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Connected Places Catapult
Accelerating smarter living and travelling in between the places of tomorrow

COVID-19 SME Support

Connected Places Catapult is continuing to support UK businesses while we work remotely as a team in these unprecedented times, and have pulled together the best resources that ourselves, UK government and other institutions are providing to help support innovators.

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Innovation Brief: Post-Pandemic Places

Innovation Brief looks back at how connected places businesses and place leaders rose to the occasion in responding to COVID-19, considers trends and changing market demand as we move into the restart phase, and signals longer-term opportunities to define our eventual recovery.

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Connected Places Podcast Episode 6: "What now for Real Estate?"

The pandemic has had a huge impact on our built environment, but so too has the economic fallout. Any economic...
01 October 2020

MediaCityUK launches Smart City Innovation Testbed to help businesses and people thrive in a post-pandemic world

Digital venture builder and investment specialists UP Ventures Group, in partnership with MediaCityUK and The Connected Places Catapult, have today...
01 October 2020

How can we increase transport capacity after the COVID-19 lockdown?

The nation is currently facing a unique and monumental challenge. As regions move in and out of local lockdowns, there is...
28 September 2020

Connected Places Catapult welcomes its newest Board Member

We are delighted to welcome Liz Peace as a Board Member and Non-executive Director of Connected Places Catapult at this exciting chapter...
24 September 2020

Connected Places Catapult welcomes its newest Board Member

We are thrilled to welcome Nick Chism as a Board  Member and Non-Executive Director of Connected Places Catapult. It is an exciting time of growth for us and our...
22 September 2020

Connected Places Podcast Episode 5: "What now for Housing And Wellbeing?"

If there’s one place we’ve all been spending a lot more time in during lockdown, it’s our homes. As we’ve...
17 September 2020

Future of Standards - A User Research project

Recent work by BEIS and the Better Regulations Executive under the report ‘Regulation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ has highlighted...
17 September 2020

UK launches latest round of Transport Technology Innovation Programme

Open call for Transport innovation, Decarbonisation and COVID-19 Recovery to receive over £700,000 of R&D grants from latest round of...
16 September 2020

Britain After Coronavirus: Birmingham and How We Recovered and Rebalanced 'Last Time' - Did central economic planning sabotage Birmingham’s postwar recovery? And might its history and 21st century revival have lessons for Britain’s post-pandemic recovery?

By Julian Dee
14 September 2020

Connected Places Catapult Welcomes Its Newest Board Affiliate

  We are delighted to welcome Lucy Yu as a Board Affiliate of Connected Places Catapult at an exciting time...
14 September 2020

How Developing an IP Strategy From an Early Stage Can Help Increase Growth and the Value of Your Business

by Andrew White , Partner at Mathys & Squire   Starting and running your own business can be one of...
11 September 2020

Connected Places Podcast Episode 4: "What now for cities and city centres?"

Some profound changes are happening in our city centres, and the pandemic is certainly playing a big part. Activity and...
10 September 2020

Cities on the Couch: Mental Health and Wellbeing in Post-Pandemic Urban Places

by Sarah Niblock In this blog, Prof. Sarah Niblock, Chief Executive of The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), is analysing...
08 September 2020

Coronavirus, Connected Places and Innovation Report: Three Post-Pandemic Horizons for Action

By Richard Miller, Associate Director, Connected Places Catapult   The coronavirus pandemic and COVID-19 have turned our world upside down....
04 September 2020

Connected Places Podcast: Episode 3 - "What now for public transport?"

As we gradually start getting back onto trains, buses, trams and tubes how will we get safely from A to...
03 September 2020

Connected Places Podcast: Episode 2 - “What now for the innovation economy and places?”

How does innovation happen in places? What does it mean for a place to be an innovation location? And how...
27 August 2020

UK launches security technology innovation programme

Today the Security Technology Research and Innovation Grants (S-TRIG) Programme launches, with applications now open. This programme is seeking businesses and...
21 August 2020

Advancing UK housing through Equitable Innovation

In continuation with the Connected Places Catapult 2020 housing program priorities, the following blog explores resilient strategies to direct equitable...
20 August 2020

Latest News and Insights

Discover the latest updates and blogs from the Connected Places Catapult as we help shape a connected future for the places we live.

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Demand Modelling & Assessment through a Network Demonstrator (DeMAND) Project Final Showcase webinar

Join us for the Demand Modelling & Assessment through a Network Demonstrator (DeMAND) Project Final Showcase webinar on 1st October
01 October 2020

MK:5G Accelerator- Application Support & Information Webinar

Join us for the MK:5G Accelerator – Application Support & Information Webinar on 2nd October
02 October 2020

Raising Investment Masterclass for SMEs

Are you an SME looking to raise investment? Would like to hear from experts in this field, and take the...
07 October 2020

Glasgow: Leading the UK’s Race to Net-Zero Carbon

This webinar is being run by the Centre for Liveable Cities in partnership with Connected Places Catapult. Glasgow aims to...
08 October 2020

Future of Standards – User Research: Celebrating World Standards Day

What is a standard? Are they really useful? Where can I find them?
14 October 2020

Virtual Connections Cafe: Support and Networking Webinar

Join us for our next Virtual Connections Cafe which will take place on Wednesday 21st October and be focused on...
21 October 2020

Challenge Procurement Series: Innovation procurement to solve global challenges

Join the first webinar in this series and hear from our expert panel.
22 October 2020

Third Thursday: Wellbeing, working from home and what comes next

Join Connected Places Catapult for the monthly Third Thursday webinar:
22 October 2020

Bid Writing Masterclass for SMEs

Here is a question in many small business’s minds: to bid, or not to bid?
28 October 2020

Government Drone Pathfinder Community Webinar

Join us for the Government Drone Pathfinder Community Webinar on Thursday 5th November
05 November 2020

Latest Events

Stay informed, network, learn and engage at our industry leading events across the country. Our events cover innovations in areas such as the built environment and mobility services.

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Report: African Cities Innovation Analysis

Our African Cities Innovation Analysis seeks to provide UK innovation businesses and Innovate UK with insights into the innovation landscape in African cities, an overview of several East African and South African cities in particular and recommendations for engagement in the African Innovation marketplace.

The City Standards Network

The City Standards Network is helping to build a more unified, human centred approach to creating, finding, and implementing standards.

Marine Autonomous Transport

Autonomous road vehicles have been grabbing headlines as the technology advances and increasing numbers of manufacturers develop prototype technologies. But quietly, other industries have also been making strides towards autonomy including the maritime sector.

Who we are

The new Connected Places Catapult accelerates smarter living and travelling in and between the places of tomorrow. We focus on growing businesses with innovations in mobility services and the built environment that enable new levels of physical, digital and social connectedness. The Connected Places Catapult operates at the intersection between public and private sectors and between local government and transport authorities. We convene the disparate parts of the market to help innovators navigate the complexity of doing business, creating new commercial opportunities and improving productivity, socio-economic and environmental benefits for places.

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We work with people and places to define, create, test, and deploy products and services that help secure wellbeing for us all.

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Connection is what drives innovation in placemaking: connected citizens, communities, public and private stakeholders; connected infrastructures and systems; connected data and information; connected languages and standards.

By embedding intelligent connection at every level of our social infrastructure and transport systems we can make places that work holistically for all of us, and the world we live in. The exponential evolution of digital technology is delivering the tools needed to create connected places fit not just for the future wellbeing of people and the environment – but also for innovative infrastructure and entrepreneurial economies.

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