This webinar will explain Innovate UK EDGE innovation and growth support and the types of businesses we work with.

Overview

Innovate UK EDGE is a key part of the UK innovation agency’s investment in the innovative businesses that drive economic growth. It provides intensive, specialist-led support for ambitious businesses.

Each high-potential, innovative business we work with benefits from the objective perspective of a dedicated innovation and growth specialist local to them. Our specialist considers a business in the round and, working closely with its leadership, identifies the most productive ways to accelerate its growth.

This webinar will explain the core areas of support we can provide from helping you to access funding & finance to IP and expanding into new markets. We will give real-life examples of the businesses we have worked with and the impact of this support, helping to achieve their growth ambitions.

Key topics covered

We will discuss the common pain points we identify with growing businesses and how we help resolve these. Topics include:

• Who is Innovate UK EDGE? A little history and about our team of specialists.
• Who do we help…and why?
• What is business coaching?
• Scope of support such as source funding, investment readiness, IP strategy & audits, new markets, corporate & marketing strategy and design thinking.
• Covid-19 & business recovery.
• Opportunity spotting.
• Client view – Paul Mellor, Founder of RacketWare Ltd.
• Q&A.

Delegate learning from the webinar

• The background of our Innovation & Growth Specialists.
• The scope of our support and how we work with businesses to understand their issues and ambitions.
• The types of businesses we work with, including specific examples of the impact of support.
• How Innovate UK EDGE works with other specialist providers of funding, resources and expertise across many sectors and technologies.