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.

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.
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Case Study
Young Innovators Success Stories: Seyed Nasrollahi, Unifiq Games, London
Seyed Nasrollahi had just started developing the second demo for his educational video game, Operation Outsmart, when he won the Young Innovators Award.
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News
Young Innovators 21/22 Success Stories
There are many different routes into innovation, and this is clearly illustrated in the stories of our award winners. Read the stories of our 2021/22 Young Innovators to find out how the Young Innovators programme helped them to navigate and accelerate their entrepreneurial journey.
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Autumn Statement confirms increase in Innovate UK funding to boost growth and productivity
Last week’s Autumn Statement included the intention to ‘boost growth and productivity by investing in people, infrastructure, and innovation’ and restated the government’s commitment to increasing public investment in research and innovation to £20bn by 2024-25.
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News
What do insects, menopause, bananas and personalised healthcare have in common?
They’re some of the areas being looked at by 12 startups on the new Sustainable Impact Investment accelerator programme.
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News
Innovation and collaboration to address food loss and waste in African fresh produce: Event roundup and next steps
AgriFood Africa Connect brought together stakeholders from the UK and Africa to explore key food waste challenges, identify best practice circular economy initiatives and showcase innovations that can reduce or help reuse food waste.
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News
Innovate UK KTN Launches Phage Innovation Network
Innovate UK KTN’s Phage Innovation Network will be instrumental in driving innovation in the regulation and development of PBTs for applications across multiple sectors.
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Reimagining Manufacturing and Materials - Critical for a Net Zero Future
Watch the recording of our joint competition briefing and Q&A session covering two complementary competitions – Resource efficiency for materials and manufacturing (REforMM), £1m feasibility study competition, and Sustainable bio-based materials and manufacture, £2m feasibility study competition.