Connected Places Catapult
Company Overview
Connected Places Catapult is the UK’s innovation accelerator for cities, transport, and places.
WHAT ARE CONNECTED PLACES?
Places thrive on their ability to connect people – to resources, opportunities and to each other. Throughout history, new technologies have enabled ever-increasing levels of physical, social and digital connectivity.
The application of today’s emerging technologies to the places we live, work and play will enable even greater levels of connectivity, driving new services, productivity gains and prosperity.
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WHAT WE OFFER
At Connected Places Catapult, we provide impartial ‘innovation as a service’ for public bodies, businesses, and infrastructure providers to catalyse step-change improvements in the way people live, work and travel.
We connect businesses and public sector leaders to cutting-edge research to spark innovation and grow new markets. We run technology demonstrators and SME accelerators to scale new solutions that drive growth, spread prosperity, and eliminate carbon.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
- We are human centred, solution-led.
- We advocate for standards which enable interoperability, replicability and scale.
- We work in partnership with others across the UK and beyond to provide access to R&D assets and deliver impact.
- We support local economies and organisations by being present within them to embed and transfer innovation capabilities.
- We are globally connected in order to stimulate demand for UK innovations overseas and create opportunities for companies to expand globally.
Station Innovation Zone
The Station Innovation Zone at Bristol Temple Meads will allow SME innovators to trial their ideas in a live station environment and measure the impact on the passenger experience and station operations. Results from live trials will serve to:
Bring confidence for rail technology buyers
Demonstrate the viability of new technologies
Foster new collaborations and partnerships
Diversify the supply chain
Accelerate SME growth