Applications are now open for Medilink Midlands’ Business Awards which will once again celebrate the work and achievements of life sciences companies across the Midlands. With nine categories from Start-Up to Outstanding Achievement, the 2024 awards are set to be bigger and better than ever and will highlight some of...
Medilink Midlands CEO Melanie Davidson gives expert insight on the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory
The sale of a vast COVID-19 testing lab in the UK is an opportunity to develop the start-up ecosystem in the Midlands region. But what form of repurposing would serve the region best: a general life sciences hub, or a specialist research and innovation centre? Both options have been floated...
Medilink Midlands awarded Investors in People accreditation
Medilink Midlands has been awarded the ‘We invest in people’ standard accreditation by Investors in People, the UK’s leading people management business improvement standard. The accolade means principles and practices around supporting people are in place at Medilink Midlands and everyone understands how to use them to make work better....
Happy New Year and a warm welcome to 2024 from everybody at Medilink Midlands.
We hope you all had an enjoyable time over the holidays and, like us, are keen to see what 2024 has in store. To kick off the year, we wanted to highlight a few dates for your diaries. Firstly, we’re hosting our Annual Business Awards at the Athena, Leicester this...
Innovate UK Smart Grant – A guide to successful application answers
TBAT is a leading consultancy with over 20 years’ experience working with technology/research and development organisations all over the UK; helping them to innovate. We believe that our funding services are crucial to helping companies enable their R&D projects. Some Innovate UK funding competitions have a success rate of under...
eg technology launch new eBook – Connected Devices: A guide to developing the right product
The value of a well-managed connected device can be significant, to both individuals and businesses. So, it is no surprise that the connected device ecosystem is not only thriving but growing exponentially. In fact, McKinsey Global Institute is estimating that connected (IoT) products and services will generate between $5.5 trillion...
Pioneer Group and Innovate UK join forces on programme aiming to accelerate the development of life sciences companies
Pioneer Group, a company combining laboratory development and operation with venture building, is continuing its collaboration with Innovate UK by bringing its venture development ‘Launch Programme’ to the Exploit stage of Innovate UK’s ICURe programme. The Launch Programme welcomes invited life science founders from the ICURe Programme, as well as...
New funding programme to support health innovations in the East Midlands
Health Innovation East Midlands (formerly East Midlands Academic Health Science Network) in partnership with Medilink Midlands have launched a new funding programme. The Health Innovation Fund offers support between £5k and £10k to East Midlands based SMEs or businesses working with a healthcare system partner in our region to further...
MeTAP Innovation Pre-Accelerator Programme Praised
Created to support pre start-up and established companies in the med tech and life sciences sector located within Nottingham city, the MeTAP business support programme is designed to empower organisations by providing the right knowledge, expertise, skills and connections to help commercialise their innovations. The first of their Pre-Accelerator programmes...
Arise Innovation Hubs announce new fund to unlock MedTech business potential
Arise Innovation Hubs, part of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), has launched a new grant programme. Arise ABOVE (Arise Beyond Open Innovation for Value and Entrepreneurship) will deliver innovation grants, expert support and events to unlock HealthTech and MedTech investment in Essex. Grant funds of up to £5,000 will be available...