Born the son of a coal miner in South Yorkshire in the '60s, I grew up in a region then dominated by deep mining and heavy industry.
I sometimes comment that I was the “son of a Panda” but of course that was the coal dust around my father’s eyes.
Boris Johnson has vowed to make Britain a world leader in low-cost clean energy with the launch of the Government’s ten point climate action plan for a green industrial revolution this week, taking us a step closer to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
We know that Research & Development (R&D) and innovation activities are essential for businesses that are looking to compete, grow and succeed and that companies invest in R&D and innovation during the good economic times. Why is investment in R&D …
The Transforming Food Production (TFP) Challenge was launched as part of the second wave of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). It is the only challenge that is focused on food and agriculture and £90 million over 4 years it is a ‘medium’ sized challenge.
The Future Leaders Fellowships (FLF) is the flagship UKRI wide scheme aimed at attracting rising stars from business and academia. Funding early career researchers and innovators across all disciplines, the scheme supports ambitious programmes and long-term career goals, accelerating the Fellow to become a world class research and innovation leader of tomorrow. In this blog …
It’s National Longevity Week this week (9-13 November) and it’s made me focus on a perennial problem; why are so few truly innovative products, services and business models designed to meet the needs of older people?
One vision of our industrial future will see fleets of autonomous vehicles transporting passengers and goods. Each vehicle will need to ‘see’ the world around it with perfect clarity and be connected to our next-generation communications networks with secure, real-time information transfer for location and navigation.
The Future Leaders Fellowships scheme (FLF) supports talented researchers and innovators to deliver ambitious programmes of work to accelerate their careers and establish themselves as the leaders of tomorrow. The scheme is open to applicants from businesses and academia, across …
What is net zero? Well if you’re uncertain, you’re not alone.
In latest polling, a majority of UK people now say they have heard of it, but only 4% said they knew a lot about it...
UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships (FLFs) scheme has awarded 11 successful candidates based within innovative UK businesses, as part of it’s £109 million investment in research and innovation leaders of the future. During their fellowships, the Future Leaders will undertake ambitious …
It’s astonishing the difference nine months can make in business. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may well leave its mark on UK industry and innovation in a way no other crisis has before and will continue to do so for many years to come.
From dealing with lockdown conditions in March, to establishing safer ways of working now, different UK industries are adapting and innovating to build a completely new working world.
