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Funding Secured by Steel Industry Consultancy

Funding Secured by Steel Industry Consultancy

Funding Secured by Steel Industry Consultancy : The UK Steel Enterprise’s Regeneration Fund has backed up a new steel industry consultancy. Elemy was set up just a few months ago by Richard Brine, who has more than three decades experience in the steel industry, and his partner Clair Murphy, who has a track record in […]

Business Support Boost to Unlock SME Manufacturing Potential

Business Support Boost to Unlock SME Potential

Small to medium-sized (SME) manufacturers across England have been awarded an £11.8 million business support boost, dedicated to helping them grow and address key skills issues. The Manufacturing Growth Programme, which is funded by ERDF and delivered by Economic Growth Solutions (part of Oxford Innovation), has been extended until September 2021 and will help a […]

Pryme Group Opens Manufacturing Centre

Pryme Group Opens Manufacturing Centre

The new, state-of-the-art facility of integrated manufacturing specialist, Pryme Group has been officially opened by Norma Redfearn CBE, elected mayor of North Tyneside. Following £10 million investment, the company has been relocated from nearby Ryton to a purpose-built engineering services and manufacturing centre at the Tyne Tunnel Estate. “We are extremely grateful that Norma took […]

The Catapults Programme Drives Businesses to Success

The Catapults Programme Drives Businesses to Success

The UK’s revolutionary Catapults programme has been a complete success and a new publication will be explaining Innovate UK’s funding opportunities. In August, the Catapults benefited from an additional £780 million funding to help innovative businesses create future technologies on top of the initial £180 million for the North East by the Prime Minister for […]

PervasID Receives Funding for RFID Technology

The award-winning RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology provider PervasID has secured £1.6 million in Series A funding, as well as £240,000 awarded by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency. Cambridge Enterprise, the University’s commercialisation arm, has backed the technology, along with Parkwalk, Cambridge Innovation Capital and Martlet, the investment arm of the Marshall of Cambridge […]

Leading UK Manufacturers Receive £1bn Funding

The government has announced that leading UK businesses, researchers and manufacturers will benefit from nearly £1 billion in funding for advanced innovation. The funding is to further propel the UK’s seven high value manufacturing catapult centres, which are fuelling advanced innovation across the country. The news of the £780 million investment follows the £180 million […]

Welsh Government Pledges £20m Into Advanced Manufacturing & Research Institute

Welsh Government to Invest £20m in Advanced Manufacturing & Research Institute

The Welsh government has pledged £20 million to establish an Advanced Manufacturing & Research Institute in the country. The funding will help it secure a key role in the design and development of future aircraft wing technology. The institute has been developed by the Deeside Enterprise Zone Advisory Board, AMRC Sheffield, Swansea University, and Coleg […]