Ingenuity Lab members complete 2020 Scale Programme

Over the past five weeks, thirteen Ingenuity Lab members have been taking part in our new accelerator programme, Scale, with the goal of taking their business to the next level. Running for the first time, the objective of the accelerator programme is to ensure Lab members’ businesses are viable, innovative and scalable post-Covid, learning how …

Supporting Diversity and Inclusion in Innovation – Dr Tom Coogan

HGI’s Dr Tom Coogan has co-authored a new report on Supporting Diversity and Inclusion in Innovation, published last week by Innovate UK and sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council. The study outlines barriers, challenges, opportunities and support needs for minority ethnic groups and disabled people to participate in business innovation, and the UKRI have …

Engendering Equitable Enterprise Policy: HGI Academic, Dr Lorna Treanor, joins the new “Women’s Enterprise Policy Group”!

HGI’s Dr Lorna Treanor, who specialises in gender and entrepreneurship research, was invited to join the newly-founded Women’s Enterprise Policy Group (WEPG) as an academic member. Established in May 2020, the Women’s Enterprise Policy Group is a partnership of 15 academic researchers and women’s business support practitioners from across the UK. WEPG commit to sharing …