Liverpool University has been awarded £3.5 million to improve knowledge transfer capabilities between academic researchers and industrial partners.

Bath University has been awarded a £3.4 million knowledge transfer grant to help academics share their research with the business community.

As governments direct stimulus packages towards science and research, don’t forget the current crop of spin-outs who face extinction in a frozen capital market, writes Nuala Moran.

Money may be tight, but there a newcomer looking to put seed investment into innovative companies – and which aims to make funding decisions within 10 weeks.