Place-based innovation and entrepreneurship

Supporting local startups with funding and resources, leveraging regional assets and fostering community collaboration.

Place-based innovation and entrepreneurship

At FTIH, our 'place-based innovation and entrepreneurship' focus is on:

Supporting startups and businesses: Offering incubators, accelerators and funding for ventures driven by local opportunities and resources.
Leveraging local assets: Utilising unique geographic characteristics, human capital and cultural heritage to drive economic growth.
Fostering collaboration: Engaging public, private and third-sector organisations to enhance community quality of life.

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Place-based innovation and entrepreneurship

Live activities

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Challenge

How can we better use data to support our high street?

Tom Rushby

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How can we best support place-based innovators and entrepreneurs?

Tom Rushby

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How might we make local food and food producers more visible and accessible in coastal communities?

Melanie Foster

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Mentoring on launching a startup, testing ideas and growing your venture.

Robert Woolf

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Challenge - How might we make local food and food producers more visible and accessible in coastal communities?

Melanie Foster

Coastal communities like Hamble are rich in natural beauty, local pride and a hunger for sustainability. Yet for residents and visitors alike, truly...

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Mentoring

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Offer - Mentoring on launching a startup, testing ideas and growing your venture.

Robert Woolf

I’ve built a modestly successful tech startup and I’d be happy to offer around six hours of mentoring to an undergraduate or postgraduate...

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Challenge - How can we best support place-based innovators and entrepreneurs?

Tom Rushby

Creating happy, healthy, and prosperous places requires bold ideas and innovative solutions. A place-based accelerator can play a key role in...

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Platform members

These members are interested in place-based innovation and entrepreneurship:

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view member profile "Susan George"

Susan George

Business Coach, Facilitator, Project Manager and Multigenerational Advocate

Enabling Positive Change, Growth & Impact Across the UK and EuropeDynamic and results-driven, I’m a freelance trainer, facilitator, and certified performance coach with extensive senior management experience across both public and private s ...

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KCooper

I help teachers and small teams use AI safely, confidently and ethically.

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About RI-AI Collective RI-AI Collective helps teachers and small organisations use AI in a safe and simple way. I focus on practical skills that reduce workload and protect digital wellbeing. What I Do I give clear training on how ...

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view member profile "Lois Farquharson"

Lois Farquharson

Dean and Professor, School of Business, Law and Society, Southampton Solent...

Hello Everyone, I'm the Dean of the School of Business, Law and Society and a Professor of Leadership Practice. I joined SSU in September 2025. I have a strong commitment to collaborative working, working across the intersections of indus ...

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Place-based innovation and entrepreneurship