Innovation & Growth session

Strategy session online – in front of a panel of Innovation & Growth Specialists from Innovate UK EDGE and Innovate UK KTN. Explore your unique challenge or opportunity with the panel, agree on a solution and take away an action plan.

Type of business

Are you an established innovative SME in a specialist sector and faced with a unique challenge or opportunity that’s stopping you from growing? Register for an expression of interest with a specialist panel tailored to your particular business goals. Take away an action plan and the opportunity for ongoing support. Limited spaces available.

A session is allocated based on the strength of innovation and growth potential submitted in your expression of interest.

Our principal areas of support

Develop a strategic approach along with an action plan. A panel of specialist will help your business focus on key priorities for fast growth. Our key support centres on:

• Securing funding and finance, including investor readiness
• Entering new markets and
• Managing innovation effectively.

What other businesses say about us

“Innovate UK EDGE has brought my R&D-intensive business huge benefits. We have doubled in size this year and its scaling support has been critical”. Paul Holt, Photocentric.

“We needed to figure out what marketing strategy to use, as well as what platforms and channels…It was a huge mountain to climb, but with support from Innovate UK EDGE we were able to climb it”. Tom Fleming, Arctoris.

“Lou Williams helped me to see that we have a really good product and encouraged me to persevere with it. Lou has been a great sounding board for us. She’s been a great friend to the company.” Lee Moss, Sirvez.

1 hour online specialist session

Apply for a one hour session that includes a 20 min presentation from your business:

✅ What is the unique challenge and opportunity that’s stopping your business from growing?

✅ Discussion with the panel of specialists (Innovation & Growth is focused on EDGE only), with feedback

✅ At the end of the session, you’ll walk away with agreed set of actions.

What next?

If your expression of interest is selected for a session, your business will be booked on a one hour session with Innovate UK EDGE and Innovate UK KTN. If suitable, you will have the opportunity for further tailored 1:1 support from a specialist to help your business grow. A publicly funded support service available to high potential small to medium sized innovation-driven companies, including Innovate UK grant winners.

These sessions are designed to deliver maximum value to your business by delivering targeted advice from across Innovate UK’s support services. Our specialists have helped thousands of businesses to achieve their growth ambitions and will come armed with the knowledge you need