Sector News
Expressions of interest sought for e-Health mission to Australia
Expression of Interest: Hosted visit to Brisbane and City of Gold Coast, Queensland Trade 2018 - Commonwealth Games Trade and Investment Program 10th-13th April 2018 Trade and Investment Queensland, TIQ, is organising an e-health industry sector mission to...
Composites Event: Out of Autoclave processing of composites – Belfast, March 15th
Out-of-Autoclave (OOA) processing of composites has come a long way since its humble origins. The automotive sector is looking to processes such as high pressure RTM and press forming to give the required rate and quality of finished component, whilst...
Cambridge companies urged to take part in Tech Nation 2018 survey
Cambridge companies are being urged to take part in the Tech Nation 2018 survey which closes on Friday February 2nd. Tech Nation is a groundbreaking series of reports, which over the past three years has captured the strength, depth and breadth of activity across...
UKRI Research and Innovation Infrastructure Roadmap launch
Science Minister Sam Gyimah announces the launch of the UKRI Research and Innovation Infrastructure Roadmap. 22 January 2018 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Sam Gyimah MP Thank you to the Royal Society for hosting us today. Speaking as a new...
MacRobert Award 2018 entries now open
The UK’s premier engineering award launches this year’s search for the best of UK innovation. Entries are now open for the 2018 Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award and will close on 31 January 2018. The MacRobert Award recognises outstanding engineering...
New business incubators will help space industry grow
The UK Space Agency has announced £200,000 of funding for 4 new business incubators to boost the number of start-up companies in the space sector across the UK. The incubators, in Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Leicestershire and London, will provide...
Industrial Strategy published
Government has published the Industrial Strategy White Paper, which sets out a long term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK. You can find the White Paper here. The Strategy comments: It sets out how we are building a...
PM – “Record boost to R&D”
The UK will see its biggest ever increase in research and development investment and a new fund to transform transport connections within city regions across the country, the PM announced on Monday 20 November. As part of the Industrial Strategy’s aim to improve...
Boost for space incubators during Global Entrepreneurship Week
The UK Space Agency has announced an extra £90,000 of funding for three of its successful business incubation centres. The money will go to centres in Nottingham, Leicester and Durham, which support entrepreneurs and small companies in the space...
PM reaffirms commitment to UK tech sector
The Prime Minister will meet leading digital entrepreneurs and innovators from across the country on Wednesday 15 November, as she announces a series of measures to support the continued growth and success of the UK’s world-class tech sector. In the run up to the...
UK Innovation Summit – London 29 November 2017
The UK Innovation Summit Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 Cavendish Conference Centre, London UKSPA is supporting this event and a 20% discount is available for UKSPA members and their tenant companies. The UK Innovation Summit has been developed in cooperation...
Enterprise M3 LEP Chairman appointed Chief Scientific Adviser at DIT
The Chairman of Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Dr Mike Short, CBE, has been appointed as the Chief Scientific Adviser by the Department for International Trade (DIT). In the newly created role, Dr Short will build links with research, development...
Science Minister calls on universities to do more to commercialise UK research and innovation
Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson today (12 October 2017) outlined his vision to secure the UK’s status as a pioneering nation and called for universities to secure more return from the research conducted by institutions across the UK. Speaking at the...
Science & Innovation Audit – third phase – Update
BEIS has confirmed the following consortia will be undertaking their SIA in the third wave. The twelve consortia that will be part of the 3rd wave of SIAs are: • Cyber Resilience Alliance (led by Worcestershire LEP with support from The Marches, Gloucestershire...
SETsquared member Living Maps scoop two Innovate UK grants
SETsquared Bath member, Living Map, has won two new Innovate UK grants worth £125k under the Emerging and Enabling Capabilities and Robotics and AI categories.Living Map provides powerful, bespoke digital map applications to public-facing places such as venues,...