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Browse through our collection of news, perspectives and webinars to gain a deeper understanding of the Innovate UK Business Connect culture and sector intelligence.
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How we helped robots Tom, Dick & Harry tend the big fields of Canada
Salisbury SME the Small Robot Company has developed an autonomous robotic farming system that boosts agricultural productivity, ridding fields of weeds and helping crops to grow with fewer chemicals and no heavy machinery.
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News
Latch Aid closes £1m in equity investment and a £510k Innovate UK Innovation Loan to scale up its revolutionary breastfeeding and early parenthood support
Dr Chen Mao Davies, founder of LatchAid and Women in Innovation Winner, has secured £1,000,000 of equity investment from leading business angels and a £510,000 Innovation Loan from Innovate UK.
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LatchAid secures £1m after strategic finance & funding support
Femtech start-up LatchAid has just secured £1m to grow its breastfeeding and early parenthood support app, following strategic funding and finance support from Innovate UK EDGE.
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SBRI Competition Rail Demonstrations: First of a Kind 2022
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £7 million inclusive of VAT, to develop demonstrators that offer lower emissions and a greener railway, enable innovations in rail freight, and enable cost efficiencies and performance priorities for a reliable railway.
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Seaweed Innovation in the UK
Join Innovate UK KTN, IBioIC and Scottish Enterprise to talk about key challenge areas and determine how collaborative research and innovation can help develop the seaweed industry.
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HydroGenerally - Episode 2: Where should Hydrogen be used?
With our first episode introducing how hydrogen is produced, we now delve into where it will be most effective in decarbonising energy, industrial and chemical industries. We also look at relevant government policies and programs that ascertain the end use of H2.
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Supporting Net Zero Places
Join us on 27th April 2022 for this special Net-Zero Places Innovation Network webinar. This event is the opportunity to give a voice to the local authorities that have utilised the support from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Innovate UK family to meet the net-zero agenda.
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Made Smarter & Innovate UK KTN at MACH 2022
Visit the Innovate UK KTN and Made Smarter stands at MACH 2022, taking place 4th – 8th April 2022 at the NEC in Birmingham.
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Phase II & COVID-19 Biannual Cohort event: Setting the scene for the UK’s third aviation revolution
48 grant-funded projects, pioneering the future of UK aviation, flocked to Birmingham’s NEC to celebrate achievements and outline developments from the Phase II & COVID-19 funds of the Future Flight Challenge.
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In-home biorhythm lighting will support people with dementia
Lighting that helps people with dementia manage their condition better and stay in their own homes longer is being developed by start-up, Circadacare.