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This is a UK Trade & Investment Document, part of the Go UK campaign
BE INSPIREDINNOVATION
BE INSPIREDINNOVATION
© Crown Copyright 2011
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This booklet presents some amazing facts and unusual features that have helped make the UK a uniquely fertile environment for business innovation.
BRIGHT SPARKS
MORE BRAINS FOR YOUR BUCK
The UK is the leading country in the G8 for
research productivity. British researchers publish
45 research papers per billion pounds of GDP,
compared to 25 and 15 papers in the
US and Japan respectively.1
The south west of England is home to the £42 million
Wave Hub development – a giant seabed socket
into which wave energy devices can be ‘plugged’
to generate electricity from tidal flow and currents.2 MAKING WAVES
The world’s first multinational corporation
is widely regarded to have been created
in the UK: the East India Company
formed in 1600. Four centuries later more
than 330,000 new companies register
in the UK each year3 helping make it the
world’s sixth largest economy.4
FROM THE START TO THE HEART OF GLOBAL BUSINESS
Almost 10% of pupils in the UK
reached the highest grade in
science exams in 2010.5 The
UK also boasts four of the top
ten globally-ranked universities,
including the world’s number one:
the University of Cambridge.6
FIRST CLASS
The UK’s pioneering approach to business helped found
the modern world and is now helping reinvent it for the
21st century. Just some of the objects that have been
invented, or had key parts developed in the UK, include:
BRITISH FIRSTS*
OUTSIDE THE BOXMost people might look at a grassy field
and think of a picnic, but Brits often see
things differently. In 1863, the British looked
at a field and thought of football, giving
birth to the English Football Association
and the world’s favourite game.7
The UK is rated as the best European location
for bioscience, healthcare and clinical research.
This is thanks to its culture of scientific innovation,
in areas such as embryonic stem cells, and
its tradition of collaboration between industry,
academia and the National Health Service
(NHS). The NHS alone spends approximately
£15 billion per year on goods and services,
making it one of the largest purchasers of life
sciences products in the world.8
ON THE SIDE OF SCIENCE
THE UK’S PRIVATE EQUITY INDUSTRY IS THE LARGEST AND
MOST DEVELOPED IN EUROPE.9
MONEY TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN
MORE THAN JUST A GAMES
London 2012 will be the most
sustainable Olympic and Paralympic
Games possible thanks to the use
of innovative design throughout
the planning stages. For example,
groundbreaking water-efficiency
techniques will reduce water use
by Olympic Park sports venues by
at least 40%, while new energy
infrastructure will reduce carbon
emissions from the Park’s
permanent buildings by 50%.10
In 1899, it was a UK film-maker that first made
matchsticks ‘move’ by changing their position in
between film frames. A century of innovation has
led to world-leading creations such as Wallace &
Gromit, made by the Oscar-winning® Aardman
Animations. Such expertise has also helped make
the UK one of the largest producers of computer
games, boasting almost 25% of the world’s most
profitable games development studios.11
ANIMATE YOUR BUSINESS
With more than 750 medical biotechnology
companies and 2,750 medical technology firms,
the UK has one of the largest life sciences sectors
in Europe. UK-originated medicines account for
16% of the sales of the world’s top 100 drugs.12
LIVING LIFE SCIENCESTO THE FULL
In the last ten years, life sciences
departments within UK universities
have generated over 200 spin-out
companies, employing over 1,000
people.13 Touch Bionics, a spin-out of
the National Health Service for
Scotland, has produced the world’s
first fully articulating and commercially
available bionic hand.14
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The UK is a powerhouse for technology,
with some of the keenest electronics
consumers, mobile users and computer
gamers in Europe. Around 90% of British
households enjoy digital television,
there are nearly 19 million broadband
subscribers and more than 32 million
subscribers to 3G mobile services.15
LIVING THE HIGH-TECH LIFE
On average, the UK’s National Health Service
(NHS) takes care of a million patients every
36 hours, or eight patients every second.
Leading UK initiatives like the National Institute
for Health Research Clinical Research Network
Exemplar Programme are revolutionising the
speed at which commercial clinical trials can
be completed, achieving median approval
times of 53 days from submission to permission.16
IMPATIENCE IS A VIRTUE
The market for low carbon vehicles is set to accelerate
to £440 billion by 2020 according to a recent estimate17
and the UK is the place to capitalise on this growth.
For example, Nissan plans to build the world’s first
mass-produced zero-emission car – the LEAF – in
Sunderland from 2013.
ON THE LOW CARBON HIGHWAY
UK institutions boast over 80
Nobel Prizes in science and technology
alone, including the winners of the 2010
Nobel Prizes for Medicine and Physics.18
The University of Cambridge has been
awarded more Nobel Prizes than any
other institution in the world.19
A LOAD OF LAUREATES
Overseas organisations own over 35% of patents in the UK,
compared with just over 12% in the USA and less than 4%
in Japan. The UK has more policies to promote an open,
competitive market than any other country in the northern
hemisphere (according to the OECD).
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
The UK is home to some of the world’s leading
media companies, including the BBC, Reuters and
The Economist, as well as some of the world’s largest
telecommunications companies such as BT and
Vodafone. This makes it the ideal location to tell the
world about your latest development.
MEDIA HUB
ZERO EMISSIONS IN 1890 ZERO EMISSIONS IN 2011
Today, UK scientists are road testing the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell motorbike, a development set to introduce a new age of sustainable travel.20
When a UK engineer developed the Penny Farthing over a century ago, he revolutionised popular transport.
That’s the number of universes that exist according
to British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, the first
scientist to discover that black holes emit radiation
and eventually disappear.
1,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000 (ONE OCTILLION)
The UK’s culture of innovation and global
ambition has inspired entrepreneurs such as
Sir Richard Branson to take on challenges like
Virgin Galactic – the world’s first company to
offer space tourism. Let it help your business
take off too!
THE SKY’S NOT THE LIMIT
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) helped deliver over 1,600 foreign direct investment projects into the UK in 2009-10 with investment from more countries then ever before: 54 in total.21 To find out how the UK can be your springboard for global growth, get in touch with one of our colleagues overleaf.
PUT US UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
KOLKATAMustaq BiraderBritish Deputy High CommissionE: [email protected]: +91 33 2288 2253
MUMBAICollette WestonBritish Deputy High CommissionE: [email protected]: +91 22 6650 2247
NEW DELHIPaul GreyBritish High CommissionE: [email protected]: +91 11 2419 2504
JAPANTOKYOBen ChessonBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +81 3 5211 1140
KOREASEOULTom MatlockBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +822 3210 5610
MALAYSIAKUALA LUMPURMatthew SmithBritish High CommissionE: [email protected]: +603 2170 2232
NEW ZEALANDAUCKLANDPaul Wilkinson British Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected] T: +64 9 303 5019
SINGAPOREAmanda BrooksBritish High CommissionE: [email protected]: +65 6424 4301
SOUTH AFRICAJOHANNESBURGCorin WilsonBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +27 11 537 7209
TAIWANTAIPEIStephen MettiBritish Trade and Cultural OfficeE: [email protected]: +886 2 8758 2066
ASIA PACIFIC AND AFRICA
AUSTRALIABRISBANEJohn Williams British Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected] T: +61 (07) 3223 3203
MELBOURNEMajella Hamilton British Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected] T: +61 (03) 9652 1621
SYDNEYCarrie EnglandBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +61 (02) 8247 2234
CHINABEIJINGPhil WyitheBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +86 10 5192 4439
CHONGQINGLindsay LiBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected] T: +86 23 6369 1534
GUANGZHOUAmbert ProsperBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected] T: +86 20 8314 3069
SHANGHAI David PercivalBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +86 21 3279 2000
CHINA – HONG KONG AND REGIONAL HEADQUARTERSHONG KONGTony CollingridgeBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +852 2901 3265
INDIABANGALOREGita KrishnankuttyBritish Deputy High CommissionE: [email protected]: +91 80 2210 0200
CHENNAIJamie Cribb British Deputy High CommissionE: [email protected] T: +91 44 4219 2151
UKTI GLOBAL CONTACTS
ISRAELTEL AVIVRichard SaltBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +972 3725 1231
ITALYMILANDanielle AllenBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +39 02 723 00222
LUXEMBOURGLUXEMBOURGThomas FlammantBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +352 22 9864 2216
NETHERLANDSTHE HAGUEMark AshwellBritish EmbassyE: [email protected] T: +31 (0) 7 0427 0419
NORWAYOSLORoy KristiansenBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +47 2313 2765
PORTUGALLISBONAna-Cristina AbreuBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +35 1 21 392 4065
SPAINMADRIDJustine WinterburnBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +34 91 714 6330
SWEDENSTOCKHOLMAnna LindbergBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +46 8 671 3067
SWITZERLANDBERNEMatthew PetersBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +41 (0) 31 359 7753
TURKEYISTANBULTaclan TopalBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +90 212 334 6441
THE GULF
Kirstyn Boyle E: [email protected]: +44 (0)20 7215 0813
EUROPE
AUSTRIAVIENNAJane SpiegelBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +43 1 716 136 250
BELGIUMBRUSSELSInge HaeldermansBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +32 2 287 6276
DENMARKCOPENHAGENChristina LiaosBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +45 35 44 5103
ESTONIATALLINNAnnely LautreBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +372 667 4736
FINLANDHELSINKIKari LuukkonenBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +358 9 2286 5229
FRANCEPARISNadège AnturoBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +33 1 4451 3403
GERMANYDÜSSELDORFUlrich MarthalerBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +49 211 9448 207
ICELANDREYKJAVIKPetur StefanssonBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +354 550 5123
IRELANDDUBLINSimon McKeeverBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +35 31 205 3769
MIAMIRebecca MowatBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +1 305 374 1522 x2322
NEW YORKFiona MacLeodBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +1 212 745 0458
SAN FRANCISCOJaclyn MasonBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +1 415 617 1360
WASHINGTON, DCMelinda GoforthBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +1 202 588 6864
AMERICAS
BRAZILSÃO PAULODavid BurrowsBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +55 11 3094 2741
CANADACALGARYStacie SymingtonUK Trade & Investment OfficeE: [email protected]: +1 403 539 2234
MONTREALJEREMY MACKENZIE-LEEBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +1 514 866 5863
TORONTOMatthew HobbsBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +1 416 593 1290
VANCOUVERAndrea MorganBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +1 604 683 4421
MEXICOMEXICO CITYIsaac VargasBritish EmbassyE: [email protected]: +52 55 1670 3245
USABOSTONKirsten ChambersBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +1 617 245 4509
CHICAGOColette BuscemiBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +1 312 970 3845
HOUSTONGray Hancock British Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected] T: +1 713 659 6275 x2140
LOS ANGELESAndrew LewisBritish Consulate-GeneralE: [email protected]: +1 310 996 3024
SOURCES
1 UKTI Life Sciences Z card, Oct 2010; www.ukti.gov.uk
2 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 2009 Innovation report; www.bis.gov.uk
3 www.companieshouse.gov.uk
4 www.imf.org
5 The Times (June 2010)
6 QS World University Rankings, 2010
7 www.thefa.com
8 UKTI Life Sciences Z card, Oct 2010; www.ukti.gov.uk
9 www.bvca.co.uk
10 www.london2012.com
11 www.tiga.org
12 UKTI Life Sciences Z card, Oct 2010; www.ukti.gov.uk
13 Economic Impact Baseline, 2009 Update; www.bbsrc.ac.uk
14 www.touchbionics.com
15 www.eito.com
16 UKTI Life Sciences Z card, Oct 2010; www.ukti.gov.uk
17 HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence; www.hsbc.com
18 http://nobelprize.org
19 www.cam.ac.uk
20 www.intelligent-energy.com
21 www.ukti.gov.uk
REFERENCES
* UK Firsts include: Cell phone with GSM services, digital comics, DNA technology, football,
fibre optics, gene therapy, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Hawkeye, internal combustion engine, IVF, jet engine, motor racing circuit, nature reserves, Paralympic Games, penicillin, postage stamps, programmable computers, pneumatic tyre, purpose-built Olympic stadium, radar systems, steam engine, telephone, toilet, transputer microprocessors, underground trains, World Wide Web.
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Whereas every effort has been made to ensure that the information given in this document is accurate, neither UK Trade & Investment nor its parent Departments (the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) accept liability for any errors, omissions or misleading statements, and no warranty is given or responsibility accepted as to the standing of any individual, firm, company or other organisation mentioned.
Published February 2011 by UK Trade & Investment © Crown Copyright.URN: 11/501