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Innovate UK is proud to support innovation in aerospace and aviation. The Farnborough International Airshow may be over for another year, but here are some highlights of our week in case you missed them. 💡UK Research and Innovation Future Flight Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK and ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council published the Future Flight Use Cases report, revealing intriguing glimpses of how future flight technologies could transform aviation. ✅ The Challenge also funded and published a study, featuring social sciences research led by the University of Birmingham, which found that the public can be supportive of new aviation technologies, so long as there is clear public benefit and addressing of public concerns. ✈️ During the show, the Future Flight team staged a takeover at the AtkinsRéalis chalet, showcasing some of their flagship R&D projects. These included the Air Mobility Ecosystem Consortium (AMEC) project, which, later this year, will demonstrate advanced air mobility aircraft operating from a purpose built vertiport from Skyports Infrastructure vertiport. 🤝 Innovate UK showcased its involvement in the EU Science, Research and Innovation Horizon Europe programme, which has supported the UK’s leading aviation and aerospace sector through 111 grants worth £103m between 2021-23. ➡️ Last but not least, No Limits a platform from Innovate UK, designed to transform the talent and skills pipeline for innovation, was on-hand at the Careers Hub during the Airshow’s #PioneersofTomorrow day, to help tap into the potential of the next generation of innovators. During the day, No Limits gained 29 partner leads and added 20 new opportunities to the platform. Want to learn more about the Future Flight Challenge? Click here👉 https://ow.ly/TfpU50SRT2W #FutureFlight #Aviation #Innovation #FIA2024 #Aerospace

🌾 Highlights from Fruit Focus 2024: What is Innovate UK's Impact on AgriFood Systems? At this year's Fruit Focus, Innovate UK showcased a variety of projects funded by the Farming Innovation Programme we deliver on behalf of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). These projects are providing real-time benefits for farmers, growers, and foresters throughout the UK. Key Highlights: 👉 Innovative Solutions: Our featured projects demonstrated their groundbreaking technologies and practices aimed at improving efficiency, sustainability, and profitability in agriculture. These innovations include a virtual farming platform, collaborative robotics for smart farming, microbiome-based solutions for controlled environment agriculture, and cutting-edge seed health enhancement systems. 👉Real-Time Benefits: The funding and support from Innovate UK and Defra is making a tangible difference on the ground, helping to foster a more sustainable and competitive agricultural sector in the UK. Looking Ahead: Working alongside Defra and through our strategic partnership with the UK Agri-Tech Centre we remain committed to driving forward innovative solutions that address the sector's most pressing challenges. Stay tuned for more updates and success stories from our funded projects. Thank you to everyone who visited our stand at Fruit Focus 2024 and to our project partners for joining us. Together, we are making life better for UK farmers, growers, and foresters. 🤝 #FruitFocus2024 #Farming #Sustainability Tom Jenkins | Paul Laniran | Pedro Carvalho | Cathryn Lambourne

🇬🇧 🤝 🇰🇷 Supporting UK businesses through our Partnership with the Republic of Korea Earlier this week, Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Innovate UK joined Yeocheol Yoon, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the UK, ByungJoo Min, President of the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT), Signe Ratso, Deputy Director General for Research and Innovation at the European Commission, and other stakeholders at the annual Europe-Korea Conference on Science and Technology (EKC). This conference is the premier event bringing together scientists and engineers from Europe and Korea. Held at The Oculus, University of Warwick, the event was hosted by the Korean Scientist and Engineer Association in the UK (KSEAUK) alongside the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST) and eight other affiliates in Europe*. As the UK’s innovation agency, we are committed to supporting UK businesses by leveraging global opportunities including through Eureka and Horizon Europe. Through our international collaboration initiatives, we are creating stronger partnerships, driving economic growth, and ensuring a strong future. During his plenary speech, Indro highlighted Innovate UK’s support for UK businesses in exploring opportunities and partnerships in Korea by emphasising: ✅ Innovate UK's role: Innovate UK's critical contributions in strengthening UK-Korea ties through collaborations, programmes, and initiatives designed to support economic growth. This includes our strategic agreements with KIAT and other Korean agencies which since 2022 have supported 140 UK businesses to develop partnerships with Korea through our Collaborative R&D Funding Calls, Global Business Innovation and Global Explorer Programmes. ✅ Global partnership advantages: The importance of international partnerships in developing innovation ecosystems, offering UK businesses unique opportunities within the Korean market. ✅ Collaborative innovation journeys: How joint R&D efforts between UK and Korean businesses drive cutting-edge advancements, boosting economic growth for both nations. 🔗 Discover the UK’s innovation agency, our global priorities, and join us on the journey towards greater collaboration: https://ow.ly/r9qY50SP4a9 #EKC2024 #RepublicofKorea #International #BusinessInnovation #HorizonEurope *France (ASCoF) | Austria (KOSEAA) | Germany (VeKNI) | Finland (KOSES) | Scandinavia (KSSEA) | Netherland (KOSEANL) | Switzerland (KSEAS) | Belgium (KOSEAbe)

Innovate UK is pleased to announce the winners of the Transport Decarbonisation Demonstrator competition, funded by the Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom and delivered by Innovate UK. Over £1.6m has been invested across seven innovative projects to drive the decarbonisation of transport in the UK. Check out these innovative solutions here - 🔗https://ow.ly/NA7H50SN8Up #NetZero #SustainableTransport #InnovateUK #DepartmentforTransport

🌍🏡 In 2011, Innovate UK invested £15 million in the 'Retrofit for the Future programme' aimed to refurbish over 100 homes, reducing carbon emissions by 80%. Recently, The Net Zero Heat team with expert evaluators, revisited 10 homes from this programme. They found sustained success across the various homes, proving the long-term effectiveness of retrofits. The newly published “Retrofit Revisit” report highlights the long-term benefits of domestic retrofits, showcasing how projects from over a decade ago have delivered enduring comfort and reduced energy demand. By evaluating past retrofits, we build market confidence and advance towards an energy-efficient, net-zero future. As Innovate UK continues to support the decarbonisation of our built environment, this report aids our mission to provide certainty and confidence in retrofit. Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/QQoE50SN7eX #NZHeat #Retrofit #NetZero #EnergyEfficiency #SustainableLiving"

🚗 Innovate UK is supporting HORIBA MIRA, a global leader in automotive engineering, to drive innovation in electric, hydrogen-powered, and autonomous vehicles. Innovate UK has invested more than £600million* across the portfolio on behalf of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV). A significant portion of this has helped HORIBA MIRA to create state-of-the-art CAV testing facilities, transforming Nuneaton into a hub of automotive innovation. Multiple businesses are now using these facilities to scale up their manufacturing capabilities, creating jobs, and advancing skills development. 👉 Read the full story: https://ow.ly/53Nn50SMYEf 🎥 Watch here: https://ow.ly/bSgE50SMYJQ *since 2015 #AutomotiveInnovation #ElectricVehicles #CAV

Innovate UK backed company MJR Power & Automation, in collaboration with Parkwind, has demonstrated a highly innovative charging system for vessels at Nobelwind wind farm. This is a major step forward for reducing emissions in the maritime sector and achieving Net Zero. The technology behind this project was supported by the UK Government through the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC). The CMDC was funded by the Department for Transport and delivered by Innovate UK.

Innovate UK is supporting efforts to ensure the next generation of innovators can access STEM subjects, upon which the future of aerospace and aviation depend. 🎓 UK Research and Innovation's Future Flight Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK and ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council is supporting the aviation #PioneersOfTomorrow through its ‘Closing The Skills Gap’ competition. This support has helped deliver: ✅ The Future Flight Mentoring Project, from ARPAS-UK and Brightside which helps young people from under-represented backgrounds with high-impact online mentoring. ✅ An expansion of InnovateHer’s cybersecurity e-learning programme to girls aged 13-17 across the UK. ✈️ In addition, No Limits, a new digital market place launched by Innovate UK, will be on hand to showcase its new platform at the Careers Hub. No Limits is designed to match people to opportunities and pathways to success in innovation. 🤝 We are pleased to be part of this hub, connecting with so many other organisations looking to support the next generation of innovators. 💡 To find out more about the Future Flight Challenge, visit: https://ow.ly/LN3550SKJrZ #FutureFlight #FIA2024 #ApexOfAviation #Aviation #STEM #Aerospace

🚀 Improving productivity and unlocking SME growth in Liverpool City Region 🚀 Yesterday, Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Innovate UK, and Dean Cook, MBA, FRSB, Executive Director for Place at Innovate UK, visited Heap & Partners Ltd. with Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, John Whaling, Lead Officer – Innovation and Commericalisation at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, and Lisa Ashby-Dowling, Commercial Broker at Growth Platform. Founded in 1866, Heap & Partners Ltd in Birkenhead, is a designer & manufacturer of industrial valves and instrumentation equipment. With funding from the Innovate UK Launchpad programme, our support has enabled the business to improve its productivity through: 🔬 The development of a new range of advanced material hygienic diaphragms that can be commercially manufactured in the UK. 🦾 The enhancement of manufacturing quality and the simplification of complex supply chains. ♻️ Delivering cost savings and environmental benefits to many industries within the supply chain. Innovate UK is dedicated to amplifying local economic strengths by ensuring our products and services align with the needs of innovative businesses. The Innovate UK Launchpad Programme has been a key element in this joint mission with the Combined Authority. Our Launchpads enable us to locally target tailored support to SMEs’, giving many of them their first step onto the ladder of the wider Innovate UK support available. Liverpool City Region was the focus of a national pilot Launchpad on advanced manufacturing, with digital technologies and net zero outcomes. Co-created in partnership with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The programme, opened in September 2022, has supported a cluster of small and medium sized enterprises and 37 of the most innovative received a share of £7.5 million to progress their ideas towards commercial success, boosting local economic growth. We would like to thank Andrew Will of Heap & Partners Ltd, and his team for their warm welcome and showcasing how the Launchpad programme can provide that boost to businesses wherever they are on their innovation journey. 🔗 Discover more about the Launchpad Programme: https://ow.ly/ijtH50SKIzO 🔗 Learn more about our partnership and Action Plan with Liverpool City Region, and more: https://ow.ly/vJC850SKIzM LYVA Labs | #BusinessInnovation #LCRinnovation #InnovationLaunchpads #Launchpads #EconomicGrowth

🚀 Driving Economic Growth and Innovation in Liverpool City Region 🚀 Yesterday, Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Innovate UK, and Dean Cook, MBA, FRSB, Executive Director for Place at Innovate UK, returned to Liverpool to meet with Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region. Building on our partnership and Collaboration Agreement with the Region, this meeting focused on: 👉 Aligning our Strategies as we plan for the future 🤝 Reinforcing our Partnership and our commitment to working together locally, including: 🌿 Delivering Clean Energy through initiatives that unlock the region’s potential as ‘Britain’s Renewable Energy Coast’. 📈 Fuelling Innovation-Led Economic Growth to attract new businesses, boost international trade & direct foreign investment and to create new jobs across the city region. In 2022 we launched together the Liverpool City Region Partnership Plan (link in comments). Summarising our achievements so far: 🌍 Supported on net zero: we have reignited the fire of glass manufacturing and given the green light to zero carbon homes. 🥗 Supported on healthy living: we are continuing to support regional strengths for tackling infectious diseases. 🦾 Supported on advanced manufacturing: we are improving productivity and unlocking SME growth through our launchpad programme. The visit also included meeting Andrew Will of Heap & Partners Ltd. a beneficiary of Launchpad funding, developing advanced hygienic diaphragms for valves to be designed and manufactured from their facility in Birkenhead. Learn more about our partnership and Action Plan with Liverpool City Region, and more 👉 https://ow.ly/qJRc50SKI8Z Discover more about the Launchpad Programme 👉 https://ow.ly/cu0O50SKI90 LYVA Labs | Growth Platform | Liverpool City Region Combined Authority #BusinessInnovation #LCRinnovation #InnovationLaunchpads #Launchpads #EconomicGrowth