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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.

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Exploring unintended consequences: Using Design to Do The Right Thing
The Design Innovation Network is concerned with how we might use design to Do The Right Thing as well as just doing the thing right. Some of the Design Innovation Network community told us how they approach the challenge of unintended consequences.
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Cyber Security Academic Startup Accelerator Programme (CyberASAP) reveals 2022/23 cohort
After a historic level of interest in the programme, CyberASAP announces 28 cyber academic teams from across the UK to join their 2022/23 cohort.
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Net Zero Hydrogen Fund Briefing Event
Join this competition briefing to hear more about the £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund.
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Plastics, from Cradle to Grave and Resurrection III
This free online event brings together regulatory, academic and industrial speakers to stimulate discussion on the challenges and opportunities for researchers, industry and government.
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UK India Advanced Manufacturing Pathfinder B2B Webinar
This webinar follows on from the success of the UK India Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Insight event series held in March. We are delighted to be working with UKRI India again for this B2B Pathfinder event and look forward to seeing you on 14 June online.
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Anya closes £1m in equity investment and a £510k Innovate UK Innovation Loan to scale up its revolutionary breastfeeding and early parenthood support
Dr Chen Mao Davies, founder of Anya and Women in Innovation Winner, has secured £1,000,000 of equity investment from leading business angels and a £510,000 Innovation Loan from Innovate UK.
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Case Study
LatchAid secures £1m after strategic finance & funding support
Femtech start-up LatchAid has just secured £1m to grow its breastfeeding and early parenthood support app, following strategic funding and finance support from Innovate UK EDGE.
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SBRI Competition Rail Demonstrations: First of a Kind 2022
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £7 million inclusive of VAT, to develop demonstrators that offer lower emissions and a greener railway, enable innovations in rail freight, and enable cost efficiencies and performance priorities for a reliable railway.
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Seaweed Innovation in the UK
Join Innovate UK KTN, IBioIC and Scottish Enterprise to talk about key challenge areas and determine how collaborative research and innovation can help develop the seaweed industry.