West Midlands

With an action plan, Launchpad and Innovation Accelerator, we are driving local impact in the West Midlands.

West Midlands Innovation Landscape

As the UK’s innovation system, we work across the country. We also know that each part of the country is unique with its own strengths and challenges. We are committed to working closely with partners and regional initiatives to ensure you get what you need to innovate and succeed.

With a GVA of £133bn, a population of 5.95m, 437k businesses and 2.7m employees, the West Midlands is home to the UK’s fastest-growing tech sector, worth £15.3bn. With more start-ups in Birmingham than any other UK city outside London (for seven consecutive years), companies can access over 100 tech hubs, commercial test beds, accelerators and collaboration facilities. This includes eleven science parks and nine world-class higher education institutions, to scale innovative products and services into the UK market.

A leading region for UK innovation when it comes to automotive and aerospace – with every £1 of Government spending for Research & Development translating in to £4 of business investment.

Working with West Midlands Combined Authority, we have co-created the West Midlands Local Action Plan.

REGIONAL ACTION PLAN

We are working with leaders across the West Midlands to strengthen UK capability

Through strategic collaboration, Innovate UK will embed the West Midlands as a place of possibility, catalysing agile ecosystems where technology, services and processes can be developed and commercialised for maximum impact. This action plan harnesses the region’s strengths, reaffirming shared goals to unlock economic growth, productivity gains and inclusive prosperity. Watch the West Midlands Action Plan highlights video and download the Action Plan.

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Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme supports small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and innovative businesses, strengthening innovation in targeted clusters across the UK.

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Inicio AI's affordability assessment solution eases financial stress with Innovate UK support

Inicio AI's affordability assessment solution eases financial stress with Innovate UK support

Inicio AI, a software company based in the Midlands, is transforming affordability assessment by businesses and optimising operations in the debt management space through AI.

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