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Annual innovation report [2009]. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Second annual report that analyses innovation in 2009. Identifies trends in UK performance and pinpoint strengths and weaknesses. Relates to the Innovation nation white paper (URN 08/773). Includes case studies.

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10/P18822-02-2010 A4
136 Pages
Annual innovation report 2008 with linked case studies. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

First annual innovation report. Describes the progress made since the Innovation nation white paper (URN 08/773 )in March 2008 and since Lord Sainsbury’s review of science and innovation in September 2007. Also sets out the challenges ahead. Also includes case studies.

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166-08-IN-ON04-12-2008 A4
303 Pages
Annual innovation report 2008. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

First annual innovation report. Describes the progress made since the Innovation nation white paper (URN 08/773 )in March 2008 and since Lord Sainsbury’s review of science and innovation in September 2007. Also sets out the challenges ahead.

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154-08-IN-ON04-12-2008 A4
165 Pages
Annual innovation report 2010. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Third annual report that analyses innovation in 2010. Provides a quick and condensed overview of who undertakes innovation, how much money is invested, some of the activities being undertaken, including investment in R&D, and some outcomes that are achieved. Relates to the Innovation nation white paper (URN 08/773).

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11/P18825-01-2011 A4
37 Pages
Annual innovation report: key messages 2009. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Overview of the annual innovation report 2009 (URN 10/P188). Includes key facts, a foreword by Lord Drayson and summary introductions for each chapter.

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10/68422-02-2010 11.5 x 20 cm
13 Pages
Best of British: how the UK is securing global advantage in the technologies and sectors of the future to ensure growth and jobs. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

A series of case studies highlighting various technologies and sectors that represent the best of British talent and innovation, and also represent fantastic investment opportunities.

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10/84519-03-2010 A4
25 Pages
BIS' innovation infrastructure - working towards an innovation system: project report. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Report on a project that investigated ways of better aligning and coordinating the services offered by the innovation infrastructure partners. Concludes that opportunities were being missed by both BIS and wider Government to improve the design and delivery of policy through engagement of the innovation infrastructure. Makes recommendations for improvement. See URN 10/1335AN for the annexes.

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10/133510-12-2010 A4
50 Pages
BIS' innovation infrastructure report: NI6 annexes. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Analysis and evidence supporting the BIS' innovation infrastructure report (URN 10/1335).

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10/1335AN10-12-2010 A4
85 Pages
Blueprint for technology. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Sets out the Government’s aim to make the UK the most attractive place in the world to start and invest in innovative technology companies. Also explains its commitment to make the Government the most technology friendly in the world.

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10/123404-11-2010 21 x 21cm
20 Pages
Call for evidence: design. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Sought research and other evidence on how the UK intellectual property system can better support our globally successful design industry. Focuses on the design system in the UK and relevant international comparisons. The Government issued this call for evidence in response to the Hargreaves review of intellectual property and growth (URN 11/968). Responses to the Intellectual Property Office were due by 11 November 2011.

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11/130221-09-2011 A4
24 Pages
Call for evidence: independent review of intellectual property and growth. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Call for evidence for an independent review led by Ian Hargreaves of the intellectual property (IP) framework to consider how it might be changed in the interest of promoting innovation and economic growth. Seeks evidence on the extent to which the current IP system successfully promotes innovation and growth and how it could do so more effectively. Responses were due by 1 March 2011. See URN 11/968 for the report of this review and 11/1199 for the Government response.

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10/137817-12-2010 A4
16 Pages
Case study: forward commitment procurement (FCP) in practice. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Case study looking at the Forward Commitment Procurement (FCP) model.

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11/99601-05-2011 A4
7 Pages
Case study: innovative ultra efficient lighting for future wards. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Case Study of the Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust procurement of and Ultra Efficient Lighting solution using the Forward Commitment Procurement (FCP) model.

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11/99701-05-2011 A4
6 Pages
Case study: suppliers guide to forward commitment procurement (FCP). (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Case study aimed at suppliers using the procurement model Forward Commitment Procurement (FCP).

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11/99501-05-2011 A4
6 Pages
Change you can believe in: the leadership of innovation. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Outlines the challenges that innovation presents to government, why the transforming government agenda is a foundation for the implementation of any innovation strategy, and why leadership is critical to innovation and transforming government.

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09/164001-04-2009 A4
40 Pages
Consultation on NESTA: a proposal to reconstitute as a charity and trust. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Seeks views on the Government’s proposals to abolish NESTA as an NDPB and establish it as an independent charity with a separate charitable trust to hold the National Lottery endowment, subject to the approval of the Charity Commission. The Government would use the powers in the Public Bodies Bill to implement this proposal. See also related impact assessment (URN 11/1304). Responses were due by 29 November 2011. See 12/507 for the Government response and 12/508 for the final stage impact assessment.

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11/130318-10-2011 A4
24 Pages
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Digital opportunity: a review of intellectual property and growth. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

An independent report by Professor Ian Hargreaves. Makes recommendations about how the national and international intellectual property system can best work to promote innovation and growth. See also the call for evidence URN 10/1378 and the Government response 11/1199.

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11/96818-05-2011 A4
130 Pages
NESTA: reconstitution as a charity and trust. Final stage impact assessment. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Final stage assessment of the impact of the Government's preferred option to reconstitute the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) from an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) to a charity with a charitable trust to hold the endowment. Relates to the consultation URN 11/1303 and government response (12/507).

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12/50819-01-2012 A4
9 Pages
NESTA: reconstitution as a charity and trust. Government response to consultation. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Government response to the consultation on the proposal to abolish the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) as a non-departmental government body (NDPB) and reconstitute it as a charity and charitable trust (URN 11/1303). Also analyses public responses to the consultation. See also final impact assessment (12/508).

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12/50719-01-2012 A4
12 Pages
NESTA: reconstitution as charity and trust. Impact assessment. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Assesses the impact of proposals to reconstitute the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) from an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) to a charity with a charitable trust to hold the endowment, subject to Charity Commission approval. Relates to the consultation URN 11/1303. See 12/508 for the final stage impact assessment and 12/507 for the Government response.

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11/130418-10-2011 A4
7 Pages
Prevention and cure: the UK IP crime strategy 2011. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Sets out the Government’s strategy for tackling intellectual property (IP) crime, roles and responsibilities in delivering it and some new areas for action. Relates to 'The Government response to the Hargreaves review of intellectual property and growth' (URN 11/1201).

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11/120203-08-2011 A4
20 Pages
The current and future role of technology and innovation centres in the UK [Hauser review]. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Review for BIS by Dr Hermann Hauser that makes recommendations for a new approach to investments in technology and innovation centres that can deliver a step change in the UK’s ability to commercialise its research.

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10/84325-03-2010 A4
37 Pages
The Design Council: a review by Martin Temple CBE. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Considers the role of the state as a design sponsor and the role of design within social and economic policy. Argues that the Design Council should continue to champion design at the heart of national priorities and recommends a different model for this function.

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10/117814-10-2010 A4
81 Pages
The Government response to the Hargreaves review of intellectual property and growth. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Sets out the Government’s broad acceptance of recommendations in Professor Ian Hargreaves report, 'Digital opportunity: a review of intellectual property and growth' (URN 11/968) and outlines how the Government proposes to act on them. It also indicates the way Government will be tackling online copyright infringement, both through the Digital Economy Act and through voluntary action by responsible businesses.

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11/119903-08-2011 A4
24 Pages
The UK’s international strategy for intellectual property. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Sets out the Government's approach to intellectual property issues internationally. Relates to 'The Government response to the Hargreaves review of intellectual property and growth' (URN 11/1199).

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11/120103-08-2011 A4
24 Pages
UK innovation performance: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and main problems. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Summarises UK innovation performance using a variety of output indicators of achieved technological innovation derived from recent survey evidence. These include the share of businesses that have introduced products, processes or services new to themselves or to their market and the share of UK sales accounted for by innovative products and services or made with innovative processes.

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01/174001-01-2001 A4
22 Pages
UK innovation survey 2001. (PDF) (link opens in a new window)

Presents emerging results from the UK innovation survey 2001, covering the three year period from 1998 to 2000. It was carried out in two main parts; the main survey covering the whole of the UK, and a smaller top-up survey for the English regions. This article contains results of the entire sample.

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02/166801-01-2002 A4
11 Pages