The UK government has announced the launch of an organisation tasked with bring technological innovations to the armed forces, at pace. UK Strategic Command is also being renamed as the Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) from 1 September 2025. This shows very clearly the importance of cyber as part of the military mission of today. Stuart Laws, Innovation Lead at MOD, was at the […]

On Thursday 17 April 2025, an event held was held at both the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) and Bournemouth University (BU) campuses. Called Co:Create, this was to showcase the innovations and great work happening at those two universities and their Innovation Centres. The Spark is a concept, a community, an idea and goal of Dan Ware to bring some collective positivity and support to the […]

Introduction to Tony Mears It’s a provocative statement to make, to say that Innovation is Dead. Heck, why not go all the way and make it the title of your book, especially if that is your role. His found can be found at this website: https://www.innovationisdead.com Starting off with a degree in archaeology might be a strange starting point compared to his current role as Deputy […]

The longer interview with Frazer Ely, the CEO of Latent Drive is shown below. We talked about his big goals for the business, the value of being on an innovation park, funding received for a future project and the technology they are developing right here in Dorset.

I went to University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust last night for an event by Bournemouth University around building an NHS that is fit for the future. There were various stakeholders in the room from the healthcare sectors, academics and patient representation there but I think I was the only one as a business. We need more than just innovation in treatments, ward equipment, and […]