speak to parents.
If you would like to attend, complete the survey to express your interest.
Skills Bootcamp in Unity Programming
Dive into game development, explore immersive environments, and build a strong portfolio with the help of expert tutors, career coaching, and hands-on projects, as part of this NextGen skills bootcamp.
Closing date for the bootcamp’s are Sunday 15th December 2024. Learn more here.
Access Creative College Bristol celebrate ‘T Levels Week’
Access Creative College (ACC) Bristol staff and students are celebrating T Levels Week by spreading awareness of the qualification and its benefits to local communities across the UK.
Introduced in 2020, T Levels are a different style of qualification to traditional BTECs and A-Levels for 16-18 year-olds, broadly equivalent to 3 A-Levels. They are designed to reinforce practical, classroom-based learning with ‘real-world’ experience at some of the country’s biggest industry employers. T Level students spend 20% of course time, equal to 45 days, taking part in work experience. This time in industry allows them to get a head-start on networking and relationship building, experience the working environment and apply their skills to professional briefs.
Applications for this September for both T Level Software Development and T Level Content Creation are open now. To find out more about what they can offer you, register for ACC’s next open day here.
