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Search begins for AI transport innovations that can enhance passenger experience

Funding and support are now available for innovators with ideas to improve transport with artificial intelligence (AI).
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Connected Places Catapult responds to Industrial Strategy consultation

Boosting economic productivity by unlocking the complexities of place and leveraging data and new digital technologies. 
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Entopy invited to trial its digital twin technology at Glasgow Airport

System designed to ease passenger flow has been selected for a six-month pilot.
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Eight innovators selected for Bristol Temple Meads testbed

From less stress to greener spaces, these eight ideas are bound for the Station Innovation Zone programme.
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Connected Places Catapult invites feedback to strategy refresh

Have your say on the Catapult’s refreshed strategy.
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West Midlands Innovators Set Out to Forge Ties in India

Seven firms specialising in clean technologies have joined the DIATOMIC India Accelerator programme.
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UK Innovation Districts Group and Connected Places Catapult commission UK Entrepreneurial Skills Study

The UK Entrepreneurial Skills study, which will focus on 16 – 25-year-olds, has been funded by Innovate UK and developed by UK Innovation District Group (UK IDG) and Connected Places Catapult. The study is in response to a concerning trend of a declining number of UK start-ups.
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Search begins for innovations that can enhance airport security

Funding and support are now available to businesses and academics with ideas to further improve threat detection at airports.
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Global innovation cluster welcomes input from UK firms

A new Tokyo-based initiative has been created to focus on technology development in urban areas.
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£1.2m to boost rural transport in the UK

Eight projects awarded £150,000 each to better connect rural communities. Winning projects include digital tools that support patients and staff to travel to NHS hospitals. Funding will enhance travel for rural residents, while delivering greener transport technologies.
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Design experts selected to support innovators connecting people with nature

The Design to Deliver consortium has chosen consultancies that will support SMEs as they develop solutions that unlock human behaviours to regenerate nature.
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West Midlands to collaborate with South Korean city to boost innovation

New collaborations aim to promote regional innovation, share knowledge, and support start-ups.
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Cohort announced for Local Authority Transport Decarbonisation accelerator

Innovators with new technology will help local areas to address their place-based net zero commitments, with support from Connected Places Catapult.
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Funding and support available for transport accessibility innovators

Up to 15 companies will be selected to receive up to £150,000 each in a new transport accessibility competition.
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Cutting-edge transport projects receive £1.4 million to encourage innovation and deliver growth

32 pioneering projects granted a share of £1.4 million to drive innovation and revolutionise the UK transport sector. Ideas will boost economic growth by creating jobs – sparking further innovation and cementing the UK’s position as a global leader in green transport.
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Ten firms welcomed onto latest freight programme

Freight Innovation Fund Accelerator’s third cohort announced at a showcase in London.