Innovate UK Strategic Delivery Plan

2022-09-05T11:06:22+01:00

Innovate UK, the UK’s Innovation Agency and part of UKRI, has published its Strategic Delivery Plan for 2022-25 which sets out Innovate UK’s long-term ambitions and intended outcomes for the next three years. The SDP shows how their work delivers against the UKRI strategy and mission.

Science Advice in the UK

2021-09-24T10:19:49+01:00

This report aims to inform other governments about the evolution and function of science advice in the UK, illustrating how structures and processes have been developed and embedded, highlighting key strengths and attributes, as well as articulating where the tensions and challenges lie.

Northern Ireland Strategic Innovation Opportunities Report

2021-05-05T09:33:57+01:00

In terms of strengths in innovation activities, NI’s overall performance in innovation activity is below average, both in comparison to EU and other UK regions however Northern Ireland performs well in terms of IP generated and commercialised through spin-out companies, with the majority generated by Queen’s University.

UK Research and Innovation’s management of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

2021-02-10T13:34:59+00:00

This report examines whether the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund has been set up in a way likely to optimise value for money. The report examines the establishment of the Fund, in particular whether it has attracted sufficient good-quality bids, whether the selection processes have been efficient and whether the budget is managed effectively and the approach to monitoring and evaluating the Fund’s performance, as well as its performance to date.

UK Innovation Report

2021-02-10T13:36:28+00:00

This report provides a review of the UK’s industrial and innovation performance in a global context, drawing upon the latest available international indicators.

Spotlight on Spinouts

2021-01-22T15:02:49+00:00

The analysis in this report is based on Beauhurst’s data on 1,424 spinouts – both alive and dead – that have spun out or met one of Beauhurst’s tracking triggers since 2011.

UK Research and Development Roadmap

2020-07-01T14:01:34+01:00

Over the coming months the UK government will develop the proposals in this Roadmap into a comprehensive R&D plan, working very closely with the devolved administrations where plans cover or impact on their devolved policy responsibilities.

Innovation in Europe

2019-10-24T17:41:20+01:00

This discussion paper suggests five paths for Europe to regain its competitive edge, not by trying to play catch-up while hindered by fragmentation and lack of scale, but by changing the game to build on its strengths.

20 Tools for Innovating in Government

2019-09-18T12:26:16+01:00

This handbook is a digest of 20 tools that are proven to help innovation flourish inside government, based on Nesta's work over more than a decade in UK local and central government, as well as with more than 30 international governments.

Europe AgriFood Tech Investing Report 2018

2019-09-02T15:37:12+01:00

In this inaugural European food tech and agtech startup report in collaboration with F&A Next, Agfunder details the $1.6bn of funding across 421 deals. While this was on par with the total in 2017, there was 23% growth in the number of deals and the majority of activity took place at the earliest stages.

Preparing for a changing world

2019-09-02T15:21:00+01:00

This document builds on POST’s previous publication, Topics of Interest 2018 and represents evidence gathered between May 2018 and April 2019. Topics included consist of areas of change with a larger volume of evidence attached that are likely to have significant impact, as these are most likely to be of most interest to Parliament.

Ireland’s Competitiveness Scorecard 2019

2019-08-08T20:31:12+01:00

The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) reports to the Taoiseach and the Government, through the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation on key competitiveness issues facing the Irish economy and offers recommendations on policy actions required to enhance Ireland’s competitive position.

A compendium of innovation methods

2019-08-08T14:35:22+01:00

This compendium brings together some of Nesta's innovation experience over the years. Each section gives a simple introduction to the method and describes Nesta’s work in relation to it. In each case they have also provided a link to further relevant resources and inspiration on their website.

Move fast and fix things

2019-08-08T14:51:50+01:00

This report counters the long-held caricature of the state as a slow, lumbering, bureaucratic machine and sets out to find the people, processes and practices in government that are ‘moving fast, and fixing things’ and demonstrating a new kind of public entrepreneurship. It draws on several examples of work done in Northern Ireland.

The 2014 Intellectual Capital Report

2019-08-08T18:22:34+01:00

The main objectives of this study are to gain an insight of the level of awareness amongst indigenous MATRIX industry-based Northern Irish businesses of their Intellectual Capital and examine the processes that may be employed to drive and support economic growth by exploiting intellectual capital and local innovation.

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