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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.
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International research projects: Five must-haves for successful collaborations
The GCRF AgriFood Africa Innovation Awards are all about connecting people and organisations in the UK and Africa so they can collaborate and fast track their innovative research. We’ve spoken to many of the organisations who have been working on these projects to find out how remote collaboration actually works in practice: here are their five key lessons.
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Young Innovators Success Stories: Marcus Comaschi, GyroPlant, South East
When Marcus received the Young Innovators Award from Innovate UK and The Prince’s Trust, his time was split between his day job as a freelance design engineer and progressing his concept for a sustainability-focused vertical farming innovation.
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Young Innovators Success Stories: Megan Jones, Curated Makers, North West
North-west based Megan Jones won the Young Innovators Award 2020/21 with her innovative ambition of curating local groups of micro-businesses and helping them access the UK’s biggest high-street chains.
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Bristol to Swindon - Business Insights and Challenges
This event is for all investable businesses located in the Greater Bristol and Bath, Wiltshire, or Gloucestershire area who are looking to share their business challenges and learn how they can be supported to achieve their innovation goals.
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Design Innovation Community Vox Pops
A collection of vox pop videos about the power of design, exciting design opportunities, and the future of design from members of the Design Innovation Network of the community.
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Talent Intuition sees rapid growth with Scaleup Programme support
Being invited onto the Innovate UK EDGE Scaleup Programme couldn’t have come at a better time for talent intelligence business Talent Intuition.
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Young Innovators Success Stories: Michael Omotosho, Plugull, Yorkshire and The Humber
Yorkshire-based designer Michael Omotosho describes winning the Young Innovators Award from Innovate UK and The Prince’s Trust as both a business-saver and life-saver.
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£800,000 for Cyber Academics across the UK to commercialise research
The funding competition for CyberASAP 2022/23 is now open, closing on 7th March 2022, with a briefing event on 8th February. Apply for up to £32k per project to bring your cyber security idea to market.
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Cyber Innovation Series 2021/22: WalletFind
In the last of the Cyber Innovation series showcasing the current CyberASAP academic cohort we take a look at WalletFind – an innovative, forensic solution to manage and audit cryptocurrency wallets and related activities.