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Access to innovation

Explore programmes that help you innovate, from funding and research support to mentoring and specialist facilities. Whether you’re developing new ideas, improving products and services, or adopting innovative processes, there are opportunities across West Yorkshire to support your journey.

 

A wide range of programmes are available across West Yorkshire to help businesses and individuals develop new ideas, improve products and services, and adopt innovative processes.

 

Whatever stage your business is at, new skills can make a big difference.

Support for innovation

A wide range of programmes are available across West Yorkshire to help businesses and individuals develop new ideas, improve products and services, and adopt innovative processes.

Here’s what you can get:

  • Innovate UK - Innovate UK helps innovation-driven businesses build their knowledge of and presence in key global markets.
  • Made Smarter - Made Smarter offers resources, training and funding to help manufacturers embed digital tools and embrace industry.
  • Digital Enterprise - Digital Enterprise offers advice and grants to accelerate your digital transformation journey. Helping SMEs to invest in the right digital technologies to support their growth plans.
  • Propel HealthTech - Accelerator programme that provides innovative organisations developing  health solutions with access to a six-month structured course of support and advice aimed at enabling accelerated company growth and increased market presence.
  • Huddersfield Health Innovation Incubator – a business support programme for West Yorkshire-based pre- and early-stage start-ups and growing organisations with bold ideas that will shape the future of the health, wellbeing and life sciences sectors.

Not sure where to begin? Contact us to find the right support for your business.

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Mayor’s big ideas challenge

Innovators from around West Yorkshire are currently taking part in the Mayor’s big ideas challenge. It gives young people and small businesses the opportunity to come up with new ideas and supports them to make them into a reality. 

Find out more about the challenge and get involved in future cohorts.

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Get in touch

If you want to know more about how we can support you on your innovation journey, get in touch with our team.

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