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.
Event
23rd Jun 2026
Online
Scoping workshop: Shaping a future Innovation network for offshore materials and manufacturing
This online workshop brings together stakeholders from industry, academia, research organisations, supply chains, and government to help shape the opportunity.
Case Study
2nd Jun 2026
AI-enabled efficiency for the performing arts
Climbing Turn is a UK-based micro agency specialising in software, website, and app development, with expertise in design, UX, and marketing. Since its founding in 2009, the company has evolved from website development for clients across retail, manufacturing, and education in both the UK and the US, where it designed websites integrated with product inventories.
Case Study
2nd Jun 2026
Accelerating sustainable home improvement with AI
Founded in 2022, Planarific is a spin-out from the University of Cambridge developing a spatial intelligence platform for the built environment that makes retrofit planning faster and more energy-efficient. It uses computer vision and AI to process information captured by drones and collected by users, and convert point clouds into high-fidelity, semantically enriched 3D models of buildings.
Case Study
1st Jun 2026
Accelerating productivity in construction with AI
Cahill Design Consultants is a UK-based acoustic design, fire engineering, and building surveying business, supporting commercial, residential, education, healthcare, and leisure projects across the built and natural environment.
Event
9th Jul 2026
Birmingham
Link & Learn: Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Programme
Perspective
29th May 2026
The Warm Homes Plan and what it means for local authorities
Published in January 2026, the UK Government’s Warm Homes Plan outlines an ambition to upgrade 5 million homes to help cut energy bills and tackle fuel poverty.
Event
24th Jun 2026
Online
Industrial Decarbonization AI Coalition workshop: Deploying AI in complex physical environments
Event
Event
24th Jun 2026
London
Industrial Decarbonisation AI Coalition (IDAIC) workshop: Deploying AI in complex physical environments
This event will bring together industry, innovators and researchers to explore where AI is already creating value, where barriers still remain, and how collaboration can help accelerate practical, scalable deployment for decarbonisation and the wider industrial impact.