Manchester businesses to get second chance at £4,000 Creative Credits
28/01/2010 - ‘Creative Credits’ programme opens second wave of applications on 1st February 2010
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Radical approach to public service reform required to save Scotland money
18/10/10
“Numerous examples from Scotland demonstrate how services can be refocused at a local level to prevent longer term problems. Scotland must make radical reform of its public services the driving mission.”
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NESTA bolsters its investment team with two high ranking appointments
20/01/2010 - Mike Lynch, Chairman of Autonomy and Matthew Mead, partner at 3i join NESTA investments
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Huge Interest In New Financial Solutions For Social Enterprise Sector
17/11/10
Ninety ideas for social finance products and services have been received by NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts – many more than it anticipated - following a call to trial financial packages for the Big Society Bank.
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Big Green Challenge winners announced
14/01/2010 - Communities lead the way in reducing CO2 emissions as NESTA reveals winners of £1 million Big Green Challenge Fund.
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New research compares UK and US venture capital performance
1/6/2011
A new report published today by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) takes a comprehensive look at the performance of UK and US venture capital funds.
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Co-production will be biggest public service revolution since the Beveridge Report
15/12/2009 - People-powered public services will be at the heart of the most important revolution in public services since the 1942 Beveridge Report, according to a report published by NESTA.
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Co-production makes significant savings in public services
14/04/2010'The public is desperate to get involved in solving issues that affect them. Co-production offers people who have a strong sense of what's needed on the ground the chance to act'.
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NESTA’s New Programme Answers Age Old Problem
14/12/2009 - A new initiative aimed at involving people aged 50 and over in helping tackle the issue of social isolation in the elderly and improving public services across Scotland is being launched by NESTA.
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Co-production needs to go mainstream
20/07/10
Co-production - where public services are designed and delivered with users rather than 'to' and 'for' them is the key to transforming public services according to a new report.
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Top creative industry experts to provide business mentoring
27/05/10
Creative firms are being offered the chance to work for a year with some of the UK's top creative industry executives in a pioneering scheme to develop high-potential businesses.
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Private, Public and Third Sector Recognise Innovation as Key to Success
14/12/2009 - A new report published by NESTA shows that the recession has prompted organisations to make innovation a priority.
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NESTA offers hassle-free opportunity to innovate with digital media suppliers
30/11/2009 - NESTA is calling for public sector organisations planning to commission a digital media project in early 2010 to get involved in a cutting-edge pilot project.
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Short Science Film Makers honoured at Royal Institution ceremony
12/07/10 The winners of the annual Planet SciCast competition - which challenges schools, families and professional scientists to make short films with a science theme - will be honoured at a BAFTA-style ceremony at the Royal Institution on Friday 16 July, hosted by The One Show's technology reporter, Marty Jopson.
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New look economy will be built on high tech and innovation
07/06/2010
The UK can only achieve healthy economic growth and job creation by boosting its high tech capabilities and innovation across the economy, according to a new report published today by NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.
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High-impact firms are key to unlocking growth in creative industries
25/11/2009 - Just 7.5 per cent of the UK’s creative businesses hold the key to employment and economic growth in the sector, according to new research released by NESTA.
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New index puts economic value on innovation
26/11/2009 - Two thirds of private sector productivity growth between 2000 and 2007 was driven by innovation, claims a new report by NESTA.
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Budding scientists win place on NASA mission
08/06/10
Two A-Level students have beaten off strong competition from budding scientists across the UK to win a place on a research mission with NASA and US high-power rocketeers 'the rocket mavericks' organised by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA).
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Silicon Valley comes to the UK
17/11/2009 - NESTA welcomes to the UK some of the biggest names from Silicon Valley as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
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Revamped model for Public Services Procurement Holds Key to Small Business Growth
NESTA is calling for the UK’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) to be scaled up to offer wider access to growth for SMEs as a new report published today concludes that it drives technology innovation in the UK.
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