This report undertakes qualitative market research to understand the appetite for different features of publicly financed debt products to support private sector innovation activity. The report undertook interviews with businesses, lenders and investors, and was completed in July 2016.

This study explores the relationships between CEO performance targets, the pay incentives associated with those targets, and firm investment for companies listed on the FTSE All-Share index (as of April 2020) from 2013 to 2019. The study has 3 aims: explore the prevalence of different...

The report identifies possible options for low carbon hydrogen production. The report will be of interest to: investors and developers of potential hydrogen projects; the energy sector; industry, including energy intensive industries.

The Agri-Tech Catalyst was launched in 2013 as a key programme under the government's UK strategy for agricultural technologies. It secured £60 million from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...

The Agri-Tech Catalyst was launched in 2013 as a key programme under the government's UK strategy for agricultural technologies. It secured £60 million from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...

This report examines how public innovation support affects the economic performance of businesses measured in terms of survival, employment and turnover. This is the second phase of analysis, building on previous research "Business innovation: effect of public support, 2014".

The survey explores the working arrangements and earnings that apprentices received during 2016. The survey included almost 10,000 telephone interviews with apprentices enrolled on a course in Great Britain. The report provides statistics on apprentices': working arrangements, basic hourly rate...

This research uses an innovative big data approach to identifying clusters of businesses in three sectors. It includes a case study for a cluster in each sector exploring both how the clusters developed and the nature of relationships formed by companies with other companies and local...

This research report describes the findings from interviews with 48 disruptive innovative companies about their views on regulation and the impact of regulatory engagement on innovation. Discussions with businesses typically centred around 3 key themes: the accessibility of useful and timely...