What Is The Current Status Of The UK Innovation Sector?
Introduction According to new analysis by HSBC Innovation Banking UK and Dealroom, UK innovation businesses were estimated to be worth a combined value of around £1 trillion at the end of 2024. This figure represents a 20% increase year-on-year when compared with 2023 and an overall increase of 9 times (900%) over the past 10 … Read more
How grants can support training and upskilling
During recent discussions with the grants community it has become apparent that there are specific sectors and industries that align well with grants. If you take an example such as artificial intelligence, grant funding could be used in many different ways some of which may be less obvious than you might think. The obvious application … Read more
New Grants Added This Week – 9th February 2025 to 16th February 2025
There were 67 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £19,532,000.
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Overseas Market Development Grants Round-Up
Introduction According to the January 2025 Business Insights and Conditions Survey published by the Office for National Statistics, around 1 in 5 (21%) of UK businesses with 10 or more employees reported that they had exported goods or services in the last 12 months. 18% of these exporting businesses reported they exported more in December … Read more
AI Supermodels: 100x Faster Materials Discovery
Researchers are developing “AI Supermodels,” a new generation of AI tools, that are poised to drastically accelerate materials discovery and other R&D processes. These models leverage domain knowledge and theoretical constraints, allowing them to achieve high-fidelity predictions with significantly less data than traditional AI methods. Early tests have shown speed improvements of 100x or more, … Read more
New Grants Added This Week – 2nd February 2025 to 9th February 2025
There were 57 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £13,809,154.
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Certainty in an ever-changing grants world
There have been a few changes in the grant funding environment in the UK recently. Nothing on the scale of those seen in the US, but still they present a challenge for grant consultants and businesses alike. Change is a constant theme – take the Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) which by and large disappeared, being … Read more
Property Development Grants Round-Up
Introduction Deloitte’s 2024 Regional Crane Survey, which tracks construction activity in Belfast, Birmingham, Leeds, and Manchester, revealed a significant slowdown in new construction starts. Only 47 projects broke ground in 2024, compared to 63 in 2023. This survey is a key indicator of UK-wide construction and property development trends. The primary reason for this decline … Read more
AI-Powered Personalised Learning
The education world may be on the cusp of a technological revolution, with AI-driven personalised learning poised to transform traditional teaching methods. Unbound Academy’s recent approval for an online school utilising AI teaching assistants, promising significantly improved academic growth, highlights this potential. This development represents a significant step forward in the long quest for computer-assisted … Read more
New Grants Added This Week – 26th January 2025 to 2nd February 2025
There were 122 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £20,949,750.
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