UK Food Valley

One week to go 📣 Agri-tech and food technology businesses in Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland can apply for grants totalling up to £2.5 million to support innovation and growth in the latest round of the Launchpad programme for Eastern England. The programme allows small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working in the region to apply for competitive grants for R&D and innovation projects that focus on agri-tech and food technology. *Applications close on Wednesday 6th November at 11am Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eC2Rq2rw Norfolk County Council Suffolk County Council Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Innovate UK North East Lincolnshire Council North Lincolnshire Council South Lincolnshire Food Enterprise Zone

Book your tickets now for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) event... Tour the South Lincolnshire Food Enterprise Zone, network over breakfast and get updates from the SLFEZ team on how they could support you, your clients, and your contacts in agri-tech and food manufacturing. https://lnkd.in/eYRHKZk3. Katrina Pierce UoL NCFM Greater Lincolnshire LEP Lincolnshire County Council South Holland District Council Nigel Burch MIED Jodie Clayton Katherine Cox Elise Roberts #food #manufacturing #technology #education #innovation #officespace #workshops #developmentplots #research #Reasearchanddevelopment #network #projects #ncfm Effie Warwick-John Kate Storey Janet Bellamy BEM Claire Hall Mark Spurdens @matthewhogan

The local arm of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) was asked last year to gather employer views on skills and training. They are now seeking further information, and we are sharing this survey on their behalf. All employers, regardless of size, are invited to fill this in. Please can you spare 10 minutes to complete it.   https://lnkd.in/eSqn72M9

BugBiome, a business working on reinventing pest control, was awarded £99,996 in funding through Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme for Eastern England. Founded in 2021, BugBiome’s mission is to create safer pest control solutions by harnessing natural microbiomes through its high-throughput screening platform. The business was awarded the funding from the Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA) strand of the Launchpad programme, designed for projects that grow innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology industry. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eJfhvbaD And find more industry news and funding opportunities in our latest bulletin: https://lnkd.in/dc5AJUCy #UKFoodValley #Launchpads #Funding

The #UKFoodValley is aiming to become a a Top 10 Global Food Cluster and we are now seeing £1 billion of investment a year in our agrifood industry. Check out some exciting progress stats 👇 And find out more about what's going on in the industry in our latest bulletin here: https://lnkd.in/dc5AJUCy Greater Lincolnshire LEP Effie Warwick-John Donna Maltby Jess Foster

In her recent blog post, our Programme Manager Effie Warwick-John, talks about the goals of the #UKFoodValley including becoming a Top 10 global food cluster and increasing international links. The blog also gives an update on recent events in the industry including Potato Days UK and a visit from Dutch agritech businesses and researchers, hosted by the Department for Business and Trade. Read the full blog in our latest newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/dc5AJUCy

The latest edition of the #UKFoodValley Bulletin is now out! This edition features: 📣 A headline blog from Effie Warwick-John, all about the UKFV building international links 📰 A round-up of latest industry news, including an update on exciting UKFV progress 💰 Funding and support opportunities 🗓 Upcoming events Read the full newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/dc5AJUCy And register to receive the next one directly to your inbox here: https://lnkd.in/e2u-Mnv Potato Days UK Dyson Farming Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology Ceres Agri-Tech Knowledge Exchange Partnership Department for Business and Trade BugBiome Constellation Cold Logistics Innovate UK Greater Lincolnshire LEP

Agri-tech and food technology businesses in Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland can apply for grants totalling up to £2.5 million to support innovation and growth in the latest round of the Launchpad programme for Eastern England. The programme allows small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working in the region to apply for competitive grants for R&D and innovation projects that focus on agri-tech and food technology. It will offer a share of up to £2.5 million in two strands: - MFA (Minimal Financial Assistance): funding requests between £25,000 and £100,000 for projects lasting from six to 12 months - CR&D (Collaborative Research & Development): funding requests between £150,000 and £300,000 for projects lasting from six to 18 months. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eC2Rq2rw Norfolk County Council Suffolk County Council Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Innovate UK UK Food Valley North East Lincolnshire Council North Lincolnshire Council South Lincolnshire Food Enterprise Zone

What a week we’ve had! The first edition of Potato Days UK organised by the DLG e.V. - German Agricultural Society came to Lincolnshire!🥔 The UK Food Valley team were privileged to be able to support this event, from helping find the site at Dyson Farming over a year ago to arranging the brilliant speaker programme where we covered some key topics for the sector: 🚜 Does technology pay? 🌱 Can we grow net zero potatoes? 💦 How is the industry responding to water challenges? 📚How do potatoes fit into current and future agri-food policy? The event also saw live technology and harvest demos, crop trials and the latest innovations in the sector. It was so lovely to catch up with lots of old faces, and to meet some new ones of course! Roll on the next edition in 2026. Kate Storey Amy O'Sullivan Jess Foster Donna Maltby Greg Smith CB Dr. Lars Huf Ruehlemann Martin Collison Kelly Hewson-Fisher Louise Sutherland Simon Pearson ruth carver Mark Willcox Vicky Robinson Richard Meredith Vidyanath Gururajan Harry Henderson James Young

Delighted to attend #PotatoDaysUK at Dyson Farming in Nocton today. Lincolnshire is at the heart of the UK’s Agrifood sector, enabling investing companies to join industry-leading clusters right across the food value chain so it is great to welcome the first #PotatoDaysUK event here in the county and hear of the opportunities in the sector. Team Lincolnshire Invest Lincolnshire UK Food Valley Effie Warwick-John Richard Meredith Jo Andrews Tony Reynolds