Driving Innovation & Collaboration Across the South West | News, Events & Funding Opportunities

• MUKSW Women in Maritime Network – join us in November
• MUKSW event – Clean Maritime Drop-in online meeting (18 Nov)
• MUKSW and KPMG event – Maritime Business Scale Up (1 Dec)
• MUKSW attends Skills Launchpad Live in Plymouth
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• UK Maritime Regions Network launched
• £84 million to boost defence growth plans and create nearly 1,000 jobs
• Freight Innovation Fund welcomes latest cohort of innovative businesses
• At-sea Capability Testing for Offshore Renewables (ACTOR) facility
• UWE: Fully funded AI-Ready Robotics Workforce Programme launches for small and medium-sized enterprises
• GW-SHIFT – webinars announced
• Inductive Power Projection showcase their subsea offering
• ACUA Ocean and Forssea Robotics Complete Successful ROV–USV Integration
• New DBT Investor Network for Maritime Businesses Seeking Investment
• Funding and Opportunities
• Plymouth Marine Laboratory and University of Exeter – Marine collaboration strengthened in boost to South West region
• PNO Innovation building consortia around 2027 Horizon Europe maritime competitions
• Solis Marine: Cargo Crane Maintenance Management
• Cygard, a Complete Cyber product brand, launches Cygard Assure
• Fuelling the future across the South West – report published
• British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme (BICS) – Support for Manufacturing Businesses
• HydroPort Demo Day (22 Oct)
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Driving Innovation & Collaboration Across the South West | News, Events & Funding Opportunities

• MUKSW officially launches Women in Maritime Network
• Join BIST’s UK company delegation at the Smart Maritime Annual Global Innovation Congress (SMAGIC’26)
• Strengthen your Maritime Cyber Awareness with the University of Plymouth
• DBT develops investor network to support UK maritime innovation
• GW-SHIFT – Building the strategy and connections to move your hydrogen innovation forward
• New Support for Freight and Logistics Innovators to Commercialise Validated Solutions
• BMT launches Maritime Autonomous Systems E-Learning Course as the Autonomy Skills Gap widens
• Seiche launches new Marine Science & Technology Department
• Funding and Opportunities
• PNO Innovation UK – CMDC and ZEVI are closing, but that doesn’t mean the funding window is closing with them
• ARC Marine – Decommissioning Impossible?
• City College Plymouth appoints former Royal Marines Brigadier Mike Tanner to lead Regional Defence and Security Skills
• Reliable Sub Sea Operations – Inductive Power Projection
• Maritime heroes honoured for inspiring the next generation of seafarers and supporting communities at sea
• ACUA Ocean Meets with Minister for Defence, Readiness and Industry
• Strategic Technologies Investment Conference 2026 (South West) – British Business Bank partnering with SWRDSC
• Skills England consultation on retirement of Small Commercial Vessel Crewmember Apprenticeship
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Driving Innovation & Collaboration Across the South West | News, Events & Funding Opportunities

What’s in this month’s newsletter:

• Maritime UK South West joins the Global Maritime Regions Network
• Have your say on the new Global Autonomy Cluster (deadline 04/08)
• Appledore Maritime Innovation Centre marketing particulars now available
• DBT develops investor network to support UK maritime innovation
• At-sea Capability Testing for Offshore Renewables (ACTOR) facility
• New Strategic Research Agenda Report published
• Ministry of Defence publishes new Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Action Plan
• Nature-Inclusive Design: What Does Good Look Like?
• Plymouth and South Devon Freeport – Spotlight Piece
• ACUA Ocean and Teledyne FLIR Defense Complete UKDI Funded Demonstration of an Integrated Tethered UAS and Uncrewed Surface Vessel Capability
• Funding and Opportunities
• Plymouth-based MLA College strengthens UK–India maritime education partnership
• UK Submarine Enterprise Conference 2026
• Solus Marine: Evolving Risks: Carriage of Electrical Vehicles (EVs)
• Marine autonomy startups: a new pathway to investor-ready capital
• Birthday Honours 2027 round is now open for nominations
• Future Maritime Accelerator Programme applications now open
• Strategic Technologies Investment Conference 2026 (South West) – British Business Bank partnering with SWRDSC
• Follow MUKSW on LinkedIn