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This year’s Regional Investment Spotlight (IRIS) series showcased the vibrant hubs of innovation, growth, and ambition across the UK. From coastal towns to urban centres, each stop provided a unique opportunity to explore the strengths, weaknesses, similarities and differences across regional investment ecosystems.

Leaders in skills, education, and industry were brought together at the Satellite Applications Catapult in Harwell for the first Talent & Skills Connect Apprenticeship Focus event. Hosted by Innovate UK, the gathering was designed to energise the apprenticeship agenda, spark collaboration, and explore how the UK can better support apprentices as a critical part of its innovation and workforce development ecosystem.

BiologIC make a biocomputer, which is a programmable automation platform for bio-based product manufacture.

Join Innovate UK for an exciting in-person event highlighting BridgeAI-funded Agrifood projects, and have the chance to network with top industry experts and AI developers.

Innovate UK has helped Rolls-Royce SMR achieve a key regulatory milestone in the development of its small modular reactor (SMR).

The University of Salford has taken its first strategic step into structured, institution-wide commercialisation through the ICURe SURfACE pilot programme. In doing so, it is demonstrating that universities of similar size and structure can engage in world-class innovation just as effectively as the UK’s largest research-intensive institutions.

The SARAD team at the University of Salford had never considered commercialising their research. But that changed when they joined the ICURe SURfACE pilot programme, which opened their eyes to a new set of possibilities.

The More Than A Woman (MTAW) initiative is a core part of the Global Alliance Africa (GAA) programme, funded by the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Innovate UK. Now in its second year, MTAW specifically supports grassroots women innovators in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, focusing on those operating in or benefiting underserved communities, including informal sectors and townships.

The Sebenzisa Tembisa challenge, launched as part of the Place-Based Innovation (PBI) initiative by Global Alliance Africa (GAA) funded by the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Innovate UK, created a new bridge between innovators and local communities in need of on-the-ground solutions in South Africa. Following community consultations, waste management was identified as a critical challenge for local households and businesses. The strong local buy-in led to the successful delivery of three pilot projects offering sustainable, circular economy solutions.

Innovate UK, in collaboration with the Living Lab at the University of Glasgow, invites you to a one-day event dedicated to driving forward the adoption and impact of precision medicine in Scotland. This event has been postponed to a date in 2026 to be confirmed.