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.
Three years ago we launched the £93 million Robots for a Safer World challenge, part of the first wave of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). The challenge was to develop safer and more productive technologies for working in extreme environments, in industries such as Nuclear Decommissioning, Offshore Wind Energy and Space.
Find out about the highlights and about some of the business-led fast-start grants to robotics projects responding directly to the Covid-19 crisis.
While some of us have been able to work at home during the Covid-19 crisis – and may have actually improved our productivity – this has not been the case for most of those involved in research and development (R&D). …
Solverboard published its first Innovation Blockers Report in December 2019. The report focused on five of the most common challenges businesses face when trying to innovate. Three months after our first report the Covid-19 pandemic brought the world to a …
Amidst the Covid-19 health emergency, the likes of which no one had faced before, the UK population adapted and responded to a fast-moving situation. In March 2020, the UK government imposed a stay at home order, banning all non-essential travel …
The new and emerging challenges faced by society and industry in the midst of COVID-19 demand ambitious and innovative solutions. The need to stay at home and to social distance or self-isolate presents new threats to a wide range of …
