Thomas Edison famously said that “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration”. This made me wonder if these are the only vital ingredients needed to become a successful pioneer. I decided to investigate and shine a light on some of …
As it is announced that the 47th G7 Summit is to be held in the beautiful Carbis Bay, Cornwall, this serves as a reminder, amongst uncertain fiscal times, that the United Kingdom is indeed a centre of global economic excellence.
Now, more than ever is a time to celebrate the innovation that originates from the UK.
It’s just thirteen more cooking, decorating, planning and shopping days to Christmas, for those of you who celebrate it. And while Christmas might look a bit different this year – we’re looking for board games to play over Zoom, for example – life still goes on.
Today is the first day of BEYOND, a conference running from 30 November to December, where thinkers, makers, investors and researchers across the creative industries come together to explore the relationship between creative research and business innovation.
Major projects funded through the through the Prospering from the Energy Revolution programme are demonstrating that data and digital solutions are vital components needed to deliver new markets and business models in our local energy systems. Utilising data enables us …
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 energy system of the future won’t look like today’s. The scale of change over the next 10 to 20 years will be considerable and, while we don’t know exactly what this change will look like, we do know some …
More of a play on words relating to two of our regions great strengths – aerospace and earth observation technologies – rather than any reference to Brexit. I’m Innovate UK’s Regional Manager for the South West of England, which means …
When is a cow not a cow? When it’s a Thing. Since the beginning of the Internet of Things movement, one question has always followed it around: “what exactly is IoT?” It’s not actually IoT that people are struggling to …
Your business could benefit from a wide range of opportunities to get funding for your innovative ideas from Innovate UK. These are our new competitions that opened in February and March 2016. Energy game changer Opens: 29 March 2016 Registration closes: 04 May …
