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New Global Alliance Innovation Exchange Challenges for Africa - now open! Deadline to apply: 8 July 2022
News
27/05/2022

New Global Alliance Innovation Exchange Challenges for Africa - now open! Deadline to apply: 8 July 2022

Global Alliance Africa is supporting companies to find innovative solutions to AgriFood challenges in Africa. Challenges include preventing crop damage caused by migrating birds, and finding affordable and easy to maintain solutions for Sorghum grain threshing (and other grains). Deadline to apply: 8 July 2022.

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Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Innovation Showcase
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13/10/2022 Sheffield

Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Innovation Showcase

These recordings will help inform you and your organisation about future market opportunities in the EV infrastructure space.

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Innovation for Growth Series: Health and EdTech at Gloucestershire University - POSTPONED
Event
14/06/2022 Gloucester

Innovation for Growth Series: Health and EdTech at Gloucestershire University - POSTPONED

In the next edition of the Innovation for Growth Series, we’ll focus on opportunities for innovative businesses in Health Technologies, Clinical Informatics, Cyber Security and Machine Learning.

Postponed
Queen's Speech 2022: The Innovation Agenda
News
26/05/2022

Queen's Speech 2022: The Innovation Agenda

As the Government sets out its priorities for the 2022/2023 Parliamentary session, we explore what it means for the UK’s innovation ecosystem.

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Faraday Battery Challenge: Round 5 Surgery and Consortia Building
Event
08/06/2022 Online

Faraday Battery Challenge: Round 5 Surgery and Consortia Building

Please join us on Wednesday 8th of June or Friday 24th of June at for a ‘Surgery and Consortia Building’ webinar.

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Faraday Battery Challenge Round 5 Innovation Competition
Event
24/05/2022 Online

Faraday Battery Challenge Round 5 Innovation Competition

On Tuesday 24th of May, we hosted a webinar to hear about the new Faraday Battery Challenge Round 5 Innovation Competition. This event was of interest to businesses of all sizes (micro, SME and large), academics, RTOs and local authorities.

The competition opened on 23rd May 2022 and will close on 17th August 2022 with up to £25 million innovation funding competition available from Faraday Battery Challenge (subject to business case approval).

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Women In Innovation Success Stories: Sonu Bubna, Shopper.com, West Midlands
News
26/05/2022

Women In Innovation Success Stories: Sonu Bubna, Shopper.com, West Midlands

Sonu Bubna was inspired to enhance her award-winning online community platform, Shopper.com, to tackle the issue of widespread product shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sonu launched her community for online buyers in 2018 to enable members to discover discounts and deals.

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Future Flight for Local Authorities
Event
21/06/2022 Online

Future Flight for Local Authorities

Join us for this webinar where we’ll be exploring the role of Local Authorities within Future Flight, the importance of community engagement, and hear from Coventry City Council on their experience with the Challenge.

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Maritime industry sailing towards Net Zero
News
25/05/2022

Maritime industry sailing towards Net Zero

An event report from the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Showcase at the Portsmouth International Port.

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Women In Innovation Success Stories: Samantha Bunyan, Cecence, South West
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25/05/2022

Women In Innovation Success Stories: Samantha Bunyan, Cecence, South West

As a co-founder of the pioneering composite manufacturing business Cecence, Women In Innovation Award holder Samantha Bunyan is developing next generation, sustainable interiors for the aerospace cabin of the future, aiming to reduce an aircraft’s carbon footprint even further.

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