AAR \international Gatwick recruitment evening – Weds 1 March
If you are interested in a career in the aviation industry, AAR are hosting an open evening on Weds 1 March at 5:30pm. The evening will provide an opportunity to meet the team and find out about opportunities on offer. For further information and booking here
Norse Atlantic Airways Launches ticket sales from London Gatwick to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale
Norse Atlantic Airways has launched the sale of two new routes, London Gatwick to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. The flights to Orlando will begin on 25thMay 2023 and to Fort Lauderdale on 26th May 2023, with fares starting from £409 return including taxes. The new routes will be in addition to the current daily London […]
Green grants for business growth in Manor Royal
The ‘Greentech Business Growth Fund’ (GBGF), part of the ‘Towns Fund’ programme, is a 3-year £1 million grant fund that responds to the strategic priority need of ‘greening’ Crawley’s economy. The overarching objective is for grant funding to support the continued development and growth of the local green technology and green construction sectors. Read more […]
Crawley’s Business & Intellectual Property Centre is now open
The Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC) Local is now open at Crawley Library. The centre supports entrepreneurs, start-up businesses and small and medium-sized enterprises in Sussex, from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business. Read more here
Fresh cash injection for UK battery research projects
Battery projects hoping to drive advances in recycling, digital twins, new materials, and new manufacturing techniques are to share £27.6m of fresh funding from UK Research and Innovation’s Faraday Battery Challenge. By funding the projects, which are being carried out by collaborative research teams from across UK industry and academia, UKRI hopes to help accelerate […]
UK landmark genomic partnership with Thailand to unite against health threats
UK patients will benefit from a new partnership with Thailand to share expertise of genome sequencing, collaborate in research, education and training opportunities, knowledge exchange and genomics data handling. On Thursday 19 January, the memorandum of understanding was signed by UK Health Minister Lord Nick Markham CBE and Thailand’s Minister for Public Health and Deputy […]
Public funding for microchip startups considered in government’s semiconductor strategy
Public seed-stage funding for British microchip startups and incentives for venture capitalists are among the measures being considered by the government in its upcoming semiconductor strategy, according to reports. The state-owned British Business Bank, Innovate UK and the National Security Strategic Investment Fund are being considered as channels to provide the taxpayer funding, according to […]
London deep tech launches game-changing AI system
A London-based company backed by Williams Formula 1 team owner Dorilton has launched the world’s first commercial AI system for making business decisions using cause-and-effect. Last year causaLens raised £33m in Series A funding and has worked with Aviva, Murata, the Mayo Clinic and other global corporates in many sectors while developing DecisionOS. The enterprise […]
Lidl to invest £4bn into British food industry in 2023
Lidl GB has unveiled plans to invest £4 billion in British food businesses in 2023, as the value supermarket cements its support for suppliers across the country. This accelerates initial spending plans unveiled in 2019, which saw the German retailer commit to a five-year £15 billion investment in the British Food Industry from 2020 to […]
UK net zero economy ‘worth more than £70bn’
UK businesses focusing on net zero are currently contributing £71 billion in gross value added (GVA) to the economy. That’s one of the findings of a new report commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), with analysis provided by CBI Economics and the DataCity, which estimates that there are almost 20,000 businesses whose […]