The UK has rejoined the EU’s flagship research scheme, Horizon ending three years of uncertainty. Horizon Europe is EC’s flagship programme for research and innovation.  It has a budget of €95.5 billion and runs until 2027.

Academics from Bayes Business School and distinguished thought leaders spoke at the CogX Festival in September about the future of work and learning, and how AI is affecting these areas of our lives.

BEF portfolio company Evolve Dynamics has partnered with radar technology specialist Cambridge Sensoriis to perform the first fully autonomous drone landing.

Actus Software were delighted to close their first Learning Management System (LMS) and e-learning driven software deal with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).

Warburg Pincus, a leading global growth investor, announce the appointment of Andrew Sibbald as a Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe. Andrew joins from Evercore, where he most recently served as Chairman and Senior Managing Director of Evercore's European investment banking business.

BEF are delighted that Actus Software has been shortlisted in the CIPD People Management Awards 2023, in the category of best HR/L&D & OD Supplier. 

Heathrow has launched a new app, designed by behaviour change technology company BetterPoints, that offers staff incentives to encourage them to make fewer single-occupancy car journeys.  The airport is piloting a new Way2Go app designed to help reduce CO2 emissions from surface transport and support the airport’s Surface Access Strategy and Net Zero Plan.

Evolve Dynamics is a leader in UAV technology.  The company has been engaged in designing and developing increasingly advanced drones, which are helpful in emergency rescue situations, as well as in combat.  These advanced UAVs are designed to perform with optimal efficiency, thus allowing users to find increasingly new and innovative uses for the technology.  

BEF are delighted to announce that BEF portfolio company, Springpod, a specialist careers platform enabling young people to experience the world of work and university, has received £3m in funding from Edge’s “Create the Future” Fund, an ECF supported by the British Business Bank and private investors.

AirEx successfully completes £1.5m second close of its funding round, securing a total of £4.1m Series A. Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund, One Planet Capital and Cell VC have now joined the first close investors to back London-based climate tech company AirEx, driving the transition to low-carbon housing