Business Support for Cleantech Companies

CIE Event, Peterborough 4 June 2013

• Jan Pinkerton• Assistant Director, Business Engagement• BIS London and East

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Strategic partnerships – the sectors

Industrial Strategy

PublishedAerospace (March 2013)Aim: Maintain existing UK market share; secure UK employment

Nuclear (March 2013) Aim: Increase inward investment in energy supply chain

Spring 2013 Summer 2013

Life Science Strategy (Dec 2011)

Life Science Strategy one-year-on (Dec 2012)

Information EconomyAim: to seize the opportunities from new ICT technology

Agri-techAim: Developing and exporting innovative technologies e.g. in food security

EducationAim: Grow UK education exports

Offshore windAim: Increase inward investment in energy supply chain

Oil and Gas (March 2013) Aim: Increase inward investment in energy supply chain

AutomotiveAim: Repatriate supply chain and exploit low carbon technologies

ConstructionAim: Improve competitiveness and productivity to support increasing exports

Professional Business ServicesAim: make the UK the global hub of expertise

Centres for Offshore Renewable Engineering

Helping businesses invest

Business support

Useful links• https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business

-innovation-skills• https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-

business-innovation-skills/series/industrial-strategy-government-and-industry-in-partnership

• https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/centres-for-offshore-renewable-engineering

• http://www.theenergyzone.co.uk/• https://www.gov.uk/erdf-programmes-progress-and-achievements• https://www.lowcarbonfund.co.uk/• http://www.mentorsme.co.uk/• http://www.growthaccelerator.com/• http://www.ukti.gov.uk/export.html• http://www.mymas.org/