Making Net-Zero a Reality Welcome back to Govsight This week we look at the latest trends and biggest talking points in Net-Zero and what industry, governments and SMEs are doing to tackle this challenge. On the topic of Net-Zero, Nitrous is hosting a panel of experts on Wednesday 24th March to discuss how civic innovation can…
UK Budget 2021: Our thoughts Covering a total £400bn investment, this weeks’ budget has certainly turned heads, but did we expect anything different after a difficult year for the public purse (to put it lightly). What is clear is that the government has chosen to spend – rather than cut back – their way out…
Read about the Aggregating CleanTech (ACT) London project with Knight Frank, Climate-KIC and the Mayor of London
Innovation challenges: why do they matter? Welcome back to Govsight This week we look at some of the most exciting innovation challenge programmes that are running today. From Transport for London; to the Scottish Government; to Lockheed Martin, discover how challenge-led innovation is making a difference. With special thanks to Mark Elliott, Programme Director at CivTech – Scottish…
How to create impactful innovation challenges Solving problems in society and organisations can be an immense and difficult task – but it needn’t be. There are fresh and exciting ways that large corporations and the public sector are managing to enact true change; typically by engaging startups. A fantastic way of making this process as…
Rikesh Shah joins Nitrous’ board of advisors. We’re proud to announce that Rikesh Shah will be joining Nitrous’ board as an advisor. Rikesh, Head of Commercial Innovation at Transport for London (TfL), has worked in urban mobility for the last 20 years and has championed the organisation’s award-winning market innovation activity. Under his leadership, the…
Urban Innovation: what happened in 2020? Welcome back to Govsight Wow, what a year! 2020 has thrown up some serious challenges to cities and innovation, but it’s not all doom and gloom – there’s quite a lot to be positive about. For the final edition for 2020, we’ll delve into the most important developments in…
Can technology alone solve urban challenges? Rates of urbanization are rising in a big way. It’s projected that by 2050, more than two-thirds of the world will live in urban areas. In today’s world (particularly in 2020) there’s a multitude of urban challenges, and they will only be exacerbated as populations continue to rise. Whether…
Discover our work with Connected Places Catapult and Urban Links Africa project, helping to promote innovation in a range of African cities.
New Features We’ve made it easier to search though opportunities by adding a new filter option. You can now filter opportunities based on the end date of the contract so that you can make sure to get your name in before they close. Bug Fixes Bug fixed where scrolling was not initiated when “New…
