Tag: sme
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Taiwan’s digital nation plan
Taiwan’s ICT industry is expected to grow 3.96 percent in 2017 on the back of rising demand for high-tech devices from end-users. Realizing the need for digital transformation, Taiwan has recently launched its 8-years Digital Nation Plan, dubbed DIGI+, to develop its high-tech economy and propel digitalization among companies. eGov Innovation speaks with Mr. Francis Liang,…
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Public-private funding initiatives proposed to support long term investment in innovative UK businesses
The plans, which are open to consultation envisage a new public-private partnership arrangement whereby both public funds and money from institutional investors is used to help UK businesses achieve their growth potential. The government said that its investment fund “would likely need to be on equal terms with private investors” to comply with EU…
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Innovate UK offers £8m to fund digital healthcare innovation. Sign up !
To support a growing, ageing population, Innovate UK is making up to £8m available to UK businesses to develop new and novel digital healthcare solutions. This competition is being run under the digital health technology catalyst, which is part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The aim is to support the development of digital health…
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UK Gov’t unveils £86m package to support SMEs
14th July 2017 Health minister Lord O’Shaughnessy has unveiled a new package of support worth up to £86 million to help innovative UK businesses develop medical breakthroughs that are then used across the NHS. The funding marks the first step in taking forward recommendations made in the Accelerated Access Review (AAR), which aim to accelerate…
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Pay Pal expanded its research operations Fintech to Singapore
PayPal has expanded its research operations to Singapore, one of the global financial and fintech hubs, culminating in the launch of a new innovation lab in the country and its first outside the United States, according to a PayPal statement. The fundamental goal of the lab will be to help foster a new generation of…