NIAB EMR-led ‘Growing Kent & Medway’ initiative secures £18m funding

A project led by AIRTO member NIAB EMR to strengthen the competitiveness of Britain’s horticulture, food and drink industries has been awarded £18 million of government funding

LGC expands SARS-CoV-2 serology offering with 11-member positive-patient Performance Panel

LGC has released the AccuSet™ SARS-CoV-2 Performance Panel), intended for use by clinical laboratories and diagnostic manufacturers alike, to evaluate SARS-CoV-2 antibody assays

AIRTO responds to Commons’ Science & Technology Committee Inquiry: A new UK research funding agency

Read AIRTO’s position on the formation of a UK ARPA

AIRTO member OGTC and a consortium of energy companies manufacture 20,000 reusable visors for NHS Scotland

A consortium made up of Total, Shell, Baker Hughes and The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has delivered the first batch of 20,000 reusable face shield visors for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde and NHS Grampian to help protect its front-line workers during the COVID-19 crisis

AIRTO joins BEIS roundtables on economic recovery

Business Secretary leads discussion on accelerating innovation

HVM Catapult turns Medical Ventilator Manufacturer

The HVM Catapult’s AMRC has transformed their cutting-edge research facility in North Wales into a production hub, in order to produce thousands of medical ventilators as part of the national effort to help the NHS respond to the coronavirus pandemic.

MTC’s AGP Shield for use with Ventilators

MTC engineers collaborate with Rolls-Royce and BARTS Health NHS Trust to develop safety device for front-line staff

COVID-19: Lifting the Lockdown

Adopting the ‘Stay Alert, Control the virus, Save lives’ strategy – safely reinstating business and laboratory operations

COVID-19: Key Issues and Lessons Learned

Read AIRTO’s Position Statement exploring how laboratories in the UK’s innovation sector have handled the crisis in recent weeks…

Read ‘The Engineer’s’ Interview with leader of Ventilator Challenge UK

HVM Catapult CEO and AIRTO Board member Dick Elsy talks about leading the consortium