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.
While transport hasn’t traditionally been the sexiest of sectors, it does touch just about every corner of our lives. The UK transport network moves an extraordinary number of people and vast quantities of goods to the places they need to …
Rechargeable batteries have completely changed our lives in recent years. We look back and laugh at the brick phones from the late 1980s and early 90s along with the shoulder pads and the yuppie image that went with them. …
Regulation on the emissions from internal combustion engines, actual and planned market disruption from Tesla (and Dyson, Google and others) and technological advances in electric powertrains and batteries are driving a surge of demand for electric vehicles (EVs).
Michael Faraday, born back in 1791, was an inspirational man in his time. The discoverer of electromagnetic induction, the principle behind the electric transformer and generator in 1831, he continues to be an inspiration to scientists, engineers and technicians. Faraday’s …
There’s lots of exciting news since I last wrote here in June about the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). If you missed it, the ISCF was announced in April and is part of the government’s £4.7 billion increase in research …
Future generations will be using vehicles, which have batteries as their primary source of energy. They will be able to charge, travel, discharge to the grid and recharge at will. There will need to be completely different business models developed around how …
It’s always good to be excited about your work, and as David Wilkes and I noted earlier this year, the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund has certainly created a lot of excitement - about the opportunities for UK businesses and the …
