Around seven million tickets have been sold for the London Olympics and if the viewing figures for the Athens Olympics are anything to go by, a further four billion people will tune in at least once to watch the Olympics on TV.
The annual National Investment Summit run by the UK Business Angels Association, which I attended recently, illustrated the growth of angel investing in the UK and its increasing sophistication.
Today we’re launching a comprehensive new report on the Indian innovation system - the result of a partnership with the FCO Science and Innovation Network, Research Councils UK India and the UK-India Education and Research Initiative.
UK business investment in innovation looks to have fallen sharply since the 2008 financial crisis. More intriguingly, there are signs of a longer-standing investment problem that started long before 2008.
Enterprise education and professional development are critical to growing the nation's talent and businesses. But in these cash-strapped times, where can businesses find the help they need?
Yesterday, I was delighted to host Skinder Hundal and his team from the excellent New Art Exchange (NAE) in Nottingham to mark a key stage in the evolution of their Culture Cloud project.
I have been the Scotland Programme’s Design Intern here at Nesta for a few months now, so I thought I would take this opportunity to reflect on life before Nesta and my experiences in working with the team in Scotland.
Today sees the launch of the £7m Digital R&D Fund for the Arts - a partnership between the Arts Council England, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Nesta.
This week Nesta launched a new prize supported by the Cabinet Office to reward innovations that can reduce isolation amongst older people.
I presented at a fascinating session earlier in the week on platforms for collective awareness, a European project to get to the bottom of how the future internet can empower people rather than ushering in new powers for big brother.
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