Knowledge Centre
Browse through our collection of news, perspectives and webinars to gain a deeper understanding of the Innovate UK Business Connect culture and sector intelligence.
Retrofit in Rural Environments: Insights for UK local authorities
The Retrofit in Rural Environments insight report, developed under Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme, examines the role local authorities play in rural retrofit, and how can they address and enable innovation in this context.
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People, skills and purpose: Shaping the UK’s innovation ecosystem together
The Innovate UK Talent & Skills Connect Conference 2025 brought together leaders from industry, education, and government to address a central question: How can the UK build a world-class innovation workforce?
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Future Medicines Café
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Building local skills for housing retrofit in Newham
Newham Council asked the Carbon Trust to take a closer look at the types and numbers of jobs that will be needed to retrofit their homes and reach their Just Transition Plan targets.
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Sustainable Chemicals Incubator Plus (SCIP) Workshops: SME scale-up and deployment
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Putting communities at the heart of a just net zero transition
Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme, in partnership with Regen, outlines how local authorities can engage and empower communities to ensure a just net zero transition.
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Optimal Control and Scientific Computing Webinar
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Net Zero Living podcast: Buildings & Retrofit
Produced in partnership with Regen, this podcast draws on learnings from the Net Zero Living Programme, and the recent publications of retrofit insights from the programme in Better Warmer Homes.
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Horizon Europe Health 2026/27 – Introduction and Overview Session
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Creating access to frontier innovation
Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) sit at the heart of ICURe’s approach. By broadening participation across gender, geography and institution type, ICURe aims to ensure that frontier innovation can emerge from across the UK’s research base and scale into real-world impact.