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NESTA Reveals How to Play the Game
Two new reports set out future vision for the UK games industry.
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Citizens demand more opportunity to tackle social challenges
New report from NESTA outlines radical framework for implementing localism.
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NESTA to 'reboot' public services using collaborative web technologies
03/02/2010 - As part of its ‘Reboot Britain’ programme, NESTA is launching a series of cutting-edge new projects that will explore innovative ways in which collaborative web technologies can be applied to some of society’s biggest social challenges.
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New research reveals audience thirst for 'digital theatre'
02/02/2010 - A new era of digital theatre beckons, where performing arts organisations are able to reach wider audiences, and in new ways according to new research from NESTA.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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UK science education competition shortlisted for european award
13/11/2009 - Planet SciCast, a film-making competition designed to enthuse children, young people and teachers across the UK and Ireland about science, has been named as one of just eight finalists in the European MEDEA awards.
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Prevention and Cure: How the NHS can save £20 billion
04/11/2009 - The NHS can save over £20bn by 2014 if clinicians and patients are given the right to design healthcare services claims a new report by NESTA.
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Starter for 6 gets a £1 million boost from Creative Scotland
15/10/2009 - A pioneering programme to support creative entrepreneurs has received £1 million backing from Creative Scotland's Innovation Fund to offer an extended service.
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The vital 6 per cent: UK ‘Super Companies’ identified for the first time
12/10/2009 - Just six per cent of UK businesses hold the key to job creation and wider prosperity, according to two reports by NESTA.
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Plaxica secures £1m funding to develop next generation renewable polymers
08/10/2009 - Plaxica has raised £1m in equity funding from existing investor Imperial Innovations Group plc, and new investors, Carbon Trust Investments Limited and NESTA.
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A city in transition: Manchester’s creative sector
17/09/2009 - Manchester's thriving creative sector holds the key to realising the city's ambitions of becoming an internationally renowned city of innovation, according to new report published by NESTA.
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