Who we’ve helped

Across our three university hubs, we've supported over 1,000 green businesses on a mission to grow responsibly. Here are a few of them.

Beyond Procurement

Beyond Procurement is an award-winning consultancy that helps businesses reduce costs whilst cutting their carbon footprint. Based in West Sussex, Beyond Procurement, formerly Meercat Associates, accessed LoCASE funding to help their business thrive.

Total Foot Protection

Total Foot Protection Ltd specialise in designing, manufacturing and distributing products, goods, and services to the farriery and veterinary industry across UK and Europe. Total Foot Protection identified their lighting to be a big part of their operational costs, accessing the LoCASE Grant to help.

British Hovercraft Company

The British Hovercraft Company is the world’s largest manufacturer of recreational and small commercial hovercraft. They’re on a mission to bring the world’s first sustainable electric hovercraft to market.

Kinley Systems

Kinley Systems manufacture and supply high-quality landscaping systems to landscape architects, general architects, developers, contractors and designers for garden and urban landscapes.

Falcon Coffees

Falcon Coffees is a green coffee trading company that builds collaborative supply chains for mutual profit and positive social impact.

Envorem

Envorem are on a mission to drive environmental change through technology, they are developing the most environmentally responsible solution to deal with the disposal of oily sludges.

Absolar

Absolar provides intelligent carbon reduction planning and solar feasibility analysis for local authorities and businesses.

Fuelling the hydrogen economy

As part of our Environmental Masters Student Placement scheme, a University of Brighton postgraduate student worked with local initiative Hydrogen Sussex to map the opportunities for hydrogen use in heavy freight and the public sector across the region.

Easy Ceiling

Easy Ceiling design, manufacture and install stretch ceilings – a lightweight suspended ceiling system that clips into a perimeter track. We helped them with product testing, UK innovation funding, and peer business support.

Lankelma

Lankelma work in the pre-construction sector and wanted to embed sustainability into the heart of their business.

Love Lane Brewing

Love Lane Brewing needed to find a more sustainable way to deal with waste from brewing beer.

Bulky Bob’s

Bulky Bob’s were on a mission to find the most environmentally-friendly way to deal with discarded mattresses.

FREDS

FREDS is a service platform that provides a fast and simple way to perform building energy simulations, and help choose the most appropriate building components and systems during early design stages.

Medisort

Medisoft collects, processes and disposes of healthcare waste in the southeast of England, including single use instruments, sharps, medicinal waste and absorbent hygiene products.

Airhead

Airhead is a start-up that is developing an air pollution face mask for cyclists, offering enhanced protection against harmful particulate matter and gases.

Judge Sampson

Judge Sampson company worked with the University of Brighton to secure a Management Knowledge Transfer Partnership (mKTP), a three year business transformation project that gives the company access to funding to employ a high-calibre graduate and access to university expertise.

Used Kitchen Exchange

UKE (Used Kitchen Exchange) is a multi-award winning disruptive business who specialise in the re-sale of used (second hand) and ex-display kitchens.

Business Edge

Business Edge work on disruptive technology that removes the need for oil to be used in air conditioning compressors. Initial tests on a small compressor showed impressive energy savings of up to 40%.

The Florrie

Faced with an overheating problem with their building, The Florrie approached Liverpool John Moores University to help them find a solution.

Akro Valve

Akro Valve Ltd supply flow control valves and water distribution systems that deliver precise units of flow.

Ambiental Environmental Assessment

Ambiental Environmental Assessment use complex data and sophisticated computer modelling to predict flood risks.

Zedify

Zedify uses zero-emission electric cargo bikes to run a delivery network around cities across the UK.

BCMY

BCMY Ltd re-use and recycle used printer cartridges. They’d hit a growth ceiling and needed a new IT system to take them to the next level.

Energy Fairies

Energy Fairies needed to test the environmental performance of their innovative thermal plantation shutter.

OSET Bikes

OSET bikes produce all-electric adult trails bike. A Knowledge Transfer Partnership helped embed testing and design processes in their business, allowing them to take product development up a level.

NER

NER make paper pulp from agricultural waste. We’ve helped them with commercialisation, funding, product development and awards applications.

Waterblade

Waterblade, based in Brighton, fits to a tap and reduces water consumption by up to twice as much as a standard eco aerating nozzle.