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Case Study

Harnessing AI to enhance passenger experience

The AI in Transport Enhancing Passenger Experience competition, a collaboration between the Department for Transport (DfT) and Connected Places Catapult, aimed to find innovative ideas that embed responsible AI into a resilient transport system, in alignment with the UK government’s vision.

Article

West Mids wall-climbing robot firm charts global sales growth

Wall-climbing robot developer HausBots is selling its product around the world and has entered several new sectors after participating in Catapult-led accelerators.

Article

“Every entrepreneur should be thinking about exit”, serial innovator advises

Company founder Shweta Saxena successfully exited her first venture Machine Max and went on to build a second business, AI Gizmo – both supported by Connected Places Catapult-led programmes. Here she explains what a successful exit meant for her.

Report

Integrated ticketing spotlight

The Integrated Ticketing Spotlight, commissioned by Connected Places Catapult, explores the future of ticketing in the UK and sets out a roadmap for delivering a modern, integrated and customer-focused transport system.

Report

Innovation Twins 2020-2025: impact and outcomes

This report offers insight into the outcomes and impact of the Innovation Twins since its launch in 2020 of the first full pilot programme between the UK and South Korea completed.

Report

Innovation Twins: The Playbook

Innovation Twins builds partnerships that are design to tackle specific strategic priorities and challenges – an evolution of traditional place twinning.

News

AI in Transport: 23 innovators selected to develop proposals

The organisations chosen will develop use case proposals that demonstrate how AI can transform the UK’s transport system.

Article

Meet the academic pulling the spending lever to stimulate innovation and boost the economy

Public authorities can use their purchasing power to support innovation, drive local growth and improve sustainability for manufacturers and clients, argues one Lancaster University professor.

Article

Engine builder for boats charts new waters with energy management system

Maritime tech scale-up Ecomar Propulsion widened its focus from designing motors for boats to managing their energy needs after joining the Freight Innovation Fund Accelerator, and aims to become a £100m company within five years.

News

Five Hydrogen Technology Demos Green Lit

Technologies from offshore electrolysis to the UK’s first hydrogen-powered railway shunter will be showcased.

Article

Clean Futures participant wins global award with rail infrastructure innovation

Materials innovator Composite Braiding has won a prestigious award in Paris, celebrating the best in composite material applications, alongside partners Connected Places Catapult and Amey.

Case Study

Supporting UK Freeports to innovate and drive local business growth

How collaboration, investment and innovation are accelerating growth across the UK’s Freeports.

Insights

Articles & Blogs

Article

Meet the academic supporting sustainable transport start-ups

Professor Marcos Kauffman is helping automotive innovators to flourish on the Clean Futures programme.

Article

Meet the innovator enabling material reuse in construction

Andrea Charlson is developing software that provides a detailed digital record of the materials and products stored in buildings and infrastructure assets; helping their owners monitor their sustainability performance and consider the reuse of materials.

Article

Transport tech investor reveals strategy for backing successful firms

Venture capitalist Paul Miller speaks about his firm’s investment in Streetwise Technology, a pedestrian-friendly transport tech start-up, supported by Connected Places Catapult.

Article

Procurement Act: Reflections from Rikesh Shah

Rikesh Shah, newly appointed Chair of IPEC’s Advisory Committee, reflects on the work underway to embed innovation in the procurement process, and how IPEC is developing a suite of tools to instil confidence in organisations as they get to grips with the new Procurement Act.

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Accelerating multi-modal transport across the UK

Senior transport representatives gave their views on improving project delivery and transport connectivity during a keynote session at the Connected Places Summit.

Article

Smart Cane inventor helps visually impaired people navigate transport hubs

Innovators working to make busy environments easier and safer to travel through are among firms to have developed technology with the help of a recent Connected Places Catapult programme.

Article

Security scanning innovator boosted by air mobility accelerator

Entrepreneurs focused on making airports easier and more pleasant to navigate are among firms to have developed their innovations through a recent Connected Places Catapult programme.

Article

Built environment leaders speak out about planning reform

Lively discussion about the forthcoming Planning and Infrastructure Bill and how best to attract investors to the UK featured at the Connected Places Summit.

Article

Meet the academic helping cities spend smarter

Rebecca Riley picked up top tips from a comedy legend at school, and is now helping cities make better spending choices alongside the Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre.

Article

City leaders call for innovation push

Cities are important drivers of local growth, but unlocking their innovation potential is crucial if we are to create thriving conurbations that spread prosperity far and wide, delegates to a keynote session at the Connected Places Summit heard.

Article

Digital twins and AI: What next for transport connectivity?

Unlocking the ‘triplet’ of digital twins and AI will be a gamechanger for our transport systems, the Connected Places Summit heard.

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Meet the innovator using AI to predict the impact of transport delays

Andre Wang is helping rail operators better understand the knock-on effects of disruption, and hopes to provide useful travel information for wheelchair users and passengers with buggies using buses and trams.

Article

Leading by example in quest to shape better places

Two of the architects of the recent Innovation Places Leadership Academy programme involving four UK localities speak of the success of cohort two.

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Thousands of miles saved with King’s Lynn hospital staff carpooling

Technology installed at a hospital car park in Norfolk is helping to identify staff who could benefit from sharing vehicles with colleagues living in rural areas nearby.

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Cardiff gets creative to grow the innovation economy

Empowering local leaders with skills, insights and connections to drive inclusive economic growth through innovation is the aim of the Innovation Places Leadership Academy (IPLA), run by Connected Places Catapult. Here, we speak to two leaders from our latest cohort about their city’s ambitions.

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Clean Futures panel urges greater sharing of trial outcomes

Rail sector specialists discussed innovation, investment and how best to help small companies accelerate their technologies at an event in the West Midlands.

Global

Creating global markets working in partnership with UK Businesses

Our global programme eases the entry of UK business into emerging innovation markets around the world.

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Repeatable, proven, innovation

On the demand side we help cities and transport authorities to become better informed buyers in the market. And on the supply side we help businesses to test, scale and commercialise new innovations in cities.

We don’t push a particular solution. We focus on what works locally. We’re practical.

City innovation twinning

Creates jobs in both geographies, global access for participating organisations, shared socioeconomic prosperity and lasting R&I collaborations focussed on solving city challenges.

Net zero typology profiling

Strengthens understanding of a cities’ net zero related challenges and opportunities. This provides valuable insights which allows us to match capability to needs and assess which cities would be a best fit for UK expertise on net zero.

Challenges, open calls, pilots

We connect UK and in country SMEs to form joint ventures. UK SMEs get their first opportunity in a new market and a partner for scaling, and host country SMEs get a UK partner to more easily enter the UK market which means inward investment.

Demonstrators

We work with large businesses both in the UK and abroad to enable large scale demos that both UK and in country partner SMEs can help deliver. In some cases, these are a natural progression from our city challenges, open call and pilots.

City strategy & roadmaps

Global Programme roadmaps help take a place from Point A to Point B by providing a plan to get there and a pipeline of UK Businesses that can deliver the roadmap. We recently completed a pathway to Mobility as a Service in Klang Valley, Malaysia.

Digital twins / Bim

The next phase for UKs BIM International programme.

If you have a great idea, innovative product or service which you believe could improve the way people connect and travel in the cities around the world, we would love to hear from you – info@cp.catapult.org.uk

“We partnered up with Connected Places Catapult to virtually deliver our British Embassy funded project on Net Zero Urban Innovation Challenges in the Pacific Alliance and the Latin American Region.

Since development of the concept to final delivery, CPC was an incredibly responsive and well managed, securing resources and agendas across different teams in 3+ time zones.

I am delighted to have collaborated with them to successfully deliver all activities, and to have engaged with key stakeholders in the region to increase the outreach of our project”

Javiera Ibacache, Economic Diplomacy Programme Manager, FCDO Chile

Our Global Partners

We partner with key global innovation organisations and networks to deliver impactful activities, from thought leadership to testbed projects that will address challenges in places with the adoption of innovation and aid key goals such as clean growth.

In partnering with such world-renowned organisations, we ensure we deliver impact across innovation value chains.

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Speeding up adoption of new,
disruptive products & services

An Accelerator is a challenge led, fixed-term programme, that follows a structured framework to accelerate disruptive products to market.

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Accelerate & de-risk innovation

Our programmes de-risks innovation for our partners alongside support SMEs in developing commercial partnerships and sustainable growth plans

Market Research and Analysis to validate and support innovation strategy
Solve commercial challenges faster and cheaper through live trials and demonstrations
Industry stakeholders part of selection and due diligence process
Create disruptive products and services through SME partnerships
Understanding market trends, disruptive technologies and relevant industry verticals
Accelerate the timeframe to implementation
De-risk innovation by gaining a thorough understanding of SME proposition and ability to select the right team for collaboration
Equip corporate organisations with technologies that sets them apart from their competitors

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.

Who we work with Work with us

Part of the Innovate UK Catapult Network

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