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New analysis reveals alarming decline in UK innovation - The Centre for Policy Studies
Britain prides itself on being a world leader in science, research and innovation. But that reputation is increasingly hollow New research published today by the Centre for Policy Studies shows that the average number of patents filed with the UK Intellectual Property Office has fallen from 29,000 a year in the 1990s to 21,000 a year in the post-2010 period Britain is the only G7 economy where patent filings by domestic inventors are below 1980s levels Foreign inventors are also turning their backs, with 61% fewer patents filed in Britain than in 1980 – a sign we are no longer seen as a key market to protect innovation Alarmingly, this comes despite our spending record amounts on R&D. Funding has risen to 2.8% of GDP, above countries such as China, France and Singapore, and has been growing more rapidly than in the US, Germany or Japan Rather than spending more, we need to copy our top-performing rivals by rebalancing innovation towards the private sector, and ensuring that businesses see Britain as a competitive place to build, test and scale A sharp decline in the number of patents registered in the UK shows the nation’s shrinking weight in the global innovation economy. New research from the Centre for Policy Studies, based on UK and global patent filings, shows that despite world-class universities and a strong science base, Britain produces fewer patents per person than most major economies, including France, Germany, Sweden and the United States. The UK has also fallen out of the world’s top five in the Global Innovation Index for the first time in over a decade. More concerning still, innovation in Britain is declining at the same time as it is accelerating in other global markets. ‘Patently Absurd’ by researcher Ayushma Maharjan highlights the fact that between 2000 and 2024, there has been a 50% decline in resident patent filings in Britain, compared to huge increases in Singapore (268%), South Korea (169%), and the United States (66%). The report also shows that while the UK is spending above-average amounts on R&D, and has been increasing funding rapidly in recent years, the country has not been able to translate that into patentable ideas. Singapore, China, and France all produce more patent applications per million people despite lower or comparable spending levels. This is partly because R&D in the UK is atypically concentrated in universities, with businesses spending $3 on R&D for every $1 spent in universities, compared to $7 in the US an...
UK government allocates £20m to strengthen tech development in British regions - National Technology
The UK government has announced £20 million of funding for regions across England and Wales to support local innovation ecosystems and the development of technologies including AI, autonomous systems and clean energy. The investment comes from the £500 million Local Innovation Partnerships Fund and is intended to speed up the development and commercialisation of emerging technologies by backing regional clusters. Under the latest round of funding, the South West will receive support to develop autonomous technologies such as drones operating on land, sea and air. The Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor will focus on combining work on autonomous vehicles, high-performance engineering and space technology to move innovations from testing into real-world use. Greater Lincolnshire will receive support to develop applications that combine agri-tech and defence technologies, with the aim of turning research into commercial products. Two connected clusters in South-West Wales will target energy security and materials security, including scaling offshore wind, hydrogen and critical materials processing. In the East Midlands, funding will support manufacturers working on clean energy and advanced production technologies, including new testing facilities and commercialisation support to help smaller firms work with global manufacturers. The government said the investment is intended to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled systems, by strengthening collaboration between local authorities, businesses and research institutions. Local partners will also work with UK Research and Innovation on projects aligned to regional strengths. The initiatives are expected to support collaborative R&D, attract specialist talent and speed up the move from prototypes to market-ready technologies. Science and technology secretary Liz Kendall said the programme backs innovation “in everything from defence to AI and clean energy to space tech” and aims to “help create jobs and growth from Teesside to Cornwall”.
Cognizant appointed by the UK Government as a strategic industry partner to its TechFirst programme
The initiative looks to provide tailored support for people at key stages in the tech ecosystem – from young people beginning to explore the world of technology, to students and researchers studying critical tech subjects, to businesses looking for new talent. ... Over the next four years, DSIT and Cognizant aim to work together to drive the skills that the UK needs to break down barriers to economic growth and contribute to the Government's ambition to support over 4,000 graduates, researchers and innovators, and reach one million students in secondary schools across the UK. As a strategic industry partner, Cognizant aims to provide 100 work placements to undergraduate and master's students, aligned to the Digital & Technology Sector Plan's six frontier industries as outlined in the Government's UK Industrial Strategy.
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