Sector News
Deb Hetherington joins Bruntwood SciTech’s team in Leeds as new head of innovation
Bruntwood SciTech (the 50:50 joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General) has today announced that Deb Hetherington has joined the team in Leeds as Head of Innovation to help drive the growth and expansion of the city’s burgeoning digital and tech sector,...
£40m boost for cutting-edge start-ups
Innovative businesses and start-ups are set to benefit from a £40 million government investment to drive forward new technological advances. Business Secretary Alok Sharma today (20 May 2020) announced the government is doubling investment in the Fast Start...
Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) BEIS Webinars
The UK Government, in consultation with industry, has produced guidance to help ensure workplaces in England are as safe as possible during the coronavirus pandemic. Join a free webinar, hosted by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, to find out...
Could environmental data be the key to a greater understanding of COVID-19?
Environmental data, such as historical air quality patterns, could improve predictions of future likelihood of acute hospitalisation of COVID-19 patients.Changing societal behaviours could point to a path for a greener future.Scientists invited to collaborate in...
Government’s £250m Future Fund opens for business
Government's £250m Future Fund opens for business Hot on the heels of the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak’s, announcement on 20th April, more details of the Government’s Future Fund have been announced. The new fund opens today (20 May) for applications. Demand is likely to...
Major boost to Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre will rapidly expand UK capacity to manufacture a Covid-19 Vaccine.
The Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC), a not-for-profit organisation providing the UK’s first strategic vaccine development and advanced manufacturing capability, has been awarded up to £131million by the Government which sees investment in...
New guidance for safer travel and safer transport operations
The Department for Transport has published guidance for safer travel and safer transport operations during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in England. Click for details
HMG Guidance – Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)
Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) - The UK government, in consultation with industry, has produced ‘COVID-19 secure’ guidance to help ensure workplaces are as safe as possible. The new guidance covers 8 workplace settings which are allowed to be open, from...
Innovation Assets as Leadership Symbols
We may be entering the deepest recession for 300 years. There are 6 million people furloughed - across all sectors - and many businesses are in hibernation, clinging on and hoping for clarity of when the lockdown will end, what 'post-lockdown' will really mean and...
Chancellor extends furlough scheme until October
The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will remain open until the end of October, the Chancellor announced today (Tuesday 12 May 2020). Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will continue until end of Octoberfurloughed workers across UK will continue to receive...
UK Government’s Covid-19 Guidance
Ahead of today's (Monday 11 May) Parliamentary debate the Government has published " OUR PLAN TO REBUILD: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy" This can be downloaded from gov,uk here The guidance also sets out the government's three-step plan. In step one,...
Plans unveiled to establish Cheltenham as the cyber-tech capital of the UK
Cheltenham Borough Council begins its search for a partner to deliver £400million Golden Valley development The search for a development partner for a major £400million project to create the UK’s cyber capital as part of the Golden Valley Garden Community has been...
Business Durham appointed to lead Satellite Innovation Centre
Business Durham has been appointed to lead the North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence until March 2022, having provided support to the sector since 2014. The Satellite Applications Catapult and the UK Space Agency, which funds the centre,...
Business rates revaluation postponed
A revaluation of business rates will no longer take place in 2021 to help reduce uncertainty for firms affected by the impacts of coronavirus, Communities Secretary Rt...
Latest UKSPA webinar launched as lockdown exit strategy is announced this week
It is anticipated that the Prime Minister will announce a series of Government rules to establish a strategy for reopening selected areas of the economy for UK business, as part of an expected easing of lockdown on Thursday 7 May. It is understood that these measures...