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The (true) Living Wage is an hourly rate of pay set independently and updated annually (not the UK government's National Living Wage …
£70 million allocated in areas affected by civil disturbances across London including 23 projects in 9 boroughs and 13 distinct locations
Preston City Council and local anchor institutions redirected billions in procurement spend toward local suppliers and cooperatives from 2013, lifting council local …
Innovate UK's KTP scheme embeds graduate associates in businesses to apply university research. An independent evaluation of 2,000 projects (2010–2020) found £1.7–2.3bn …
London & Partners is London's business growth and destination agency. Their mission is to create economic growth that is resilient, sustainable and …
Since the UK's 2014 tax-incentivised Employee Ownership Trust structure took effect, employee-owned firms grew from about 10 to over 1,650; an independent …
A programme to support London’s goal of Net Zero by 2030. Currently funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the Better Futures …
The Good Work Standard is a free accreditation programme that provides employers with a set of best employment practices alongside information and …
The Mayor’s Open Innovation Programme brings innovators together with local authorities and communities to co-design, test and scale solutions to London’s most …
A UK-government-subsidised 12-week leadership course delivered through 66 business schools reached 9,847 SME leaders by 2025. An independent econometric evaluation found it …
Since 2016, Knowle West Media Centre has run the Bristol Approach to Citizen Sensing, an EU Horizon 2020-funded (REPLICATE project) methodology letting …
Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge's tech-transfer arm since 2006, disclosed 1,129 inventions, signed 874 licences and formed 20 companies in 2024-25, while the university …
Zoned in 1988 as one of the UK's first cultural-industries districts, Sheffield's Cultural Industries Quarter grew from ~120 cultural businesses and 1,200 …
Made Smarter Adoption has helped manufacturing SMEs adopt digital and automation technology since 2018, reaching 4,000+ firms. A Cambridge University review found …
England's Big Local gave 150 deprived neighbourhoods roughly £1 million each in resident-controlled endowments; a peer-reviewed NIHR evaluation found a real fall …
Launched in June 2025, the UK's £54m Global Talent Fund covers relocation and research costs to recruit top scientists into industrial-strategy priority …
Bristol City Council and the University of Bristol launched 'Bristol Is Open' in 2015, a city-wide programmable smart-city testbed. It won UK …
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