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AIRTO responds to House of Commons inquiry on BREXIT

AIRTO’s response to House of Commons inquiry AIRTO, the Association for Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations, has responded to the House of Commons’ Science and Technology Committee inquiry on ‘Leaving the EU: implications and opportunities for science and research’. IRT Sector organisations already do twice as much business with the rest of the world as… Read more »

AIRTO leaders urge Government to conserve levels of collaborative research and innovation funding following the BREXIT vote

AIRTO’s letter to the Treasury and BIS Ministers AIRTO, the Association for Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations, has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Business Secretary and the Science Minister. In the letter members of the AIRTO Board (which includes leaders of some of the UK’s major… Read more »

Majority of AIRTO members favour UK remaining in the EU

Most AIRTO members consider potential opportunities from leaving EU to be outweighed by the threats AIRTO, the Association for Innovation, Research and Technology Organisations, has recently polled its members to establish their position on the EU Referendum, to take place on 23 June 2016. The findings show: 82% of AIRTO members expressed a preference for… Read more »

Innovate UK CEO addresses AIRTO community

AIRTO Annual Dinner 19 May 2016 ‘The UK must be in a position to create the businesses of the future.’ says Ruth McKernan – CEO of Innovate UK – at AIRTO’s Innovation, Research and Technology Sector Annual Event Ruth McKernan, Chief Executive of Innovate UK, addressed over 120 guests from industry, academia and government at… Read more »