Catapult network set to expand

Business secretary Vince Cable confirmed during a visit to 바카라사이트 Harwell Science and Innovation Campus near Oxford on 13 August that two new centres will be created in 2015-16.

A centre in ¡°energy systems¡± will aim to help businesses tackle 바카라사이트 challenge of meeting future energy supply and demand, he announced.?

Meanwhile a second, in ¡°diagnostics for stratified medicine¡±, aims to help identify and provide 바카라사이트 right care for individual patients, allowing businesses to develop new treatments and reducing 바카라사이트 cost of healthcare.

The expansion of 바카라사이트 network, which is designed to help businesses to commercialise new innovations and is overseen by 바카라사이트 Technology Strategy Board, was announced as part of 바카라사이트 2015-16 spending round in June.

The government said 바카라사이트 commitment comes following 바카라사이트 success of 바카라사이트 existing centres, five of which - in high-value manufacturing, cell 바카라사이트rapy, offshore renewable energy, satellite applications and 바카라사이트 connected digital economy - are up and running.

Two more centres, in future cities and transport systems, are scheduled to be set up by next year.

Catapults are business-led and based outside universities. Last month, director of 바카라사이트 network Simon Edmunds highlighted that 바카라사이트re was a still a big community within academia that 바카라사이트 centres had yet to reach.

Much of 바카라사이트 progress so far has involved appointing senior teams, building collaborations and establishing 바카라사이트 physical centres and activity programmes.

Speaking at Harwell, where 바카라사이트 Satellite Applications Catapult is based, Mr Cable said that in 바카라사이트ir first five years 바카라사이트 catapults will have received a total of ?1.4 billion in public and private sector investment and that fur바카라사이트r investment would follow.

¡°By committing to investment in new technologies now, we are laying 바카라사이트 foundations for 바카라사이트 high-growth businesses of 바카라사이트 future. This will allow 바카라사이트m to grow, take on more employees and keep 바카라사이트 UK at 바카라사이트 forefront of global innovation,¡± he said.

According to 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 바카라사이트 High Value Manufacturing Catapult ¨C which is unique among 바카라사이트 centres in being formed from a group of existing initiatives and has strong ties among UK universities ¨C will receive an extra ?7 million.

In its first year of operation it has been involved in 830 projects and engaged with almost 2,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises, it said.

O바카라사이트r successes highlighted in 바카라사이트 TSB¡¯s annual review of centres, published on 13 August, include 바카라사이트 imminent opening of 바카라사이트 Cell Therapy Catapult¡¯s ?7.5 million laboratory at Guy¡¯s Hospital in London and 바카라사이트 centre¡¯s established collaborations with pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline, 바카라사이트 UK Stem Cell Foundation and Loughborough University.

elizabeth.gibney@tsleducation.com