Join a roundtable for Sussex businesses exploring how to drive real change across customers, teams and supply chains through practical discussion, shared insight and collaborative action.

Lunch+Learn offers expert insights and hands-on advice on essential business and professional growth topics. Join us for an interactive lunch led by seasoned speakers.

Get expert advice at Plus X Innovation. Members can access complimentary 1:1 sessions with vetted experts to focus on growing your business and tackling your bespoke challenges.

Up to 20 Founders + Leaders from the Plus X Innovation community will join forces to create a powerful peer-to-peer network, provide valuable support to each other and respond to the pressing challenges of business together.

Get a comprehensive crash course to circular economy thinking and zero-waste design.

You’re ready to bring a circular economy mindset into your business. But what happens when your plan meets real-world demands?

Explore circular business strategies with inspiring founders, practical insights, and peer support to grow your sustainable venture.

Take your idea, test it, validate it and get it market ready. In just one day a week, for 8 weeks, our Stage-One Pre-Accelerator innovation programme helps you to validate assumptions and develop the critical foundations for market success.

Helping Sussex tech ventures scale faster through practical learning, peer exchange, and expert insight.

We're hosting three expert-led workshops to welcome AI as your latest team member and learn how to harness it at its most effective and powerful. Make AI work for you.

Join us for a captivating panel discussion, featuring academic and corporate expertise, and an impact led AI-leveraging start-up, where we delve into the innovative applications of Artificial Intelligence in fostering positive social and environmental impact in business.

Explore circular economy options, benchmark against competitors, and make impactful claims for investment or talking to customers.

Join Circularity Now: 2025, where trailblazers in sustainability explore practical solutions for a circular, waste-free future. Including experts from BakerBrown Architects, Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, Brighton & Hove Albion FC, and Brighton Fashion Collective.

A one-day workshop for ambitious business leaders ready to turn AI curiosity into action. Build an AI-powered strategic plan and practical workflows you can apply straight away.

Explore how designers and makers are reducing waste, using circular materials, and creating sustainable, impactful products.

From circular business models to sustainable materials and impact-driven growth, each session offers practical insight, peer learning, and real-world examples to help you take the next step on your circular journey.

Get expert advice in our 1:1 sessions in person at Plus X Innovation in Brighton. Members and anyone joining our free co-working week can access expertise from vetted experts to tackle your bespoke challenge.

An evening exploring what really makes circular innovation happen. Hear from experts, discover practical insights and connect with people driving the transition to a circular economy.

Are you a purpose-driven individual or business looking to magnify your positive impact on society, the environment, or community? Become a Pioneer today!

We’re inviting industrial design students from University of Brighton to imagine new ways of designing products for a new generation of on-demand digital manufacturing technology we’re piloting at Plus X Innovation.

Join Simon Ranyard, Managing Director at Orange Business and Dr Alex Leathard, on navigating the AI shift with innovation and focus.

Lunch+Learn offers expert insights and hands-on advice on essential business and professional growth topics. Join us for an interactive lunch led by seasoned speakers.

Get expert advice at Plus X Innovation. Members can access complimentary 1:1 sessions with vetted experts to focus on growing your business and tackling your bespoke challenges.

Up to 20 Founders + Leaders from the Plus X Innovation community will join forces to create a powerful peer-to-peer network, provide valuable support to each other and respond to the pressing challenges of business together.

Unlock the Future of Design and Manufacturing with Our Specialised Training! Are you looking to enhance your skills in CAD software and explore the cutting-edge world of 3D printing?

Learn how to design and visualise your product using industry standard CAD software.

One-day bootcamp designed to help founders sharpen their pitch, build confidence, and win buy-in from investors, customers and partners.

Are you an innovator, entrepreneur, or designer looking to take your product ideas from concept to reality? Join us to learn how products are manufactured at scale, and how you can successfully work with factories and suppliers to bring your product to life.

For hardware innovators and product-based businesses who are ready to scale production. You’ll gain the practical know-how, supplier connections, and manufacturing strategy you need to move from small runs to full-scale production with confidence.

Learn how products are manufactured at scale, and how you can successfully work with factories and suppliers to bring your product to life.

A panel-led discussion on navigating the world of fundraising for ambitious businesses, led by Plus X Innovation’s ecosystem of business growth experts - followed by an evening of networking.

We're hosting three expert-led workshops to welcome AI as your latest team member and learn how to harness it at its most effective and powerful. Make AI work for you.

Join us for a captivating panel discussion, featuring academic and corporate expertise, and an impact led AI-leveraging start-up, where we delve into the innovative applications of Artificial Intelligence in fostering positive social and environmental impact in business.

Learn how to test, fund and produce your physical product through small batch production and crowdfunding.

Are you considering launching a product through a Kickstarter campaign or producing a small run of products to test the market? Join our batch production and crowdfunding workshop and gain the knowledge and skills you need to successfully bring your product ideas to life.

Learn how to use the most popular rapid prototyping tool in the workshop: the 3D printer. From design in CAD software, through to preparing it for printing, and producing a printed part.

Learn how to use the most popular rapid prototyping tool in the workshop: the 3D printer. From design in CAD software, through to preparing it for printing, and producing a printed part.

Join our workshop focused on "Storytelling for Your Business," designed specifically for startups and small companies looking to stand out in today's competitive market.

Fast-track investment and product development. Learn directly from Damon Bonser, CEO of the British Design Fund, and discover how to build strong investor relationships, tell a compelling business story, and bring your product to life with expert tools like SOLIDWORKS for Startups.

The CRL Accelerator is one of the UK’s leading programmes for early-stage, product-based businesses, and this year, we’re running a dedicated cohort to support female founders. Despite growing innovation across the UK, women remain underrepresented in hardware and deep tech.

The CRL Accelerator offers an unrivalled package of support to hardware startups. Over the course of three months, the intensive and hands-on innovation programme focuses on product and business development.

The CRL Accelerator offers an unrivalled package of support to hardware startups. Over the course of four months, the intensive and hands-on innovation programme focuses on product and business development. Support includes access to industry-leading mentors and an experienced product development team, alongside introductions to suppliers and manufacturers.

This two-day program is designed to help you master AI tools to automate various tasks, saving you time, money, and mental bandwidth. Learn from the experts at Simpler with AI and discover how to leverage AI for your business's success.

Bringing innovation and industry together to accelerate sustainable transformation in fashion. The Fashion Innovation Summit is an in-person one-day event designed to spark meaningful connections between high-potential startups and some of the UK’s most influential fashion brands.

The Grant Writing Masterclass is designed to help you effectively navigate the grant writing landscape and craft a winning grant application. Designed for ambitious startups looking for funding and pre-revenue founders across sectors, this programme is curated to help you learn how to write an effective grant application to increase your chances of securing funding.

The Aviation Innovation Summit is a one-day event bringing together UK airports, industry partners and innovative startups to explore emerging challenges and discover new opportunities across sustainability, operational efficiency and the future of passenger experience.

Raising a first seed round is one of the most exciting milestones in the life of a startup. However, this challenge often comes with anxiety, unexpected hurdles and uncertainty. This intensive two-day innovation programme will give you the tools and knowledge to successfully raise your first round of investment.

Spend a day at the Plus X Innovation Central Research Laboratory, imagining new ways of designing products for the next generation of on-demand digital manufacturing technology. Work with experts in circular design and manufacturing to learn how to make products free from the constraints of traditional offshore mass manufacturing.

Embark on your next funding round with confidence! Our two-day innovation programme equips founders to navigate the challenges of fundraising. Gain a deep understanding of VC expectations, engage with investors strategically, and master the pitch. Elevate your fundraising strategy and position your business for success.