Innovate UK is looking to procure the services of the Enterprise Research Centre. These services include:
- Rapid literature reviews
- State of the Art (SOTA) reviews - short briefings on tightly-defined topics, drawing on the most recent research and policy literature
- Substantive literature reviews
- Collaborative primary research projects
- Conducting surveys and/or data matching with secure databases
- Advisory support on specific policy or evidence-based queries
- Capacity development activities such as teach-ins
- Round-tables and working groups to support policy design and development activity
- Subject matter expertise support (e.g. advisory panel membership)
- Access to the ERC State of Small Business Britain annual conference and other collaborative events such as the Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) research showcase
- Access to ERC publications (reports, insights, blogs, podcasts) and related research outputs e.g. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and LSBS projects
- Membership and access to regular organised funders group panels, enabling engagement and networking across the different sponsoring organisations (current membership includes: Department for Business and Trade, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Intellectual Property Office, British Business Bank)
- Access to ERC’s network of innovative SMEs.