Useful Research + Resources

• Snapshot of the entrepreneurial ecosystem created at Engine Shed in 2019 LINK

• 70+ Centres of Excellence in Greater Bristol from West of England Combined Authority LINK

• techSPARK Chairs Report 2025 LINK

• techSPARK Chairs Report 2024 LINK

• techSPARK Chairs Report 2023 LINK

• TechforGoodBB.co.uk dataset and map of tech for good made in 2019 (under review by our friends at Tech4GoodSW.

• Brunel Centre Economic Audit 2026: https://www.thebrunelcentre.co.uk/research/strategic-economic-audit-of-the-west-of-england

• West of England Combined Mayoral Authority Growth Strategy: https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/about-us/our-strategy/west-of-england-growth-plan/

• West of England Combined Mayoral Authority Exec Summary: https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/WE4915-Growth-Strategy-exec-summary_aw_web_v1.pdf

• Combined Mayoral Authority Regional insights https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/about-us/regional-insights/economic-overview/

• Original 2018 SQW Innovation Cluster report: https://www2.uwe.ac.uk/services/Marketing/press/pdf/Bristol-Bath_Innovation_Cluster_Report_18_Digital.pdf

• National Scaleup Institute Annual Reviews: https://www.scaleupinstitute.org.uk/reports-archive/

Major Pillars of The Tech + Creative Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

• Science Creates: https://www.sciencecreates.co.uk/

• SETsquared Bristol: https://setsquared-bristol.co.uk/

• SETsquared Bath: https://bath-setsquared.co.uk/

• Future Space: https://www.futurespacebristol.co.uk/

• Engine Shed: https://engine-shed.co.uk/

• Natwest Accelerator: https://www.natwest.com/business/business-services/entrepreneur-accelerator.html

• Barclays Eagle Lab: https://labs.uk.barclays/locations/bristol/

• Bristol Creative Industries: https://bristolcreativeindustries.com/

• Pervasive Media Studio: https://www.watershed.co.uk/studio/