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Innovation

Whenever you make a change to improve your business, that's an innovation. Adapting, or doing things differently is going to be essential if Leicestershire businesses are going to survive and thrive in the future.

Innovative Leicestershire

Leicester and Leicestershire are building an innovation ecosystem of collaboration, growth and opportunity. Our vision is for a prosperous regional economy with businesses and communities that are inclusive, productive and sustainable. The four strategic pillars of this work are:

  • Leading –  an Innovation Board
  • Planning – an Innovation Strategy
  • Developing – the Innovation Festival and Business Gateway
  • Celebrating – the Leicestershire Innovation Awards

Find out about Innovative Leicestershire and how to get involved on this website.

Leicestershire Innovation Festival

The annual Leicestershire Innovation Festival was launched in 2018. It has grown each year and now stages 20+ events across a fortnight every February. It is organised by the Business Gateway.

The Festival has ended for 2024. We’ll let you know about events during the year through our social channels and via email.

Watch highlights from this year’s launch event below.

Stay in touch with us through our newsletters here.

 

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2024 Launch Event Highlights

The 2024 Festival was launched at Space Park Leicester. Watch the highlights of this event with contributions from Anuj Ashar, Lewis Stringer, Jim Willis and Geoff Rome.

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Ashraf Attia, CEO of Predictiva

Ashraf is CEO of AI business Predictiva. Here he talks about what they do and how to go about introducing changes or improvements in your business.

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Rachel Tidmarsh, CEO of Bluesky International

Rachel is CEO of aerial survey business, Bluesky International.

 

Rachel talks about what innovation really means and what they are doing in her business.

 

Rachel is also a LLEP Innovation Board Member.

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Kate Broadhurst, Senior Lecturer

Kate is Senior Lecturer in Innovation & Strategy at Loughborough Business School.

 

Here Kate talks about her project, Pathways to Productivity, addressing the problems SMEs face when it comes to innovation.

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Martin McTague OBE

Martin is the National Chair for the Federation of Small Businesses.

 

Martin delivered the keynote presentation at the Leicestershire Innovation Festival Launch event for 2024. In this interview he references FSB’s Tech Tonic report, which researched small business innovation in the UK.

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