Tag: agritech
Cambridgeshire companies to benefit from £1.84m agri-tech innovation fund
Three Cambridgeshire companies are among 12 regionally which have won £1.84 million of funding from the Innovate UK Launchpad for Agritech and Agrifood in Eastern England. This Innovate UK Launchpad provides innovation support and funding tailored to the wider region’s strengths from the forefront of crop and plant research, to harvesting, processing and packaging the […]
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Lift-off for £7.5m Launchpad to drive innovation in agri-food businesses
A partnership of four counties across Eastern England, including the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, has launched a programme with Government funding to drive innovation and business growth in agri-tech, agri-biotech, and food-tech. New Innovate UK funding and support for innovation and business growth in local cluster Focuses on Eastern England’s strengths in agri-tech, agri-biotech […]
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Business Board grant funding helping vineyard meet growing taste for English wine
A south Cambridgeshire vineyard whose primary revenue stream was reduced to zero when the Covid-19 pandemic hit is bouncing back thanks to support from the Business Board. Chilford Hall Vineyard derived at least 90 per cent of its income to public tours which included a meal and wine sales. But for 18 months from the […]
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Fieldwork Robotics Awarded £50,000 to Further Develop Fruit Picking Robot
Fieldwork Robotics have been awarded a grant of more than £50,000 towards a £100,000 project to further develop its autonomous robot. The Histon-based business has been supported with a grant from the Eastern Agri-Tech Growth Initiative, an initiative run by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority. Fieldwork Robotics have already developed an autonomous robot that […]
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Consus Fresh Solutions Ltd to Use £47,500 Grant to Help Reduce Food Waste
With food wastage one of today’s hottest issues, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is backing a local company at the cutting edge of the battle to reduce spoilage of perishable food. The Bourne-based company Consus Fresh Solutions Ltd has been awarded a grant of £47,500 from the Combined Authority’s Eastern Agri-Tech Growth Initiative. The Eastern […]
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Cambridge Business Awarded £40,000 Grant Towards Developing Agricultural Robots
A Cambridge-based business has been awarded over £40,000 from the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority’s Eastern Agri-Tech Growth Initiative to develop two mobile agriculture robot prototypes. Antobot Ltd is a robotics technology company, focused on the control hardware and software development for intelligent mobile robots, tailored for the application in the agriculture industry. With the […]
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Oxford to Cambridge Arc: a global asset and national investment priority
Bold vision to create a global hub for innovation and green development that inspires communities worldwide. The Oxford to Cambridge Arc, which the Chancellor of the Exchequer described as a “key economic priority” for the country, has unveiled its bold vision in a prospectus that has been submitted to Government. The Arc’s ambition is to […]
Find out moreAgri-Tech Growth Fund grant for innovative soil sampling app
Keith Mount Liming, a sixth-generation agricultural business based in Bury St Edmunds, has been awarded a £12,500 grant by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority. The grant, which is part of the Agri-Tech Growth Fund, will be used to create a soil nutrient data-logging app, with the ability to upload real-time data linked to GPS […]
Find out moreAgri-Tech growth fund grant awarded to pioneering sustainable food waste specialist, AgriGrub
AgriGrub, an East Cambridgeshire-based specialist in sustainable food waste solutions, has been awarded a grant of £29,292 by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. The grant, which is part of the Agri-Tech Growth Fund, will contribute towards vital research and assist the upscaling of AgriGrub’s pioneering organic fertiliser and biopesticide production. AgriGrub breed black soldier […]
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Agri-Tech Growth Fund grant for award-winning coffee recycling and bio fuel producer, bio-bean
Huntingdon-based coffee recycling and bio fuel producer bio-bean has been awarded a £40,000 grant by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. The grant, which is part of the Agri-Tech Growth Fund, will contribute towards recruitment and the purchasing of essential equipment to increase capacity and further improve the quality of bio-bean’s products. bio-bean is an […]
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