Knowledge Centre

We understand that innovation is fast-paced and it is sometimes hard to stay up-to-date with the latest news in your sector. In order to make things easier for you, we have developed a series of 10-15min interviews with experts in batteries and supporting sectors.

A Norwich life sciences company reacted quickly to the COVID-19 crisis, creating 10-minute virus test kits for workplaces and urban pop-up testing centres.

Maritime cyber security innovation gets the Dragons’ vote: MaCRA, a graduate from the Cybersecurity Academic Startup Accelerator Programme (CyberASAP) in 2020/21 has won the top prize in the Cyber Den at this year’s CYBERUK 2021.

We spoke to innovation & growth specialist, Dr Nanette Bartram about organic growth in business, common challenges and strategies for success.

Dip into the recordings of this exploration of smart local energy systems and their potential in the race to net zero.

In Episode 2 of the Battery Caffè podcast, presented by Nikoleta Piperidou, Sheena Hindocha discusses the life-cycle of batteries; Alberto Miguela has news from the Faraday Battery Challenge; and Dr Laura Lander presents her research in techno-economics.

Innovate UK EDGE helps Altar source ‘tech for good’ funding to develop low-emission agriculture innovation using insect larvae.

After being connected by the Knowledge Transfer Network through the KTP programme, tech start-up Frog Systems has been given the go-ahead for a quarter of a million-pound project with the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) to use Artificial Intelligence and advanced data science techniques to accelerate the development of its pioneering mental health and wellbeing platform.

Research and innovation will be fundamental in Scotland’s swift economic and societal recovery from Covid-19. KTN and Research Innovation Scotland (RIS) are organising a series of workshops to discuss the key enablers of recovery: Health & Wellbeing, Digital Infrastructure and Manufacturing & Green Recovery, Just Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Society, and Climate & Environment.

A Bournemouth company hasbrought innovation to the public sector. Ithad help from Innovate UK EDGE to maximise the impact of Covid-19 Fast Response grant funding and landed its first county council customer to pilot a novel online childcare platform.

Famiio is currently finalising a second contract with an unnamed unitary authority, while a London borough is another good prospect. Eight other councils are taking a close interest in the first pilot.

Run by CEO Gary Todd and co-founder Carole Ward, Famiio offers local authorities a way of helping people in their communities to find essential childcare information all in one place.

When the pandemic struck, Innovate UK EDGE innovation and growth specialist Jayne Codling had already been helping Famiio to develop and refine its innovation strategy.