Connected Places Catapult

Transforming infrastructure challenges into opportunities for innovative businesses

We use our networks, technical expertise, and government and industry partnerships to strengthen routes to market and unlock trade and investment opportunities in transport, construction and data infrastructure, allowing businesses to start, scale and stay in the UK.

Part of the Innovate UK Catapult Network
New Report

The UK’s Innovation Opportunity in 
Transport & Construction

How the UK can transform its infrastructure through innovation, and the role of high-potential businesses in delivering it.

£725bn
Infrastructure investment over 10 years
4.5m
People employed across both sectors
£680bn
Projected market value by 2035
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Our impact

Delivering measurable outcomes

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1000+

business engaged

8,650+

additional jobs created

£692m

Private investment raised by SMEs since 2019

149+

technologies advanced towards commercialisation 

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News, insights & events

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excavator on construction site
News

Applications open for Diesel-Free Sites Programme  

Up to £60,000 is available to UK SMEs to deploy proven diesel-free construction solutions with Costain and Anglian Water.
Shape-shifting lorry promises greener and cheaper logistics
Article

Shape-shifting lorry promises greener and cheaper logistics

Freight trailers might soon be transformed at the push of a button, to improve aerodynamics when carrying smaller loads.
An aerial photograph of a selection of intertwined ring roads, lit up at night.
Report

A Shared Vision for Information Management

Discover a shared vision for Information Management, developed with the Department for Transport and informed by lessons from Norway.