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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.

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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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Transport

We focus on decarbonising the sector and creating integrated transport systems, bridging the gap between groundbreaking ideas and the market.

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Transport

Construction

We accelerate innovation in construction, helping to create sustainable buildings, smart infrastructure, and inclusive urban spaces across the UK.

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Construction

Data Infrastructure

Data and digital technologies are transforming how we design, manage, and operate transport systems, the built environment, and local economies.

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Data Infrastructure

SMEs & Scaleups

We empower SMEs to transform bold ideas into market-ready solutions.

Industry & Infrastructure

We partner with large enterprises to drive innovation and overcome complex challenges.

Government & Public Sector

Partnering with government to transform transport, construction and infrastructure.

Investors & Partners

De-risking investment in UK infrastructure innovation

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

Using natural language processing to map defence industry supply chains

Report

Using natural language processing to map defence industry supply chains

Global supply chains have become increasingly complex, making it harder for organisations to identify where critical dependencies and vulnerabilities sit. For the defence sector, this challenge is particularly significant.

An aerial view of a HS2 site preparing for major motorway bridging works

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Cracking the productivity challenge in infrastructure

Collaboration and new thinking encouraged by i3P – the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership – are helping major project clients improve productivity.

Journey Alerts travel assistance podium with QR code to access personalised public transport information

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Making journeys smoother with personalised instructions

Journey Alerts will showcase its passenger assistance technology at the InnoTrans event in Berlin, after joining a Station Innovation Zone scale-up accelerator programme delivered by Connected Places Catapult.