Decision details

Intellectual Property for Growth grants (round one - stage one)

Decision Maker: Chief Executive, West of England Combined Authority

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Delegated authority has been granted to the West of England Combined Authority (Combined Authority) Chief Executive Officer to take decisions on the award of Intellectual Property for Growth grants in consultation with the Chief Executive Officers of the West of England councils.

 

Intellectual Property for Growth is a support programme open to Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) based in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire (the West of England Combined Authority geography) seeking to conduct an Intellectual Property (IP) audit (stage 1) and implement recommended actions contained therein (stage 2).

 

£480,000 of the Combined Authority’s West of England Investment Fund has been allocated to progress the programme.

 

Round one grant applications were submitted and assessed against eligibility / scoring criteria.  The Business and Skills Directors of the West of England councils were consulted on the recommendations that emerged from this assessment process.

 

The Chief Executive Officers of the West of England councils were consulted on the proposals under written procedure and were in agreement with the decision to agree the below stage 1 awards.

 

Decision:

Decision:

 

Approval given for the following grant allocations:

 

Project ID

Company Name

Grant amount (£s)

IP001

Somnus Scientific Limited

2,400

IP003

Data Cubed Ltd

2,400

IP006

YellowDog Limited

2,400

IP007

Rising Arts Agency CIC

2,400

IP011

SpaceBands LTD

2,400

IP012

Views for Change (trading name of T Good Fight Ltd)

2,400

IP013

Upstarter Ventures

2,400

IP014

Bristol Energy Cooperative

2,400

IP016

West of England Centre for Inclusive Living (WECIL) Ltd

2,400

IP019

Imaginable Ltd

2,400

IP022

Epowar Limited

2,400

IP027

aBotics Ltd.

2,400

IP028

Rubbish Ideas LTD

2,400

IP029

Digital Visitor Limited

2,400

IP030

IRIS Intelligence

2,400

IP031

Open 24 Seven Limited

2,400

IP032

Tethir Ltd

2,400

IP033

Breathe Smarter Limited

2,400

IP036

National Centre for Integrative Medicine

2,400

IP037

BPM Contracting Services Ltd

2,400

IP038

Future Piano Ltd

2,400

IP040

VisitMôr Ltd

2,400

IP041

Crack Industries Ltd

2,400

IP043

Web App Services Limited

2,400

IP046

Hydrolize Ltd

2,400

IP047

Better Together – Online Safety (BT-OS)

2,400

IP048

Esoterix Systems

2,400

IP052

Calyo

2,400

Total

67,200

 

Alternative options considered:

Not applicable in relation to this specific decision, i.e. this was the option considered.

 

Publication date: 06/10/2022

Date of decision: 08/02/2022

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