Greater Manchester has a rich history of innovation. Let's forge its future.
Innovation Navigator is GM Business Growth Hub’s new programme, here to accelerate innovation across key businesses operating in Greater Manchester.
Connecting businesses with local innovation specialists, researchers and enablers, we navigate your innovation projects to accelerate their delivery to market - quickly, seamlessly and at no charge.
Accelerate innovation
Our targeted support is particularly beneficial to those operating within health innovation, clean growth, advanced materials and manufacturing or the digital, creative and media sectors. Developing projects in the following areas? We’re here to enable your innovations.
AI, data and advanced computing
These innovations require the right support to ensure data quality, privacy and overcome technical complexities and integrations.
We drive your ambitions forward, so you create innovations that solve tomorrow's challenges.
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Diagnostics and genomics
These technologies have the potential to transform healthcare and the lives of millions.
From accessing funding to scale, to regulatory guidance, we make your innovations reality.
Sustainable advanced materials
These materials are designed to move the world towards a greener future.
Whether you need support with new technologies, research facilities or launch planning, we can help you accelerate your journey.
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Digital, Creative & Media Innovation
Operating within the digital, creative and media sector? Innovation Navigator could be for you. We connect businesses in Greater Manchester to the people, resources and expertise needed to accelerate your innovations to commercialisation.
Sustainable Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Innovation
Innovation Navigator connects businesses in Greater Manchester to the people, resources and expertise needed to accelerate your innovations within sustainable advanced materials and manufacturing.
Health Innovation
Operating within health innovation? Innovation Navigator could be for you. We connect businesses in Greater Manchester to the people, resources and expertise needed to accelerate your innovations to commercialisation.
Clean Growth Innovation
Operating within the clean growth sector? Innovation Navigator could be for you. We connect businesses in Greater Manchester to the people, resources and expertise needed to accelerate your innovations to commercialisation.
Accelerating innovation projects
We’ll steer and accelerate your project to commercialisation – quickly, seamlessly and at no charge.
We work hand-in-hand with your team to scale your ambitions at pace and enable access to the right resources, expertise and support. Working in partnership with leading universities, alongside, research technology organisations, local government, and industry associations, we offer
Our local innovation connectors
Our Innovation Navigator Team
Want to move your innovations forward? Speak to our Local Innovation Connectors to get started. They will match you with an expert Commercialisation Specialist who has developed and commercialised their own successful innovations.
These consultants offer a wealth of experience in developing, commercialising and accelerating innovative products and services to market. It is their role to advise on overcoming barriers, unlocking new opportunities and guide you through your innovation journey, all the way to commercialisation - as efficiently as possible.
Accelerate your innovation journey
From prototype to commercialisation, our team provide targeted support to overcome barriers, drive value and accelerate your innovation journey.
Hear from the innovative businesses we’ve supported
Beer Piper, a leading engineer and manufacturer of beer line cleaning systems, accessed our support to develop and launch a state-of-the-art green technology for the industry.
[The team] helped us bring in the correct people, in the right time frame to enable further funding, and has turned what was our pipe dream into a reality. They cut the cost of the journey, creating a route that we may have ended up finding by ourselves, but we could have been stumbling around in the dark for a long time trying to get there.
Jeff Singer, Commercial Director, Beer Piper
