Innovate UK Business Growth is the national innovation growth service designed to help innovation-driven SMEs scale, commercialise, and succeed—through expert, one-to-one support from innovation and growth advisers.

Important: They don’t fund projects directly. Instead, they prepare businesses to win funding, access markets, and turn ideas into real-world impact.

Although business-facing, this programme is a powerful enabler for academics and universities looking to translate research into commercial success.

Join us on Thursday, 8 January for an overview from:

• Beverley Pearce-Smith, Innovate UK Business Growth Project Manager
• Neville Snell, Innovate UK Business Growth Innovation Growth Specialist

They’ll cover:

• What Innovate UK Business Growth offers
• How it fits within the wider Innovate UK ecosystem
• Eligibility and access for university staff
• When academics should engage

Why attend?

• You’ll gain value if you are:
• Forming or growing a spin-out
• Collaborating with high-potential SMEs
• Commercialising research
• Strengthening Innovate UK bids
• Helping partners move from prototype to market
• Seeking industry engagement and brokerage

Let’s work together to maximise SME support and strengthen UON’s impact through Innovate UK Business Growth in the Midlands.