Glasgow City Region is seeing a multi-million pound boost to private investment into the local innovation economy. This is thanks to a unique Innovation Accelerator programme, led by Innovate UK on behalf of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Department for Science and Innovation (DSIT). Glasgow City Region was…
Innovation Accelerator
Looking to the year ahead, there is still much to look forward to despite the tough economic conditions that continue to impact on our plans for economic growth and recovery. The UK avoided a 2022 recession thanks to unexpected GDP growth in November. Labour market headline indicators also show some…
This month I wanted to focus on plans for our new Innovation Accelerator and on the many reasons why Glasgow City Region (GCR) has been selected as one of three pilots to share £100 million funding, as part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up plans. Glasgow has a gift for industry…
There has been a lot going on over the past four weeks. At last month’s Cabinet, the eight leaders agreed to a Regional approach to the management of the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund, a funding stream that will replace the EU Structural funding. We will now proceed to recruiting a…