Sector News
Important news from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
The Department of Business, Energy (BEIS) have announced the 15 Unique projects who will share £2 million of funding to test innovative ways to encourage SMEs to use productivity-boosting technology and management practices. A second competition, with a...
Chris Skidmore MP appointed as new Science Minister
Chris Skidmore, MP for Kingswood has been appointed as the new Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation following the recent resignation of Sam Gyimah. Read the full press release here Submitted on 14/12/2018
Artificial Intelligence to help save lives at five new technology centres
The UK's Artificial Intelligence revolution gets new backing, as the Business Secretary announces five new centres of excellence for digital pathology and imaging, including radiology using AI medical devices. The £50m funding for these centres are part of the...
£215 million additional investment for UK Catapult innovation centres
Further investment in the UK’s internationally-renowned Catapult innovation centres has been announced as part of the government’s modern Industrial Strategy. The Catapult centres help the very best UK businesses, scientists and engineers to work together Catapult...
Free satellite data to help tackle public sector challenges
Government departments, emergency services and local authorities will receive free access to thousands of high-resolution satellite images of Britain, under plans announced today by Science Minister Sam Gyimah. The UK Space Agency’s Space for Smarter Government...
Lab Innovations 2018 – the home of new laboratory product launches
Lab Innovations, the UK’s only trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry, will again host a range of laboratory introductions during the event at the NEC, Birmingham, on 31st October to 1st November. With over a third of exhibitors planning to...
UK’s largest science and technology property partnership fomed between Legal & General and Bruntwood
Bruntwood and Legal & General Capital (Legal & General) have established a landmark 50:50 partnership to create the UK’s largest property platform dedicated to driving science and technology growth in regional cities. The deal will see the two partners invest...
Ireland’s first ever satellite moves one step closer to launch into space
Pictured at UCD are; Joe Thompson, PhD student, UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; John Halligan TD, Minister for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development and Maeve Doyle, PhD student, UCD School of Physics. (Image: Colm Mahady,...
CPD-certified conference program for Lab Innovations 2018
Lab Innovations, the UK’s only trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry, has announced the programme for its 2018 open conference streams, complementing its showcase of lab products, technologies and services. The laboratory industry is constantly evolving...
West Midlands to become UK’s first large-scale 5G testbed
Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton to become 5G hubs after winning national competition The West Midlands has been selected to become the innovative home to the UK’s first multi-city 5G test bed. The multi million pound trial of new high speed connectivity will...
Lab Innovations – The essential guide to greener more sustainable laboratories
Lab Innovations, the UK’s only trade show dedicated to the laboratory industry, will have a new focus this year on the increasingly important aspect of the “Sustainable Laboratory”. Taking place on 31 October & 1 November 2018 at the NEC, Birmingham, Lab...
Billion-pound backing for British innovation
Britain’s world-leading researchers and entrepreneurs will benefit from an additional £780 million to create the technologies of tomorrow. Britain’s world-leading researchers and entrepreneurs will benefit from an additional £780 million to create the technologies of...
The North of England Life Sciences Accelerator: application now open
The North of England Life Sciences Accelerator (NELSA) is looking for early stage businesses & those with a business idea in the life science and healthcare sector. An integrated programme of support, NELSA is a unique collaboration between the BioCity Group,...
Rolls Royce to spearhead £128m electric flight revolution
Rolls-Royce is set to be at the forefront of a £343m “revolution” in electric and hybrid planes, the Government has announced. The investment, made by government and industry for research and development and productivity improvements will “transform the future of...
Government announces formation of new Northern Powerhouse body
Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry MP has announced that Local Enterprise Partnerships in the North of England are set to form a new body to support the Government’s ambitions for the Northern Powerhouse. The Chairs of each of the eleven Local Enterprise...