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1. CREATIVE, DIGITAL
& DESIGN BUSINESS
DIGEST
October 2017
A monthly round-up of useful information for UK
businesses seeking business support
@ktnuk

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3. Main Feature
Innovate UK funding calls
Funding Competitions
Upcoming Events
Investment
Support
Latest News
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4. Main Feature
Rise to the i3P Immersive Challenge at
Digital Construction Week
Heathrow Airport, Kier Group (Crossrail project) and CH2M
(Tideway Tunnel project) have set three exciting challenges
for UK businesses to address using immersive technologies.
The challenges are based on real-life issues and pitching
your innovative ideas could lead to working with these
industry-leading companies to develop your concepts
further.
P I T C H Y O U R I D E A S T O
T H E B I G G E S T N A M E S I N
C O N S T R U C T I O N
FIND OUT MORE

5. Emerging and Enabling - Round 3
Innovate UK funding call
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £25
million to develop innovative solutions to
challenges in emerging and enabling
technologies.
CLICK TO FIND OUT MORE
Opens: 04.09.17 | Closes: 08.11.17

6. Innovation in Health and Life Sciences - Round 3
Innovate UK funding call
UK businesses can apply for up to £15m for
projects that support small & medium sized
enterprises to develop innovations in health and
life sciences.
CLICK TO FIND OUT MORE
Opens: 02.10.17 | Closes: 06.12.17

7. Immersive Experiences Research Call
Funding Competition
The AHRC and EPSRC Immersive Research
Development Partnerships are seeking proposals
for grants up to £75k to support the development
of early-stage research partnerships that can
explore the creation of new immersive experiences
addressing three key themes of memory, place
and performance.
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8. EDF Energy Pulse Awards 2017 - Energy in a digital world
Funding Competition
If you want to help shape the energy future and
are a budding entrepreneur, startup or SME have a
look at the categories for this year's competition.
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9. Upcoming Events
12 October, London
Health & Life Sciences Round 3 Competition
Briefing
17 October, Sheffield
Digital Meet Manufacturing: Speed Networking
event
18 October, London
From mind’s eye to epic build: i3P challenges for
immersive technology
8 - 9 November, Birmingham
Innovate 2017
15 November, Cardiff
Rethink Reality

10. Investment
Digital Refer now includes more than 250 organisations that provide private
investment to Digital and Creative businesses in the UK, including:
Accelerator Programmes
Business Incubators
Start-up Studios
Venture Capital Funds
Angel Investor Networks
Corporate Venture Capital firms
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Private Investment Directory

11. Latest News
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We undertake a growing and broad range of
services, including delivery of small to large
projects/programmes. As our activities grow in
scale and complexity we are keen to ensure our
organisation has the right tools to support
resource management in a highly dynamic
environment as well as project and portfolio
management.
We are reviewing resource, portfolio and project
management software to assess suitability for
deployment in KTN:
In Scope: Resource Management, Portfolio
Management and Project Management
Out of scope: New Finance system, CRM
functionality.
Invitation to Tender:
Resource Management and Portfolio
and Project Management; Software
Service and Implementation Support

12. Latest News
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RSSB, via the Rail Research UK Association
(RRUKA), is to invest up to £500,000 in academic-
led feasibility studies to identify data-driven
solutions to key network performance challenges
in the rail industry in order to increase reliability,
capacity and maintainability of the railway system.
An information and networking day will be held on
31 October 2017 in London.
Could your research help the rail
industry identify data-driven
solutions to key network
performance challenges?

13. Latest News
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The programme, a key recommendation in the
recent Bazalgette Review, starting in 2018, will
create new R&D partnerships across the UK. It’s a
fantastic opportunity for leading organisations
from industry and academic sectors to shape and
build the future of the creative industries.
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity.
Discover the £80m Creative
Industries Clusters Programme at
eight UK-wide briefing events this
October