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Benefits

  • Accelerate R&D
  • Access specialist facilities
  • Connect with investors
  • Enter new markets
  • Improve product quality
  • Leverage expert knowledge
  • Maximise IP value
  • Reduce risks

Support for high-growth technologies

For innovation projects in the following fields, we can connect you with sector-specific expertise. That includes access to university research, technical specialists, labs and facilities tailored to your field. You’ll get support that’s grounded in your challenges, your technology, and your route to market. 

These innovations require the right support to ensure data quality, privacy and overcome technical complexities and integrations.

We drive your ambitions forward, so you create innovations that solve tomorrow's challenges.

 

These technologies have the potential to transform healthcare and the lives of millions.

From accessing funding to scale, to regulatory guidance, we make your innovations reality.

These materials are designed to move the world towards a greener future.

Whether you need support with new technologies, research facilities or launch planning, we can help you accelerate your journey.

Focus Sectors

Innovation Spotlight

The Greater Manchester manufacturer using innovation support to transform rail safety

From university partnerships to R&D funding, GJD Manufacturing’s journey shows how innovation support can help turn good ideas into real progress – with an AI project the latest chapter in the Heywood firm’s story.

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EV infrastructure company expects 100% turnover increase

Greater Manchester firm Charge-M8 has developed a new way to install EV charging equipment, supported by specialist technical expertise and innovation grant funding.

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Innovation support helps build the world’s first digital platform for stop-motion animation

By addressing a long-standing gap in stop-motion filmmaking, the team at Animation Toolkit are creating a first-to-market digital platform with the potential to scale globally.

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A cost-effective digital upgrade for one of Greater Manchester’s biggest manufacturers

Instead of replacing expensive equipment, TS (UK) used innovation funding to modernise it, “proving that you get very modern capabilities without a huge budget if you have an innovative mindset and the right support”.

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AI innovation marks latest step in Bolton business’s growth journey

Thornton & Lowe’s relationship with GM Business Growth Hub has spanned many years, with sustained support helping the business grow, build capability and, most recently, introduce AI and enhanced data protection into its bid management software.

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Bury healthtech start-up strengthens its AI engine and validation

Innovation support has helped health and life sciences company Augmented Healthcare map a clear route to regulatory registration and first commercial deployment.

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Resources

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FAQs

Start by contacting us. We’ll ask you about your business and your aspirations. After we’ve connected, our specialist advisors will use proven tools and techniques to support you. We work with you to understand your challenges, and we act as a catalyst for transforming your business. 

Not having the right knowledge, skills or facilities can really hold you back. Strategic collaborations can help your idea to gain momentum, accelerate R&D, shorten your time to market, and clarify the impact of future technological change. For a great example, look at Ecobelt: From Tameside start-up to global game-changer 

We can support you to access to a wide range of research and development grant funding through a variety of schemes. We’ll help identify the most appropriate route and also provide support with application ideation, reviews and comments. Check our Resources page for the latest funding and investment round-up.

Artificial intelligence has rapidly become a valuable tool for businesses to use, but it can be difficult to know where to start. Read our top tips, from defining your objectives and leveraging user-friendly AI tools to using analytics and prioritising ethical considerations: How to use AI for your business.

Get in touch

Please contact us at 0161 3593050 or query below.

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