BBRO boss for the SRUC

2nd June 2017 | People, R&D

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has appointed Colin MacEwan to a new senior role as director of commercialisation & innovation. Mr MacEwan is currently chief executive of the British Beet Research Organisation, which is jointly funded by British Sugar and the NFU,...

Agri-research funds for sustainability projects

9th November 2016 | R&D, Technology, UK Policy & Regulation

Ten new interdisciplinary projects have received a share of £3 million to improve the sustainability of UK farming.The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Innovation Club (SARIC) has £10 million in funds, available over 5 years, from the Biotechnology and Biological...

Livestock Innovation Centre opens for business

3rd March 2016 | Livestock, R&D

The Centre of Innovation Excellence in Livestock (CIEL) has started work  – the second of the four Innovation Centres funded through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)‘ Agri-Tech Strategy to go live. It is based at the former Central Science...

Fourth round of Agri-Tech projects

31st October 2015 | Company News, R&D

Fourth round of Agri-Tech projectsThere have been 21 successful R&D bids for the latest £17.8 million round of financial support from the government’s £70m Agri-Tech Catalyst pot. The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, selected the commercially promising new...