Author: Jacob Coker Big innovations and even bigger impact Imagine the UK government in the 1980s and you might be forgiven for not picturing the dawn of innovative companies being spun-out of cutting-edge innovation and research. But the scale of …
The Knowledge Assets team recently held an in-conversation event with tech transfer veteran, Tom Hockaday. As an author and leading expert in university tech transfer, he has over 30 years of experience in the field. He formerly led the tech …
The UK’s public sector is a remarkable source of innovation; it is bursting with potential and is rich with ideas and insights that could help to shape the future of the UK as we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. From …
Intangible assets: a trillion-dollar asset class Recent years have seen a vibrant discussion of intangible assets - things like intellectual property, skills and know-how. Strong contributions have been made by Baruch Lev, in The End of Accounting; Carol Corrado, Charles …
The Met Office was founded in 1854 and has pioneered the science of meteorology and its application. They provide critical weather services and world-leading climate science, which helps you make better decisions to stay safe and thrive. This includes working …
As the UK’s National Metrology Institute, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) provides the measurement capability that supports the UK’s prosperity and quality of life. NPL is leading the way in providing the measurement science that underpins research and development. Last …
As the UK’s National Metrology Institute, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) provides the measurement capability that supports the UK’s prosperity and quality of life. NPL is leading the way in providing the measurement science that underpins research and development within …
In HM Treasury, officials spend a lot of time looking at charts, figures and other data to assess the best policy options. One data trend that has caught our attention in recent years is the growing value of intangible assets …
Leaf Expression Systems was established in 2017 as a spin-out company from the John Innes Centre, and is situated within the scientific hub that is the Norwich Research Park, home to world-class research into plant science. Leaf Expression Systems runs …
In this blog The Royal Mint, more commonly known for making coins, discusses the journey to producing visors for the NHS. The Royal Mint announced back in April that it would be manufacturing nearly medical visors to help protect NHS staff working on the frontline amid the coronavirus pandemic.
By adopting agile methodology to their commercialisation process, Ploughshare Innovations reduced the time taken to review a coronavirus-related innovation to just two weeks. Read how Hetti Barkworth-Nanton, their new CEO, achieved this and how the lessons learned will help to shape their future commercialisation work.