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Innovate UK: How Catapult Centres can help your business

Information about Catapult technology and innovation centres for businesses that might want to access expert help and specialist facilities.

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• From: Innovate UK and UK Research and Innovation
• Published: 19 May 2016
• Last updated: 1 April 2019 — See all updates

Catapults are not-for-profit, independent technology and innovation centres. They connect businesses with the UK’s research and academic communities.

If you’re a business, you can use them to access technical facilities and expertise. You can get support to help you adopt, develop and exploit your innovation. Any UK business can use Catapult facilities.

Introduction to Catapult centres

The Catapult programme

Innovate UK set up and now oversees the Catapults. Each centre focuses on a specific industry:

• Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
• Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult
• Connected Places Catapult
• Digital Catapult
• Energy Systems Catapult
• High Value Manufacturing Catapult
• Medicines Discovery Catapult
• Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
• Satellite Applications Catapult

Our work in the Catapults

This section provides information on the sorts of projects that have been supported through the Catapult network, and the people and organisations working in it.

Read the cross-Catapult network report on fostering innovation to drive economic growth.

See statistics on the impact the Catapults have had on UK economy.

• Innovate UK welcomes global firm to Cell & Gene Catapult centre
  • 26 March 2019
  • Press release
• £215 million additional investment for UK innovation centres
  • 23 October 2018
  • News story
• Billion-pound backing for British innovation
  • 10 August 2018
  • News story
• Innovate UK: How Catapults can help your business innovate
  • 24 March 2016
  • Promotional material
• Big opportunities for UK Catapults from EU engagement
  • 24 March 2015
  • News story
• Technology unlocks cities for visually impaired
  • 21 May 2015
  • News story

Success stories

Find out about some of the successful business projects supported through the Catapults network.

• Boeing to open new production facility in Sheffield
  • 24 February 2017
  • Press release
• Steering UK innovation: McLaren announces new composites plant
  • 10 February 2017
  • News story
• Crowd Connected strikes the right note with music festivals
  • 26 November 2015
  • Case study

Blogs

Read some of our blog posts on Catapults to get inspiration and information.

Meet the family - Catapult centres

Growing the UK’s digital economy.

• Innovate UK: find out more about how we work
  • 18 November 2015
  • News story

Published 19 May 2016
Last updated 1 April 2019 + show all updates

1. 1 April 2019

   Updated to reflect that the Future Cities Catapult and the Transport Systems Catapult have merged to form the Connected Places Catapult.

2. 20 February 2018

   Updated links to Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult and Medicines Discovery Catapult web pages. Replaced old video introducing the centres with a newer version about how they support innovation. Added link under 'Our work in the Catapults' to impact stats.

3. 14 February 2018

   Removed Precision Medicines Catapult from the list of centres. More information can be found in the press release: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/additional-responsibilities-for-medicines-discovery-catapult

4. 8 August 2017

   Added new report to our work, 'Catapult Network: Fostering Innovation to Drive Economic Growth'. Updated success stories and blogs.

5. 19 May 2016

   First published.