What is the attraction of the South West for marine technologies businesses?
Rob Rawlinson-Smith Garrad Hassan moved to Bristol in the late 1980s. At the time we expected wind farms to take off commercially in the South West. In practice that didn’t happen, but these days being here to serve the marine technologies sector is very convenient, with big projects such as Wave Hub coming through. Bristol is also good for attracting people to come and work as they want to move here for lifestyle reasons. Simon Taylor IT Power’s headquarters is in Hampshire but we opened in Bristol four or five years ago. It is a good location to attract graduates with the right skills. And we have strong relations with the universities of Bristol and Southampton. Are relations across the business community and with the universities strong enough here? Rawlinson-Smith It is only recently that academia has recognised the importance of renewable energy and the significance of the opportunity. I think there is still a certain resistance in the universities. They don’t necessarily recogni
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