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 …
We have run 5 innovation loans competitions since we launched our pilot in November 2017. Through these, we have learned a great deal about this approach to stimulating and supporting later stage innovation for growth-oriented SMEs. This week we launched …
According to the 2018 Scaleup Review, there are more scaleup companies than ever that have had support from Innovate UK to grow and scale through innovation. Scaleups more likely to be innovative Evidence from the ScaleUp Institute shows that scaleups …
Almost a year ago, Innovate UK formally announced the launch of the £50m innovation loans pilot programme at Innovate 2017 in Birmingham. Since October 2017, I have been travelling the length and breadth of the UK with colleagues from Innovate …
Last October, I wrote a blog to introduce our innovation loans. We then travelled around the UK to hold briefing events, before formally launching our £50m pilot programme at Innovate 2017. Our first innovation loans competition, for infrastructure systems first …
Innovation was one of the buzzwords of 2017 as it was used to try to make the ordinary seem appealing. Real innovation – taking disruptive ideas that are new to the market all the way through to commercial success – …
It was almost two years ago that the (then) Chancellor first mentioned innovation loans from Innovate UK, as part of the 2015 Spending Review. Since then, we have been working hard to develop a product that we believe will help …
