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
Women In Innovation Success Stories: Helen Maddock, InoCardia, West Midlands
Using Artificial Intelligence, Professor Helen Maddock’s innovation assesses the cardiovascular safety of drugs.
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News
Made Smarter at Manufacturing Expo 2022
Visit Made Smarter Innovation at Stand E42 at Manufacturing Expo on 8th – 9th June 2022 in Birmingham. Made Smarter Innovation is the official Knowledge Partner for the event.
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News
New Global Alliance Innovation Exchange Challenges for Africa - now open! Deadline to apply: 8 July 2022
Global Alliance Africa is supporting companies to find innovative solutions to AgriFood challenges in Africa. Challenges include preventing crop damage caused by migrating birds, and finding affordable and easy to maintain solutions for Sorghum grain threshing (and other grains). Deadline to apply: 8 July 2022.
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Event
Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Innovation Showcase
These recordings will help inform you and your organisation about future market opportunities in the EV infrastructure space.
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Event
Innovation for Growth Series: Health and EdTech at Gloucestershire University - POSTPONED
In the next edition of the Innovation for Growth Series, we’ll focus on opportunities for innovative businesses in Health Technologies, Clinical Informatics, Cyber Security and Machine Learning.
Postponed

News
Queen's Speech 2022: The Innovation Agenda
As the Government sets out its priorities for the 2022/2023 Parliamentary session, we explore what it means for the UK’s innovation ecosystem.
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Event
Faraday Battery Challenge: Round 5 Surgery and Consortia Building
Please join us on Wednesday 8th of June or Friday 24th of June at for a ‘Surgery and Consortia Building’ webinar.
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Event
Faraday Battery Challenge Round 5 Innovation Competition
On Tuesday 24th of May, we hosted a webinar to hear about the new Faraday Battery Challenge Round 5 Innovation Competition. This event was of interest to businesses of all sizes (micro, SME and large), academics, RTOs and local authorities.
The competition opened on 23rd May 2022 and will close on 17th August 2022 with up to £25 million innovation funding competition available from Faraday Battery Challenge (subject to business case approval).
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Case Study
Women In Innovation Success Stories: Sonu Bubna, Shopper.com, West Midlands
Sonu Bubna was inspired to enhance her award-winning online community platform, Shopper.com, to tackle the issue of widespread product shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sonu launched her community for online buyers in 2018 to enable members to discover discounts and deals.
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Event
Future Flight for Local Authorities
Join us for this webinar where we’ll be exploring the role of Local Authorities within Future Flight, the importance of community engagement, and hear from Coventry City Council on their experience with the Challenge.