Strong bids aren’t about telling your story—they’re about meeting the mark scheme. Stuart explains why thinking like an assessor, and writing clearly against scoring criteria, leads to stronger, more competitive applications.

Running a funded project can be time-consuming and comes with many unseen pitfalls. Special guest contributor Sean McDougall shares his insights into grant programme management, highlighting the key challenges and considerations that grant winners should keep in mind when delivering their own funded projects.

Securing an Innovate UK Innovation Loan requires both a strong innovation case and proven financial resilience. This article highlights two key covenants—Liquidity Ratio and Debt Service Coverage Ratio—and why they are important indicators of loan readiness

Why Finance Directors (or fractional CFOs) are essential to successful Innovation Loan applications and commercial delivery.