A critical component of the government’s Industrial Strategy over the next four years is an investment of £4.7bn in R&D. Responsibility for managing this Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund lies with Innovate UK, a division of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Simon Edmonds, director of Manufacturing and Materials, Innovate UK. Simon Edmonds, director of Innovate UK’s Manufacturing and Materials division, spoke to The Manufacturer about the investment and how it will work. Edmonds: Sixty-nine per cent of all research and development in the economy happens in manufacturing across all sectors, so this…
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