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.

Case Study
Young Innovators Success Stories: Ella Merriman, MERRI Intimates, London
Ella Merriman founded MERRI Intimates to create comfortable, sustainable cotton underwear that helps to prevent common infections such as UTIs, thrush and skin conditions.
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Tissue Click: Creating peptide-aptamer biomimetic technologies for clinical applications
How Innovate UK KTN helped Tissue Click generate a wide range of contacts that have helped identify new routes to market and generate business.
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Young Innovators Success Stories: Natalie Kerres, SCALED, London
With humans living for longer, how can design support a better quality of life? It’s a question that led Natalie Kerres to start SCALED, a material innovation company that develops flexible and protective wearables for athletes.
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Innovate UK EDGE support stacks up for vertical farming firm
Bristol’s Greener Greens Co’s connected network of modular vertical farms will provide readily available high-quality microgreens, herbs and garnishes across Europe. The vertical farming company has developed more robust financial forecasting, refined its grant funding strategy and become investment ready, all with support from Innovate UK EDGE.
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News
HydroGenerally - Episode 6: Waste to Hydrogen
Listen to this discussion on why converting waste to hydrogen is so important, and explore the hydrogen transition opportunities and challenges in this sector, with Innovate UK KTN’s Steffan Eldred and Debra Jones, who are joined by special guest Rob Dent from BOC UK & Ireland.
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Young Innovators Success Stories: Matthew Walker, Savora Drinks, Scotland
For a long time, tequila has been written off as just a shot. Savora Drinks founder Matthew Walker has set out to change that perception, with a range of premium mixers specifically crafted for pairing with tequila.
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Event
BBSRC – STFC Facility Access Funding for Bioscience Partnerships: Briefing Event
Watch our recording of the funding programme online briefing event in partnership with the BBSRC and STFC, recorded 5th Dec 2022.
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Event
Future Flight: Closing the Skills Gap Competition Briefing
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Case Study
Young Innovators Success Stories: Benjamin Gibbons, Circular11, South West
Dorset-based Benjamin Gibbons co-founded Circular11 after living with communities that lacked any waste management.
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Innovate UK Net Zero Review 2022: our Clean Future Economy
Innovate UK launched its Net Zero Review 2022, a report reflecting on the big areas of opportunity for Net Zero innovation in the UK – what has been achieved so far, where we need to be in 15 years, and how we might get there.