Innovate UK dishes out £2m to start-ups targeting social barriers to net zero

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Innovate UK dishes out £2m to start-ups targeting social barriers to net zero

Government's innovation agency hands out total of £2m to more than 30 feasibility studies developing innovative ways to overcome barriers to net zero

More than 30 UK projects are set to receive a share of £2m in government funding to explore innovative ways to overcome social barriers to achieving net zero emissions, as part of a funding programme led...

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