Boris Johnson has instructed the Home Office and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to work with the scientific community to develop a new fast-track visa route for the brightest and best, with a view to launching it later this year.

More than £16 million Innovate UK and private equity investment into companies across the UK developing new precision medicine technologies was confirmed on the 7th August.

The government has announced a series of investments in the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

Businesses can apply for a share of £19 million to develop supply chain processes that will help deliver electrification in 7 sectors.

Science Minister Chris Skidmore recently spoke about the role of private investment in achieving the Industrial Strategy ambition to invest 2.4% of GDP in R&D by 2027.

Open Innovation is a business concept developed by Henry Chesbrough  (American organizational theorist) which encourages companies to acquire outside sources of innovation to order to improve product lines and shorten the time required to bring products to market, and to market or release internally developed innovation which does not fit the company’s business model but […]

A share of £10 million is available for late stage, innovative projects in any technology or industry.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) last week issued a plea to the UK’s next prime minister to secure a favourable Brexit deal as his number one priority on taking office.

Following the resounding success of last year’s inaugural edition, the SMMT Future Mobility Challenge will enable start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs to make innovative ideas and solutions discoverable to five of the world’s largest and most recognisable automotive brands: Bosch, Ford, Honda, Toyota and Volvo Cars.

Investment hits a £1 billion milestone, showing the government’s modern Industrial Strategy is helping the UK lead the world in new technologies.