Bruce Colley

I am the Access to Finance Manager at Innovate UK.

My role is to help the SMEs and early-stage businesses we support at Innovate UK to connect with sources of private sector debt and equity finance (and other forms of business support such as coaching and mentoring). This in turn enabling them them to commercialise their innovations and grow their businesses.

Are pitching events value for money?

Posted by: Bruce Colley, Posted on: 23 June 2017 - Categories: Investors

I have run a lot of pitching events and they are always adrenaline fuelled and great fun – but are they value for money? They can be a great social event – with good food and wine and great conversations. …

Innovate 2016 - effective negotiating and closing a deal

Posted by: Bruce Colley, Posted on: 15 September 2016 - Categories: Business advice, events

Closing any deal requires a number of elements to come together: it has to be a good deal for both sides there needs to be mutual respect the timing needs to be right there needs to be momentum 1. A …

Cutting across sectors and markets

Posted by: Bruce Colley, Posted on: 22 March 2016 - Categories: advanced materials, corporate, energy, events, transport systems

Looking outside of your own market for inspiration can be a great way of discovering new innovation ideas and this was the aim of our Accelerating British Innovation event held at the home of Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and the …