This research aims to understand how effective energy audits and reporting, including the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), have been in identifying and delivering energy efficiency savings across organisations. These reports form part of the evidence base for the Post Implementation...

This research report describes the findings from interviews with 48 disruptive innovative companies about their views on regulation and the impact of regulatory engagement on innovation. Discussions with businesses typically centred around 3 key themes: the accessibility of useful and timely...

The civil Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) grant funding programme is a partnership between the civil aerospace industry and government, aiming to sustain and achieve competitiveness and market share of the UK aerospace sector through targeted investments in industry-led research and...

The study looks at new commercial and industrial property used to house office work, manufacturing or warehousing, while excluding sector-specific sites such as farms or retail outlets. It draws on the findings of 8 case studies and econometric analysis of the impact of development on local...

This report scopes the options for evaluating the new innovation finance products (NIFPs) proposed at the 2015 spending review and autumn statement, and for evaluating the subsequent impact of the products. The report was completed in January 2017.

This report examines how public innovation support affects the economic performance of businesses measured in terms of survival, employment and turnover. This is the second phase of analysis, building on previous research "Business innovation: effect of public support, 2014".

This scoping study identifies a set of methodological options for undertaking impact evaluations of different policy interventions aimed at local economic growth. If followed, the recommendations provided should help improve the robustness of local growth policy evaluations.