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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
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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
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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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05/02/2026 Online

Future Medicines Café

Join the Future Medicines Café, an online event series bringing together innovators, researchers, clinicians, and industry leaders to explore the cutting edge of life medicines and medicines manufacturing in the UK. These informal online cafes showcase emerging innovations across the medicines development pipeline – from discovery and development, through to manufacturing, supply and patient access – creating space for open discussion, shared learning and building new connections across the ecosystem.
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Building local skills for housing retrofit in Newham
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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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10/02/2026 Teeside, London, Manchester

Sustainable Chemicals Incubator Plus (SCIP) Workshops: SME scale-up and deployment

Innovate UK are hosting a series of workshops as part of Innovate UK’s Sustainable Chemicals Incubator Plus (SCIP) activities.
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Putting communities at the heart of a just net zero transition
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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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12/02/2026 Online

Optimal Control and Scientific Computing Webinar

Join us for an introduction to the Knowledge Exchange Hub for Mathematical Sciences (KE Hub) Working Group on Optimal Control and Scientific Computing and to develop collaborations in industrial challenges and investigate opportunities.
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Net Zero Living podcast: Buildings & Retrofit
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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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16/01/2026 Online

Horizon Europe Health 2026/27 – Introduction and Overview Session

Join this webinar to gain an understanding of the health research and innovation funding opportunities under Horizon Europe, worth billions of euros.
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Creating access to frontier innovation
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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.

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