The national innovation & growth service for ambitious businesses, with specialists near you
Innovate UK EDGE brings a range of services to help ambitious, small to medium sized businesses scale and grow with intensive, specialist-led support. We help businesses:
- Exploit business innovation to grow and scale
- Source funding & finance to grow and scale
- Enter new markets to grow and scale
Innovate UK EDGE is a service of Innovate UK (part of UKRI) and is delivered by a consortium of organisations. Our innovation and growth specialists are at the heart of our offer. Each high-potential, innovative business in our portfolio benefits from the objective perspective of a dedicated innovation and growth specialist.
Our specialist considers a business in the round and, working closely with its leadership, identifies the most productive ways to accelerate its growth. Our specialists can draw on resources such as our programmes, events, innovation & international networks and their domain expert colleagues. For some businesses, our resources, such as investment readiness programme Pitchfest and the Global Business Innovation Programme, will also be a gateway to our bespoke, specialist-led support.
Get in touch: Midlands@innovateukedge.ukri.org or click here for more information.
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