Coadax appoints corporate finance director to strengthen M&A expertise Midlands-based M&A advisory firm Coadax has appointed Kiran Tailor as corporate finance director – marking a significant step in its national growth strategy. Kiran joins with more than 15 years’ experience in M&A and transaction advisory, having held senior positions across...
Upperton Pharma Solutions Awarded VaxHub Sustainable Grant to Advance Oral Vaccine Delivery
Upperton Pharma Solutions, a leading UK-based contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), has been awarded a grant as part of the first VaxHub Sustainable Platform Funding Call, in collaboration with the University of Oxford. The funding supports the development of an oral formulation for Adenovirus-vectored vaccines. The project, led by...
Global Business Innovation Programme: Health & Medical Technologies – Singapore
Innovate UK is inviting ambitious innovative companies to participate in its Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP). Each GBIP aims to help UK businesses grow and scale on a global stage through building R&D and innovation collaborations and partnerships and accelerating access to the market. The programme consists of a Get...
West Midlands Health Innovation Fund – open for applications
Open for applications 1 August – 19 September 2025 The West Midlands Health Innovation Fund provides grant-based funding to support the adoption and spread of innovation across the West Midlands health and care system. The fund is being delivered in collaboration with South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, Aston University and...
MP Visits Tioga Ltd to Celebrate Derby’s Role in Advanced Manufacturing and Employee Ownership
Catherine Atkinson, MP for Derby North, visited leading electronics manufacturer Tioga Limited on Thursday 24th July to learn more about the company’s advanced manufacturing capabilities, commitment to skilled local employment, and transition to employee ownership. Tioga Limited, based in Derby, provides contract electronics manufacturing services to customers in the medical,...
Blüm Technologies Group Ltd Acquires Triscribe Ltd, it’s third NHS Cost Improvement Solution
Blüm Technologies Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Triscribe, an innovative provider of medicines optimisation and ePMA analytics solutions for the NHS. This acquisition marks a significant step in Blüm’s commitment to helping healthcare organisations reduce unnecessary spending, improve patient safety, and accelerate digital transformation across the health...
Leading lights of UK research spearhead search for world’s best talent
Congratulations to our Patron Member, the University of Warwick, on being named one of just 12 UK institutions selected to deliver the government’s new £54 million Global Talent Fund. This prestigious initiative will see each institution receive an equal share to attract the world’s brightest researchers in critical growth areas,...
Cytecom accelerates diagnostic innovation with WMHTIA support
Cytecom, a University of Warwick spin-out, is taking the lead against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with its breakthrough diagnostic technology, CyteCount. The company, supported by Medilink Midlands through the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA), is developing a rapid diagnostic platform that identifies the most effective antibiotics for bloodstream infections...
EMERGE RehabTech | Impact Acceleration Fund Round 1 Announcement
The first funding call announced from EMERGE RehabTech - a new £2.5 million Place-Based Impact Accelerator Account, led by NTU. This programme supports projects that use rehabilitation technologies (RehabTech) to improve health outcomes, promote wellbeing, and grow the East Midlands RehabTech economy. Round 1 opens on 4 August 2025 and includes...
The impact of local cancer research
Hope Against Cancer, a local charity who focus on funding world-class cancer research, treatment and care right here in the East Midlands, have released their latest Impact Report covering the years 2018 – 2024. The report highlights the incredible achievements in local cancer research which is mainly funded by local...