The UK's innovation accelerator for cities, transport & place leadership.
Connect with the right partners to achieve your innovation ambitions
Forge invaluable relationships
Make connections that give you new insight, and boost your innovation capacity and culture.
Define your preferred future
Take clear steps to address your challenges and work as a network to reach a common goal.
Influence and advocate for regulations
Gain insights into policies which effect your defined challenge, and get opportunities to shape their development.
Establish your competitive edge
Set yourself apart from your competitors and define your point of difference.
Invest and act with certainty
Minimise the risks of uncertain choices and make informed decisions on investment, resource allocation, partnerships and planning.
Catalyse innovative thinking
Spot gaps in your current innovation capabilities and inject new ideas from a diverse pool of partners.
Competitive Advantage
Identify unique opportunities, differentiate from competitors, and strategically position yourselves as a leader in your respective market.
Actionable recommendations
Rapidly gather market insights, new ways of thinking and working. Engage with and learn from other partners on defined challenges.
Innovative Product and Service Development
Identify and fill gaps in your current innovation capabilities and forge productive new collaborations.
Entrepreneurial Culture and Intrapreneurship
Helping foster an entrepreneurial mindset within your workforce. Empower employees and create a culture of experimentation.
Regulatory and Policy
Gain insights into current and emerging policy, and influence future regulations.
“Being twinned with Busan using a data-led approach has helped make this partnership tangible. Our innovation ecosystem is quite mature so we have a strong foundation. But applying the triple helix of government, business and academia to a market like Busan has been exciting, both in terms of our international work, as well as our place-based innovation partnership with Innovate UK.”
John Whaling, Innovation Lead at Liverpool City Region
Innovation Partnerships are tailored to your needs and are based around seven core elements:
Identifying pains, gains and jobs to be done.
Scanning our professional network to identify the right people to engage in your ambitions.
Bringing partners together in a structured programme – the core of our partnering service.
Creating a shared plan of action to realise common goals.
Providing opportunities to upskill in areas of need to maximise the success of the project
Generating robust analysis of the benefits and case for change. All of our service is underpinned by a commitment to robust project management, reporting and budget control
To find out more information about our Innovation Accelerator service, get in touch.
Solve your innovation challenges at scale
Tackle industry challenges with a cohort of key sector players
Prioritise your challenges and unlock your full innovation potential
Get tailored investment and support for your business
Connect with the right partners to achieve your innovation ambitions
Overcome the barriers in your funding strategy and de-risk the investment process
Unlock inclusive, innovation-friendly procurement
Validate your investments and maximise their real-world impact
