Through our Global Expert Missions we gather and disseminate knowledge and insight about innovation opportunities in specific technologies and sectors in other countries. The detailed reports provide a rich source of insight and highlight specific opportunities for businesses and other organisations. A proactive programme was launched 6 months ago to reach out and foster expanding business innovation project collaboration with research councils. This programme formed the basis for many new activities, some of which include: Innovate UK recognises the importance of focusing on people to support business innovation, with talent and skills, and equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), 2 of the strong foundations that run through all we do. providing innovators with the right products and services they need along their innovation journey; we will develop our offering to ensure that we direct our support to the very best ideas that leverage the private sector investment needed to commercialise and contribute to the ambition to reach 2.4% research and development intensity

There are also a range of focused brokerage events to help you find new international business opportunities and the key information you need on markets and sectors. We recognise that companies need different kinds of financial products at different stages of their growth and innovation journey. Strong liaison, networking, diplomacy and negotiation skills. An ability to anticipate stakeholder reactions and communication needs. In 2022, we will launch the No Limits mission, aimed at uniting regional and national change makers with a shared ambition: for UK innovators and the UK innovation ecosystem to represent UK society.

Companies need the right pipeline of talent and skills to increase productivity, embed an innovation culture, and grow their business.

Leading companies combat this troubling tendency in a number of ways. They up their game in market intelligence, the better to separate signal from noise. They establish funding vehicles for new businesses that don’t fit into the current structure. They constantly reevaluate their position in the value chain, carefully considering business models that might deliver value to priority groups of new customers. They sponsor pilot projects and experiments away from

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equip more innovative business, beyond existing Innovate UK award beneficiaries, with the advice and resources to achieve their growth ambitions by piloting tools such as peer and alumni networks, and by improving access to these services through our digital platforms We do not discriminate on the basis of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to removing barriers for individuals with conditions, illnesses or disabilities and we will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, and in their future role. We have developed an impact management framework, which is being rolled out across the organisation to assess impact and act on results. We connect innovative technology ventures to investors and manage the investors’ deal flow, investor readiness activities, facilitate introductions to investors and undertake commercial due diligence. We help companies based in the North East, Yorkshire & Humber, North West and East Midlands. We have an investment focus in innovation and technology with expertise in Health Tech and Life Sciences, Digital and Technologies, Clean Growth and Advanced Manufacturing. Our ambition is to plug the geographical and gender funding gap and accelerate sustainable and inclusive investment in innovation in the North. continue to work with BSI to provide British Standards Online (BSOL) to EDGE advisors and the small and medium enterprises they work with. BSOL is the simple online tool that gives users instant access to standards, ensuring standards do not become a barrier to growth for businesses

organization. NASA, for example, has ten field centers. But the space agency relies on the Ames Research Center, in Silicon Valley, to maintain what its former director, Dr. Pete Worden, calls “the character of rebels” to function as “a laboratory that’s part of a much larger organization.” focusing on innovation in 3 domains (net zero, healthy living and agriculture, and digital and technologies) and then sub domains within them; we will work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to build our future economy and society The UK’s innovation ecosystem fosters innovation from conception to commercialisation, adoption, and diffusion. It’s no secret: innovation is difficult for well-established companies. By and large, they are better executors than innovators, and most succeed less through game-changing creativity than by optimizing their existing businesses.The Knowledge Transfer Manager (KTM) – European Programme will support Innovate UK KTN’s programme of European engagement including Horizon Europe with the main emphasis to increase business engagement with appropriate European programmes and ultimately grow UK return on investment. Crowdfunding is a popular option for many companies but you have to do a lot of work up front to be ready, including securing a percentage of the total investment. The crowdfunding platforms provide a lot of guidance information, and if you are selected they can support you in the processes.

deliver local innovation diffusion pilots focused on the adoption of particular technologies within a region. These will be complementary or integrated into Launchpad programmes. This foreword was written by Indro Mukerjee, the Chief Executive Officer at Innovate UK in September 2022.help business to boost the impact of design, through effective management, leadership, and culture change. significantly expand our support for commercialisation and collaboration through our established KTP programmes, running 5 rounds of competitions in 2022 to 2023, and 4 rounds of ICURe programmes, as well as piloting and developing new approaches including Scaling the Edge and Accelerated Knowledge Transfers (AKT)