| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.09.2024 | Report: Number of UK Companies Grows 300K Year-on-year | As of July 2024, there are 5.43 million companies registered in the UK, according to the latest data from Barclays – over 300,000 more than the same time last year.
Regions across the UK maintained or grew the overall number of businesses t... |
| 16.09.2024 | Global coalition aims to boost cyber skills and tackle threats | Representatives from leading nations including the US and UK are meeting for three days of talks to focus on tackling global cyber threats and boosting cyber skills.
Over the next three days, countries including the EU member states, Canada... |
| 12.09.2024 | Epitopea Receives £500K Grant from Innovate UK | Epitopea, a Cambridge, UK- and Montreal, Canada-based transatlantic cancer immunotherapeutics company, received a £500K Grant from Innovate UK.
The company was selected to receive funding from Innovate UK’s Cancer Therapeutics programme, wh... |
| 07.09.2024 | Blossoming Innovations: The Intersection of 3D Printing and Rehabilitation | In a world where technology meets compassion, innovation blooms. The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has partnered with Orlando Ely, a visionary entrepreneur, to create a therapeutic device that aims to change lives. This c... |
| 05.09.2024 | The Future of Sustainable Building Dalraj Nijjar, co-founder and CCO of Concrete4Change, explains that for sustainable entrepreneurship, key trends include regenerative agriculture and "waste-to-... | Entrepreneur UK chats with Dalraj Nijjar, co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Concrete4Change, a Nottingham-based research and development company whose groundbreaking work in CO2 capture and concrete mineralization earned him the Yo... |
| 05.09.2024 | NMIS Supports Young Innovator With New 3D-printed Therapy Device | The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has partnered with Orlando Ely, an entrepreneur and winner of Innovate UK’s 2023 Young Innovators award, to help develop a 3D-printed therapeutic device for stroke sufferers.
The therapy ... |
| 03.09.2024 | Innovate UK U-Turns After Fierce Campaign from Women Founders | Innovate UK, the government subsidiary that supports the science and technology sector, has reversed a funding decision amid push back and controversy.
Previously, the organisation had set aside £4 million for its Women in Innovation awards... |
| 31.08.2024 | Bridging the Future: EnergyTech and Innovation in the UK | In the heart of the UK, a new dawn is breaking for energy technology. The EnergyTech Bridge Programme, a collaboration between Opportunity North East (ONE), Barclays Eagle Labs, and CodeBase, is paving the way for innovation. This initiativ... |
| 31.08.2024 | PuriFire Energy Ignites the Future with £2.7 Million Seed Funding | In a world grappling with climate change, PuriFire Energy emerges as a beacon of hope. This Cambridge-based startup has secured £2.7 million in seed funding, a crucial step toward revolutionizing the green energy landscape. The investment r... |
| 30.08.2024 | Search Begins for New UKRI CEO and Innovate UK Chair | The Labour government has resumed the search for a new CEO for UKRI after the campaign was paused due to the general election, aiming to transform it into a more responsive, diverse, and agile organisation that delivers clear benefits to th... |
| 30.08.2024 | Ettos secures funding to develop textile traceability platform | Image Courtesy: Lyfcycle
Innovate UK’s Creative Catalyst program has provided pioneering tech start-up Ettos with funding to expedite the development of their textile traceability platform. The platform aims to “revolutionise transparency a... |
| 30.08.2024 | PuriFire Energy: Green Hydrogen And Methanol Solutions Company Secures £2.7 Million (Seed) | PuriFire Energy announced it had closed a £2.7 million (US$3.5 million) seed round investment led by HICO Investment Group with participation from Bulnes Capital, R&R Investments, and Abhishek Desai.
In 2019, Dr Matthew Pearce founded P... |
| 28.08.2024 | The Rise of Alternative Proteins: A New Era in Food Innovation | The world is changing. Our plates are evolving. The rise of alternative proteins is not just a trend; it’s a revolution. Governments and companies are investing heavily in this new frontier. The UK and the US are leading the charge, each wi... |
| 28.08.2024 | UK Government Invests £15M to Establish Alternative Protein Innovation Centre With Global Reach | Two UK government funding bodies — the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Innovate UK — have announced a £15 million investment into a new innovation centre for plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-deriv... |
| 21.08.2024 | Two Autonomous Vehicles Being Trialled in Inverness | Two autonomous vehicles are being trialled in the Inverness in an effort to boost the Highland’s public transportation offerings.
Organisations involved in the pilot project include the University of Glasgow, Highlands and Islands Transport... |
| 09.08.2024 | The Future of Scent and Drive: UK Startups Pioneering Innovation | In the heart of the UK, two startups are rewriting the rules of technology. OW Smell Made Digital (OW) and Monumo are not just companies; they are harbingers of a new era. One is harnessing the power of scent, while the other is revolutioni... |
| 08.08.2024 | OW secures £2.2M for digital scent production | OW Smell Made Digital (OW) has raised £2.2M in a pre-Series A funding round. Parkwalk Advisors, the UK’s most active investor in university spinouts, led the raise by investing £1.5 million. OW has also been awarded a £0.7 million grant fro... |
| 07.08.2024 | Monumo's innovative electric drive design gets a £750k boost from Innovate UK | UK deeptech Monumo, who is redesigning the electric drive unit, has been awarded £750,000 in funding from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Monumo’s 3D Generative-AI Technology (3D-GAIT), will automate design generatio... |
| 02.08.2024 | The AI Job Surge: Australia’s Path to 200,000 New Roles by 2030 | Australia stands on the brink of an AI revolution. The Technology Council of Australia (TCA) predicts a staggering increase in AI-related jobs, projecting that the nation could host 200,000 AI tech workers by 2030. This forecast is not just... |
| 31.07.2024 | Workday accepted into Australian Government DTA software marketplace | Workday has been accepted into the Australian Federal Government's Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) Software Marketplace, specifically within the newly established Category 3 for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Products and Service So... |
| 31.07.2024 | Definely receives £585,000 Innovate UK grant for AI legaltech development | UK legal tech Definely has been awarded a £585,000 grant from Innovate UK to advance its development of AI-driven solutions for the legal industry.
Launched in 2020, Definely makes it easier for lawyers to read, edit, and understand legal d... |
| 27.07.2024 | $9K UK-run Young Innovators Programme invites applications from African entrepreneurs | The Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Digital Economy (MISDE) in Ekiti State, Nigeria, and Innovate UK Global Alliance Africa have partnered to launch the second edition of the Young Innovators Programme. The winner will receive a GBP7,0... |
| 19.07.2024 | Glasgow Fudge Maker Embraces Digital Twin Technology | An advanced digital replica of its Glasgow confectionery factory could help family-run business, Aldomak, streamline manufacturing processes and increase capacity, creating as much as 2,400 kilograms of fudge from a single production line w... |
| 09.07.2024 | Welch’s Transport launches ground-breaking initiative to drive sustainable innovation in freight logistics | Delivered in partnership with Innovate UK, Welch’s Transport proudly announces the launch of a transformative project set to redefine the freight and logistics sector through strategic data sharing for eHGVs
ENROUTE (Efficient Network for R... |
| 28.06.2024 | Indians Leading the Global Food Waste Reduction Fight Somdip Dey, an AI scientist, and Suman Saha, a computer engineer, have harnessed the power of technology to tackle food waste through their revolu... | In a world grappling with the twin crises of food waste and food insecurity, two Indian innovators are making a significant impact on the global stage. Somdip Dey, an AI scientist, and Suman Saha, a computer engineer, have harnessed the pow... |
| 31.05.2024 | Houston businesses score spots on prestigious list of most influential companies | Five companies with strong ties to Houston have been named among this year’s 100 most influential companies by Time magazine.
The five companies are:
South Korea’s Hanwha Group, whose Hanwha Power Systems Americas subsidiary is in Houston. ... |
| 29.05.2024 | Craft Prospect | Navigating Growth in the Scottish Space Sector | Glasgow-based Craft Prospect recently completed its preliminary design review for Ops-Sat VOLT, a €17 million (£14.5m) satellite mission backed by the European Space Agency (ESA), the UK Space Agency (UKSA) and involving a majority of UK an... |
| 17.05.2024 | Alchemie Technology secures £750,000 grant to lead UK-Taiwan effort against textile finishing pollution | Leading British clean-tech company Alchemie Technology has secured a major new grant to tackle pollution in the global textile finishing industry as part of a collaboration between the UK and Taiwan.
The grant, delivered in partnership with... |
| 20.04.2024 | What is a grant? Here’s how to get money to start a new business | In this new ‘how to’ series, Ambition A.M. will explore some of the challenges facing Britain’s entrepreneurial community, providing firsthand insight and advice on how to overcome some of the most daunting ones.
How can you start a busines... |
| 12.04.2024 | Quest’s First Tasting for Microcarrier Replacements for Cultivated Meat Reveals Promising Results | Quest Meat, a UK-based B2B company specializing in high-quality cell lines and ingredients for the cell-based industry, has developed edible and food-safe microcarrier replacements — the most promising method for scaling up the production o... |
| 11.04.2024 | North AI Raises £580K in Pre-Seed Funding | North AI, a Manchester, UK-based AI powered insights platform for the media and entertainment industry, raised £580K in Pre-Seed funding.
Backers included Innovate UK, and SFC Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to further enhance... |
| 11.04.2024 | Fourth generation of family takes the reins at popular family-run logistics company celebrating its 90th year. | 2024 sees Welch’s Transport celebrate its 90th year providing logistics support to clients across East Anglia and the UK.
Reaching this meaningful point in time has led the family to decide it’s the right opportunity to make some changes th... |
| 05.04.2024 | UK to Back Research and Tech for New Green Shipping Routes | Bilateral research collaborations for new green shipping routes—and the technology and system developments underpinning them—are being financially backed by the UK government.
The bidding process for the £1.5 million funding pot for establi... |
| 25.03.2024 | Nukoko's Cocoa-Free Chocolate Revolution | UK-based Nukoko has raised $1.5 million to scale up their cocoa-free chocolate made from fava beans. The world is craving a sustainable alternative to traditional cocoa, and Nukoko is answering the call with their innovative bean-to-bar app... |
| 21.03.2024 | Nukoko Raises $1.5M to Scale “World’s First” Cocoa-Free Chocolate Made From Fava Beans | UK-based company Nukoko has raised $1.5 million in seed funding to scale up its technology to produce cocoa-free chocolate from fava beans. The round was led by Oyster Bay Venture Capital, with participation from SOSV and The Mills Fabrica ... |
| 21.03.2024 | Glasgow Sees Multi Million Pound Boost to Innovation Economy | Glasgow City Region is seeing an influx of private investment into its local innovation economy, driven by an Innovation Accelerator programme. The initiative is spearheaded by Innovate UK on behalf of UK Research and Innovation and the Dep... |
| 15.03.2024 | Teesside University collaborates with industry partners to advance net zero goals | Teesside University collaborates with industry partners to advance net zero goals
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A groundbreaking project being carried out by academics at Teesside University, in collaboration with partners... |
| 14.03.2024 | £35M Boost to UK Semiconductor and International Chip Research | British semiconductor researchers and businesses now have enhanced access to research funding backed by the UK government and Horizon Europe, now the UK has joined the EU’s ‘Chips Joint Undertaking’.
The move provides the UK semconductor se... |
| 14.03.2024 | Innovation Node for Time-critical Tech Launched at Strathclyde Uni | The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has launched, at the University of Strathclyde, the first of three innovation nodes focused on the application of accurate and precise timing for new technologies and products in sectors such as quantu... |
| 13.03.2024 | UK semiconductor sector gains access to €1.3B pot of funds from Horizon Europe | Good news for British semiconductor researchers, enterprises and startups, as the UK now has joined the EU’s ‘Chips Joint Undertaking’
This provides the UK semiconductor sector enhanced access to a €1.3 billion pot of funds set aside from H... |
| 11.03.2024 | Rolls-Royce, Riverlane, and Xanadu secure £700,000 for quantum computing development | Today Rolls-Royce, Riverlane and Xanadu secured more than £400,000 grant funding from Innovate UK to accelerate the development of applications that will allow quantum computers to model the flow of air through jet engines.
An additional CA... |
| 16.02.2023 | Oxford University spinout Lumai secures £1.1m Innovate UK Smart Grant to power optical computing revolution | - Oxford start-up to bring optical neural networks to the UK market, which can be 1000x faster than traditional approaches
London, UK, 16th February 2023: Lumai, the start-up unlocking the potential of optical computing, today announced tha... |
| 04.02.2022 | Cistor's new project will measure the environmental and business benefits of remanufactured technology | POYNTON, England (PRWEB) February 04, 2022
Businesses buying IT equipment will soon be able to reduce their environmental footprints while, at the same time, saving money. This is possible through the growing market in remanufactured techno... |
| 18.11.2021 | Consortium led by Aker Offshore Wind secures blade recycling pilot project funding | Consortium led by Aker Offshore Wind secures blade recycling pilot project funding Thu, Nov 18, 2021 08:00 CET
A UK Government grant has been secured for an innovative pilot to develop the UK’s first wind blade turbine recycling plant.
The ... |
| 20.10.2021 | GROW & Innovate UK launch bespoke program to take British agrifood startups to Asia | Disclosure: GROW is backed by AgFunder, which is AFN’s parent company.
GROW and Innovate UK have selected eight UK-based agrifood companies to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Global Incubator Programme – Gateway to Asia, an inter... |
| 02.08.2021 | Innovate UK & GROW launch incubator to help UK agrifood startups scale into Asia Pacific | In a commitment to help UK ag, food, and beverage innovators expand into Asia, Innovate UK and GROW – the Asian agrifoodtech ecosystem catalyst backed by AgFunder – have partnered to launch the Global Incubator Programme – Gateway to Asia w... |
| 15.12.2020 | Crossword wins Innovate UK Grant to investigate Manufacturing Supply Chain Risk | 15 December 2020 – London, UK - Crossword Cybersecurity Plc (AIM:CCS, “Crossword”, the “Company” or the “Group”), the technology commercialisation company focused on cyber security and risk management, is pleased to announce that it has won... |
| 29.05.2020 | Opportunities on offer for Innovation Scholars secondments | Opportunities on offer for Innovation Scholars secondments
29-05-2020
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) invites applications for individuals from any discipline wishing to spend up to 36 months (full or part time) on secondment in the biome... |
| 29.07.2019 | Investment confirmed for next wave of industry and society challenges | Investment confirmed for next wave of industry and society challenges
29-07-2019
The next wave of major industrial and societal challenges to receive investment through the government’s modern Industrial Strategy have been confirmed.
The In... |
| 18.07.2019 | UltraSoC-led consortium secures £2m Innovate UK funding to develop cybersecurity solutions for connected and autonomous vehicles | Collaboration includes Coventry University, Copper Horse & University of Southampton
CAMBRIDGE, UK – 18 July 2019 - UltraSoC today announced that it has secured £2m ($2.51m) in support from Innovate UK (the innovation agency of the UK G... |
| 13.02.2019 | Super-fast-acting prandial insulin product receives £0.5m Innovate UK boost | Arecor Ltd, the specialty pharmaceutical company leveraging its innovative and proprietary formulation technology to develop superior treatments for a range of disease areas, including diabetes, is pleased to announce that it has been award... |
| 13.02.2019 | Super-fast-acting prandial insulin product receives £0.5m Innovate UK boost | Super-fast-acting prandial insulin product receives £0.5m Innovate UK boost
13-02-2019
Arecor Ltd, the specialty pharmaceutical company leveraging its innovative and proprietary formulation technology to develop superior treatments for a ra... |
| 14.08.2018 | New funding for the Catapult Centres could benefit your business | New funding for the Catapult Centres could benefit your business
14-08-2018
HM Treasury has just announced an additional £780m funding for the Catapult Centres which have already helped over 3,000 companies develop and exploit new technolog... |
| 18.06.2018 | Arecor secures grant to advance co-formulation of critical pharmaceutical products | Innovate UK grant of nearly £1 million will be used to significantly advance Arecor’s proprietary co-formulation platform in the development of diabetes therapies that meet critical patient unmet needs.
Arecor Ltd, a leader in developing su... |
| 18.06.2018 | Arecor secures grant to advance co-formulation of critical pharmaceutical products | Arecor secures grant to advance co-formulation of critical pharmaceutical products
18-06-2018
Innovate UK grant of nearly £1 million will be used to significantly advance Arecor’s proprietary co-formulation platform in the development of di... |
| 01.06.2018 | IONTAS awarded £556K from Innovate UK to develop therapies for chronic pain management | IONTAS awarded £556K from Innovate UK to develop therapies for chronic pain management
01-06-2018
IONTAS Limited, a leader in the discovery and optimisation of fully human antibodies, announced that it has been awarded a major grant to supp... |