Business R&D and Innovation Support

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Business Support

We can help you to find ways to grow your organisation, access skills and expertise from our diverse knowledge base, and recruit and develop new talent.

You can use our facilities to test and develop ideas and processes, open up new markets and invest in our technology, and find out about funding and R&D tax breaks for collaborative research with a trusted partner.

We invite you to join and network with our campus community at our events, or work alongside us by hiring office, laboratory and hot desk spaces when you’re back for a reunion or in the areas.

What is Eco-Innovation?

  • The development of new practices, processes, products or services that support environmentally positive development
  • Solution-orientated, collaborative, and practical
  • Central to achieving net-zero climate targets, addressing environmental crises and delivering the Sustainable Development Goals

CGE Master's by Research (MSc) Projects

Got a great business idea that could reduce carbon emissions and improves sustainability but don’t have the time, people, knowledge, facilities or resources to develop it? Drive innovation and realise your ambitions for growth through collaborative research with a leading global research-intensive university.

CGE Master's by Research Projects
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Better for business, better for the environment

The centre led a Science Innovation Audit published by the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy demonstrating that the North West of England has the knowledge, skills, place and capacity to be world leading in the development of technologies for clean and sustainable growth.

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Previous Projects

Eco-I North West

Eco-I NW supported north west organisations innovate to secure a prosperous and low carbon future. The £14m project delivered by six of the region’s leading universities and was part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

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Low Carbon Eco-Innovatory

The Low Carbon Eco-Innovatory (LCEI) project offered low carbon innovation support to businesses across Liverpool City Region and was part-funded through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

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News

Stopford Projects Ltd

Stopford Projects Ltd

Developing energy from waste using MIP gasification and fuel cell technology
Building relationships to change the world

Building relationships to change the world

A Lancaster University professor, who has spent 15 years developing the University’s relationships in Africa, has won a staff award for the international impact of his work.
£14 million investment to deliver low carbon business transformation across North West

£14 million investment to deliver low carbon business transformation across North West

ECO-I North West will work with more than 360 businesses across Lancashire, Liverpool City Region, Cumbria, Cheshire and Greater Manchester to support the research and development of new low carbon innovations.
PARTICIPATE with RECIRCULATE & ACTUATE – International Policy Webinar

PARTICIPATE with RECIRCULATE & ACTUATE – International Policy Webinar

The 2021 PARTICIPATE programme kicked off on 25th January with a webinar exploring some of the challenges and opportunities for environmental research.

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