uk innovation investment fund
£1bn cash for UK's tech start-ups
News The UK Innovation Investment Fund will gain funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department of Health who will each match private sector... [30 Jun 2009]
£23m pot of gold for tech-bamboozled SMEs
News The money, which will come from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) along with regional development agencies, will be used for "piloting a range of business support interventions for SMEs to assist... [17 Jun 2009]
Budget: £750m cash injection for UK tech
News The fund will be split so £250m is earmarked for low carbon investments; £50m for the Technology Strategy Board to support innovation and research in advanced manufacturing, low carbon tech and life... [22 Apr 2009]
"It's about removing barriers which hold business back"
News The Department for Business, Enterprise, and Regulatory Reform (Berr) already provides up to £10,000 of "innovation vouchers" for hi-tech small businesses to fund R&D. The government has announced a... [21 Apr 2009]
PM's 100,000 job plan to mean broadband spending spree?
News I am not talking about massive state financed investment - that would be extremely expensive for the taxpayer and it would also risk stifling the innovation that comes from private sector competition. [05 Jan 2009]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News Intellect, the trade association for the UK technology industry, said it would lobby for strong technology representation on an advisory committee for SME access to public sector contracts but questioned why technology... [12 Mar 2008]
The unholy trinity of broadband
Comment The UK is sleepwalking towards a broadband monopoly, with little opportunity or incentive for innovation within the network. Demos believes a "not-for-profit organisation would maximise access to all... [08 Nov 2002]
Start-ups and VC cash - life goes on
Comment So with the passing of the ex-Netscape CEO's venture fund, it seemed, another symbol of the spirit of entrepreneurship and technological innovation had slipped below the waters. So just as technology... [02 Apr 2002]
Budding Brit chip company gets $30m leg-up
News The industry is crying out for innovation to give companies real reasons to buy chips again - and we can do that. Abingdon-based Celoxica said a consortium of firms, including Advent Venture Partners, Cazenove Private... [15 Oct 2001]
Health managers could waste telemedicine money
News The UK Prime Minster's recent pledge to fund IT innovation in the NHS has met with criticism from top health body, the Institute of Health Services Management. He warned that IT... [15 Jul 1998]
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