Government cuts spread to BIS R&D Scoreboard

Posted on 8 Sep 2011 by The Manufacturer

After 20 years, the Government has announced that it is to discontinue the R&D Scoreboard, against the wishes of those in the British manufacturing industry.

The Scoreboard was launched in 1991 to give British companies a means to show how they compare to organisations and businesses around the world in terms of their investment domestically and internationally on R&D and innovation. The Minister of State for Science and Innovation, David Willets, said: “While this useful tool has helped us to…

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