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Science and the Olympics – faster, stronger, smarter

26 January | BIS Blogs

  Science has played a part in every major British endeavour and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are no exception. As well as galvanising our sporting expertise, the Games bring together some of our very best scientists and … Continue reading

Chain Reactions: growing business between social enterprise and corporates

21 December | Public Sector Innovation

It is social enterprise conference season, and one of the subjects du jour seems to be “how social enterprises can better engage with corporates”. I’ve sat on two panels recently that have discussed this area in all its various component parts: … Continue reading

(Re)Constructing success: a way forward for the Green Investment Bank?

19 December | BIS Blogs

As the Green Investment Bank (GIB) moves towards operational activity, the team is designing a strategy and guiding principles.  There is much to learn from the experience of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), whose mandate was, and … Continue reading

A Great Year for Science and Innovation

8 December | BIS Blogs

Today we launched the Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth, a multi-million pound package setting out the Government’s plans to boost economic growth through investment in research and innovation. One of the highlights is £75 million of new investment to … Continue reading

Green investment news

6 December | BIS Blogs

My last blogs have given you all a briefing on the initial preparation stages of bringing to fruition the vision for the Green Investment Bank – I will try to respond directly to the series of interesting comments soon – … Continue reading

Taking Responsibility for Water

30 November | BIS Blogs

  Water is our most vital resource and global water security is a really important agenda. Alongside food and energy security, water security is central to economic growth, health and social well-being in all countries. On Monday a new report … Continue reading

Valuing Brands

28 November | BIS Blogs

Two years ago the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and British Brands Group (BBG) hosted a first Branding in a modern economy conference. The idea was to get a group of industry experts together to … Continue reading

Celebrating the value and relevance of the social sciences

8 November | BIS Blogs

Last Thursday I had the honour of speaking at the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) flagship event celebrating the social sciences, held at the British Academy. This forms part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Science, now in its … Continue reading

The 7 billionth person

7 November | BIS Blogs

  The seven billionth person joins us at a time of unprecedented global challenge. Population growth in the last decade has been exceptionally rapid and has coincided with a global realisation that “business as usual” in terms of global food … Continue reading

Giving consumers the midata touch

3 November | BIS Blogs

  We all like a good deal. It’s particularly important now when we’re all feeling our wallets squeezed. And especially in the run up to Christmas. But sometimes it’s hard to know whether we’re getting a bargain or being ripped-off. … Continue reading

PAS2011 Twitter Wordle Cloud

9 May | Science and Public Attitudes

There have been a number of twitter discussions going on over the last week since the survey’s publication. There are more detailed posts to follow but I thought I’d link to the wordle.net cloud I produced in the meantime.