It’s been over 160 years since Alexander Parkes created what many people regard to be the first thermoplastic, Parkesine, in Birmingham (that’s right – plastic is a UK innovation). Though Parkes himself never really achieved commercial success with his wonder …
Are you an SME working in the advanced materials space? Does your work have applications in transport and mobility? Do you want to break into international markets or increase your international collaboration? This could be the right opportunity for your …
The question of whether foreign buy-outs of UK technology successes stories should be welcomed as a way to take the business to the next level, or condemned as preventing the development of the next UK multi-national, is never far away. …
They’re fairly conservative documents. Whereas innovative technologists and entrepreneurs would wisely put plenty of creativity into their pitch decks and live presentations, the structure of business plans tends to be very consistent. That’s because it makes it easier for a …
Unless they adopt additive manufacturing by 2025, British companies will not be winners in the global high-value manufacturing race
I am Innovate UK’s Regional manager for the East of England. That means I work with stakeholders, particularly the Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), to align our respective strategies for innovation and to understand and highlight the innovation strengths of the …
For the first time in my career, I was one of only four men out of forty presenters as I joined an all-day innovation networking event for around 150 invited participants who had applied to our infocus Women in Innovation …
There are so many things to highlight in this, my final blog post of 2016, reflecting on a year in the life of Innovate UK. Here are just a few of my ‘best bits’ of the past year.
Innovation is risky, but failure to innovate can be worse. Companies who commit to innovation have higher productivity, grow twice as fast, and have higher exports than those who don’t. They have a much better chance of handling sudden market …
A quick quiz… Do you think staff in the Innovate UK family: All work in Swindon All work in Swindon apart from the people in the Catapult centres Are mostly in Swindon except for a few people in London None …
