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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.

Intellectual property (IP) rights are changing due to EU exit
Make sure your organisation is ready for changes concerning Intellectual Property.
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Batteries Fortnight 2022 - a series of online opportunities for the batteries industry
Innovate UK KTN is running Batteries Fortnight from 24 January to 4th February 2022, with events ranging from the launch of an Investment Readiness Programme to a week-long US-UK summit focusing on battery technologies.
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How to choose a target market for your innovation
If your innovation has a wide range of applications, how do you ensure that you choose the right market or customer group?
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Dstl launches Novel Computing collaborative network – register your interest now
Innovate UK KTN are working with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (Dstl) under a programme called ‘Analysis for Science & Technology Research in Defence’ (ASTRID) to provide opportunity for Government to access research, analysis and decision support services from the private sector and academia.
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Driving the Electric Revolution - Engage with… UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF)
Discover how PEMD organisations can engage in the UKESF award initiative that encourages students to pursue an electronics engineering career.
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Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) launches new £60 million competition window to support businesses on the path to Net Zero
Businesses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland can now bid for a share of up to £60 million in grant funding through the IETF Phase 2: Spring 2022 competition window, for studies, projects and deployments to increase energy efficiency or reduce emissions.
IETF Phase 2: Spring 2022 Stakeholder Event

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Calling the Infrastructure, Health & Agrifood sectors - help shape the future of service robotics
Does robotics add value to your organisation? Are you considering how to apply robotics in your organisation? This is an opportunity for you to have a say on the future of the UK service robotics test facilities.
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Industrial Energy Transformation Fund Phase 2 Spring 2022
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in collaboration with Innovate UK KTN, will be hosting an online competition briefing webinar on the 1st February 2022 to share details of the new Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) Spring 2022 window of funding.
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Cyber Innovation Series 2021/22: CyberSignature
In the first of the Cyber Innovation series for the CyberASAP 2021/22 academic cohort, we take a look at CyberSignature. This group of researchers and academics are from Edge Hill University and their project focuses on preventing the theft of personal information at checkout when you buy anything online, through machine learning techniques.
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Faraday Battery Challenge Investment Readiness 2022 Programme Launch
Find out more about how to apply to the second year of this successful Programme tailor-made for the electric battery sector and open to just 15 selected SMEs.