UK recovery at risk unless R&D investment is protected

Posted on 22 Jun 2020 by Jonny Williamson

Research and development in UK companies is at immediate risk as we come out of lockdown and requires urgent government intervention to adapt to the economic conditions after the Covid-19 pandemic.

During April 2020 – a month in which the UK economy shrank by 20.4% – the Royal Academy of Engineering asked 25 organisations of different sizes from different sectors what impact the Covid-19 crisis was having on their R&D activities and business-university partnerships. The findings of this research have been summarised in a new report…

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