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News, updates, opportunities and press coverage from around the South West. Read the latest news, events, opportunities and press coverage from SWIG Finance across the South West.
Rocket Garden Grows
When Mike Kitchen first started growing his own vegetables at home he was trying to emulate the classic TV series The Good Life. “A lot of people talk about trying it but I thought I’d really give it a go and what I discovered was that growing vegetables is actually...
Funding boost for Mappix
A new software platform launched by a Cornish entrepreneur has received a funding boost from SWIG Finance. The software platform called Mappix is designed to help teachers, children and schools, providing accurate assessments and reducing paperwork. Charity Wilson, 38...
Cornwall Fund hits target
Small and medium sized businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have benefitted from £750,000 worth of investment via a loan fund delivered by SWIG Finance. 19 growing Cornish businesses have received investment from the fund which has now reached its investment...
Bristol Start Up: Up and running
Continuing our celebration of the £10 million Start Up Loans milestone, we spoke to Shawnika Sargent, who set up her sports therapy clinic, Up and Running in 2012 thanks to funding from SWIG Finance. The funding enabled her to buy equipment and open new premises on...
Finance in the South West
This month SWIG Finance will be joining other finance providers at the annual Finance in the South West events, hosted by PKF Francis Clark. Taking place at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth and Exeter Racecourse the seminars feature short and to the point...
Business Cornwall: Three finance steps to heaven
The New Year is a fantastic clean-slate opportunity and is often the kick a lot of us need to get going on whatever we've been putting off. If you've got a business idea and want to get the ball rolling, read our Three finance steps to heaven we wrote for Business...
Dates for the diary 2018
As we approach the end of the year, we're taking a look at key events for the diary in 2018. As always, we'll be supporting the Francis Clark Finance events across the South West region. We'll also be participating in next year's Cornwall Business Fair, taking place...
Cornwall Start Up: Cabin Fever Productions
As SWIG Finance has passes the £10 million milestone for loans given to new businesses around the South West under the government’s Start Up Loans scheme, we take a look back at some of the businesses across the region we've supported in that time. Since 2012, we've...
Client Case Study: Clayworks
Last year's winner of the Microentrepreneur for Sustainability award, Adam Weisman, founder of Clayworks spoke to Responsible Finance about how they developed their business and how funding from SWIG Finance helped them get to where they are today.
Funding success for A Cleaner Generation
A Cleaner Generation, launched in 2014 by Paul Wheeler and Chris Pound is one of the latest growing businesses to receive funding from SWIG Finance. The St Agnes-based business, one of the largest solar panel cleaning companies in the UK has significantly...