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The #VFS22 Awards Recognising the best of the best, our awards are back for 2022. The awards will be held at the end of the day in the Collaboration Zone. The best bit is, you could be a winner! The […]

#VFS20 Event Highlights Venturefest South’s annual showcase, #VFS20 Festival of Innovation is just around the corner and already has a jam-packed schedule. The showcase will be a place for the brightest minds and big thinkers to share experiences, insights and […]

The fourth annual #VFS20 Festival of Innovation is celebrating the hugely increased opportunity for its 2020 event on March 27 at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton. One of the fastest-growing innovation communities in the UK, Venturefest South, will be presenting the […]

BAE Systems have announced that they will recruit more than 800 apprentices in the UK in 2020 – the highest number ever recruited. The new recruits will join one of more than 25 apprenticeship programmes across our Air, Maritime, Land and […]

Venturefest South Headline Partner, BAE Systems explore what futurists predict the top careers by 2040 will be. Emerging technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics will influence the careers we do in the future. On A-Level […]

The Sustainable Innovation Award The Sustainable Innovation Award is brand new to this year’s showcase. It recognises outstanding innovations within the south’s innovation ecosystem that have the greatest impact on sustainability. Judging criteria: How well the business concept, and potential, […]

Venturefest South (VFS) is seeking candidates for new board members and a new high-profile Chair for its award-winning showcase, when the founding chair retires following the March 2020 Showcase.  Venturefest South is a not for profit initiative, made up of […]

Everyone at Venturefest South HQ is celebrating winning a major industry award in the ‘Best Event’ category at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ (CIPR) PRide Awards recently held in Bristol. The innovation showcase #VFS19, held at the Ageas Bowl […]

Venturefest South is pleased to announce that registration is open for its March 2020 event! We will see the biggest celebration of the South’s innovation ecosystem at #VFS20 Festival of Innovation on 27 March. Building onto the snowballing success of […]

A new high-tech business accelerator, Root21, announced it’s launch earlier last week. Root21 aims to produce better, stronger companies that rapidly grow and succeed with the help of their highly skilled team. This exciting announcement will mean businesses in the South […]