Astonishing upward revision of estimated amount lost to fraud & error in R&D tax credit scheme: £1.13 billion in 20/21 (previous estimate £336 m) Imagine what HM Treasury would think if the research councils lost £1 billion to fraud Via Rian Chad Whitton gov.uk/government/pub…

Is Britain getting a bad deal? Ben Hopkinson and I looked at 242 infrastructure projects across 14 different countries. Our conclusion? It costs more to build new tram systems, railways, and roads in Britain than almost anywhere else in the world. 🧵 samdumitriu.com/p/britains-inf…

The UK's stagnation in agricultural productivity a reminder that developing & implementing new technology is important across whole economy. R&D shouldn't just be about AI, quantum & nuclear fusion - in a successful modern economy, every sector should be a tech sector.

really interesting, shows just how successful UK Creative Industries firms are at accessing R&DTC. Note well Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre But given many likely SMEs worries about changes to claims systems. Arts and Humanities Research Council Creative Industries Clusters Programme Creative UK

Thrilled to be one of the 16 companies exhibiting at the Northern Ireland Investment Summit today! Come and check out #Animotive our real-time immersive animation software Animotive #NIIS23

Thank you to acclaimed novelist and screenwriter David Nicholls @davidNwriter for talking to us today. His insightful analysis of the industry, his career and his writing process was fascinating. Great questions from the floor with many staying behind to ask extra questions.

Here we go! The start of a fab series of conversations about everything VP & future Creative Industries - Go listen as they drop week-by-week. Hosted by our very own @ninawillment up first with Andrew Chitty and Steve Jelley of Dimension Studio Creative Industries Clusters Programme @CreativeET Arts and Humanities Research Council

Out today! delighted to be guest on the first in a new series @XRStories podcasts on Virtual Production with Dimension founder Steve Jelley podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s2-…

And what a brilliant host you are @ninawillment

I’m chuffed to be able to talk about this project now - been an age in embargo! The benefits of virtual museums are obvious (to me!) but making them practical, sustainable, and accessible is the real challenge here. Grateful for funding to tackle it! Follow for updates 🙂

We’re BEYOND excited to launch the #CoSTARnetwork at this year’s @beyondconf. On Weds 22 Nov you can find out from speakers including Christopher Smith about how CoSTAR will shape the future of the UK’s creative industries #BEYONDconf beyondconference.org

Digital Catapult’s leading #immersivetech expert Jessica Driscoll is chairing the panel on the intersection of tech & #liveperformance at Beyond Conference. 🔎 Discover the role of #5G fresh off the interconnected #AdvanedMediaProduction studio launch: ow.ly/qVzN50Q8hf6

Another reason to start getting creative. Why not give Animotive a follow for all the latest updates? #virtualanimation #VR #animation #VirtualProduction #GenerativeAI

So proud of Tilly Blyth, a true Londoner and advocate for science, technology and women. And what fabulous company to be in!

Lovely blog from Jessica Driscoll of Digital Catapult following up her session at Beyond

Tilly Blyth providing fascinating criteria by which we can form our own judgements on how we might decide if we should trust our museums and asses the role they play in our lives: 1. Mission 2. Materiality 3. Fidelity 4. Audience 5. Story 6. Emotion #GlobalChallenge

Excellent ILAS global challenges lecture from Tilly Blyth last night: in museums we trust, in collections as submerged icebergs, the power of stories and the emotions, and some amazing immersive experiences of @ABBA - museums are changing! Catch the vid

You don’t need to be an economist to understand this table from Financial Times. It shows how poor the North East is compared to the rest of the UK, Europe and the US. (Bottom left) No real ‘levelling up’ over the last decade with living standards falling relative to elsewhere.

“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Gullis eating soup with a fork. I watched Braverman try to deport a sofa. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die.”