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UK s top female entrepreneurs receive government backing through Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation scheme
Visionary British female entrepreneurs receive government backing through Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation scheme to fund novel innovations and business ideas.
The awards have been announced today (Monday 8 March 2021) by Science Minister Amanda Solloway, marking International Women’s Day and the start of British Science Week. As the UK builds back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and progresses its climate change ambitions, 40 of the country’s top female innovators will receive:
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Visionary British female entrepreneurs are receiving government backing to drive forward their novel innovations and business ideas, as the UK builds back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and progresses its climate change ambitions.
Announced today (Monday 8 March 2021) by Science Minister Amanda Solloway to mark International Women’s Day, 40 of the country’s top female innovators will be awarded a cash injection of £50,000 each, as well as bespoke mentoring, to scale up and bring to market their disruptive business ideas, many of which have been borne out in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Located right across the UK, from Scotland to Salisbury, business innovations receiving government backing include a company creating sustainable green interior furniture for the airline industry, an app to make emergency services more accessible for those suffering from domestic abuse and an innovative technology to help large organisations to manage and reduce their waste.
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The women behind the ‘pioneering ideas’ will each receive a £50,000 government grant to develop their plans, many of which are in engineering sectors and tackle issues including climate change and recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The grants were announced today (8 March) by science minister Amanda Solloway, marking International Women’s Day and the start of British Science Week. Each of the Innovate UK Women in Innovation Awards recipients will also receive mentoring to scale up ideas and bring them to market.
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