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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.
News
Collaboration between the UK and Africa to improve breeding of forgotten foods
286 people joined Innovate UK KTN and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) in March 2022 for our online event, which brought together stakeholders from the UK and Africa to discuss how collaboration could drive breeding approaches for African forgotten foods and what the barriers to success are.
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Plastic Products: Designing to Do The Right Thing
Using design to ‘do the right thing’ is at the heart of Innovate UK KTN’s new Design Innovation Network, and the plastics industry is just one area where a good design can yield huge benefits.
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Event
Driving the Electric Revolution - Engage with... Hirst Magnetic Instruments
Join this webinar to learn about how Hirst Magnetic Instruments have utilised their technology in real world PEMD applications to manufacture equipment for a range of electrification projects.
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Case Study
Innovative biotech creates jobs after Innovate UK EDGE support
Biotech Multus Biotechnology develops a game changing IP strategy, becomes investment ready and secures new partnerships as a platform for job growth, all with support from Innovate UK EDGE.
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Innovate UK KTN's response to the Energy Security Strategy
Last week the government published its Energy Security Strategy, which sets out how Britain will accelerate homegrown power for greater energy independence. Innovate UK KTN’s Clean Energy and Infrastructure Team has reviewed the strategy and provided some feedback and recommendations for areas on which to build.
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Global Alliance Africa Media Dialogue Puts Women Innovators in the Spotlight!
Innovate UK KTN’s Africa team recently hosted an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Innovation Media Series for Nigeria and Kenya highlighting some of the challenges faced by Women in Innovation. Both events had a fantastic panel, engaging conversations and great insights from all involved.
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Innovation Loans Future Economy Competition Briefing – Round Two
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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CyberASAP Alumni Insights: “Academics - you will need to change your mindset”
In the next of our series of case studies on CyberASAP Alumni, we talk to Mark Bishop, the man behind Fact 360, which provides pioneering AI and unsupervised Machine Learning to help organisations find critical information in their communication networks.
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Case Study
Design for Growth gives Wendy Goes Green a natural advantage
Eco cleaning innovator Wendy Goes Green adapts its marketing strategy and finds new routes to market with Innovate UK EDGE’s Design for Growth scheme.
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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.