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06/01/2011
£200m For Technology and Innovation
The UK Government today invited organisations to register their interest in forming a technology and innovation centre focused on the area of high value manufacturing.
The centre will be the first of an elite national network of centres, to be established and overseen by the Technology Strategy Board, that will work in partnership with universities and businesses to help commercialise the results of research in specific technology areas where there are potential multi-billion pound global markets.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "The banking crisis made one thing completely clear: Britain needs a new kind of growth. It is not right, sensible or fair to be dependent solely on the City of London and on financial services. We should be at the cutting edge of science, manufacturing and technology.
"And this innovation should be happening in towns and cities across the UK, creating opportunity for everyone, no matter where they live.
"The programme for technology and innovation centres is a key part of our strategy to rebalance the economy. We have so much potential here in Britain; now is the time to harness it and build the stable, prosperous economy we want," he commented.
Secretary of State for Business Dr Vince Cable said: "Britain's economy has been too reliant on the financial sector and we need to diversify as we go for sustainable growth.
"It is crucial that we support UK industry to turn the discoveries of our world-leading researchers into world-beating products and services.
"The new technology innovation centres will help to equip UK industry with the ability to capitalise on the future global market opportunities by drawing on leading edge research.
"They form a key part of the Government’s work to rebalance the UK economy and create new high-value private sector jobs," he said.
The Technology Strategy Board is also today publishing a prospectus that will fast track the creation of a centre focused on High Value Manufacturing, and outlines plans to establish a network of six to eight world-leading centres in total.
It calls for business, academic and other interest groups to comment on the proposals and help shape how the centres will be developed. Sitting between the worlds of academia and of business, they will enable cutting-edge research to be pushed forward that can be swiftly turned into commercial opportunities.
The prospectus outlines plans to establish a further six to eight world-leading centres in the initial candidate areas of Energy & Resource Efficiency, Transport Systems, Healthcare, ICT and Electronics, Photonics & Electrical Systems.
It calls for the business, academic and other interest groups to comment on the proposals and help shape how the centres will be developed. The Technology Strategy Board received funding of £200m in the Comprehensive Spending Review for the Centres.
(BMcC/GK)
The centre will be the first of an elite national network of centres, to be established and overseen by the Technology Strategy Board, that will work in partnership with universities and businesses to help commercialise the results of research in specific technology areas where there are potential multi-billion pound global markets.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: "The banking crisis made one thing completely clear: Britain needs a new kind of growth. It is not right, sensible or fair to be dependent solely on the City of London and on financial services. We should be at the cutting edge of science, manufacturing and technology.
"And this innovation should be happening in towns and cities across the UK, creating opportunity for everyone, no matter where they live.
"The programme for technology and innovation centres is a key part of our strategy to rebalance the economy. We have so much potential here in Britain; now is the time to harness it and build the stable, prosperous economy we want," he commented.
Secretary of State for Business Dr Vince Cable said: "Britain's economy has been too reliant on the financial sector and we need to diversify as we go for sustainable growth.
"It is crucial that we support UK industry to turn the discoveries of our world-leading researchers into world-beating products and services.
"The new technology innovation centres will help to equip UK industry with the ability to capitalise on the future global market opportunities by drawing on leading edge research.
"They form a key part of the Government’s work to rebalance the UK economy and create new high-value private sector jobs," he said.
The Technology Strategy Board is also today publishing a prospectus that will fast track the creation of a centre focused on High Value Manufacturing, and outlines plans to establish a network of six to eight world-leading centres in total.
It calls for business, academic and other interest groups to comment on the proposals and help shape how the centres will be developed. Sitting between the worlds of academia and of business, they will enable cutting-edge research to be pushed forward that can be swiftly turned into commercial opportunities.
The prospectus outlines plans to establish a further six to eight world-leading centres in the initial candidate areas of Energy & Resource Efficiency, Transport Systems, Healthcare, ICT and Electronics, Photonics & Electrical Systems.
It calls for the business, academic and other interest groups to comment on the proposals and help shape how the centres will be developed. The Technology Strategy Board received funding of £200m in the Comprehensive Spending Review for the Centres.
(BMcC/GK)
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