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Cresco celebrates funding wins to start 2021
Expert bid writing consultants at Cresco Innovation have had some cause for celebration, starting 2021 by winning more than £6 million in funding for three projects.
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he company explained: “This is an incredible achievement, especially considering the challenges we, like so many other companies and business, continue to face during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. And it is testament to the hard work and dedication every member of the team has shown. We are very proud indeed, and we’re delighted to share this with you because it shows there can be light at the end of the tunnel.”
Cresco’s funding successes
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Project 1: 36-month collaborative project between a UK SME, a university and a hospital. The project size is £1.5 million and it will develop a medical device for treatment of cancer. Project 2: 36-month project by a UK SME. The project size is £3.9 million and it is a drug development project.
The recent Biomedical Catalyst competition had £30 million to support innovative healthcare products, technology and processes. Funding was available between £250k and £4million for projects lasting between 12 and 36 months. Innovate UK received 373 applications and they were able to fund 18 projects. The company also won just under £1 million for the Foundation Industries call. This win was a collaborative SME-led project to the IETF deployment of energy efficiency technologies in industry competition. This project is supporting the drive to a net zero economy. Ultimately that’s more than £6 million in total for innovative, exciting and, in some cases, life-saving projects.
Jo Derbyshire, Cresco CEO, said: “We’re just a little company in Loughborough that happens to work all across the UK and Europe. That we’ve managed to win more than £6 million in funding for these three projects is fantastic news, and it’s a real shot in the arm for all of us. We don’t normally talk about our wins but, this year more than ever, we need good news. In fact, good news is essential at the moment! Innovate UK are working really hard to reinvigorate the economy by investing in long-term innovative technology, so to play our part in that is very rewarding. “As a company, Cresco emerged from the Loughborough University enterprise community. We have chosen to remain in Loughborough, with our office based in the centre of the town, because this area is a real hotbed of innovation. That we’re celebrating these three wins so far this year demonstrates that, even though we’re a small company based in a small market town in Leicestershire, our reach is international, and that success can be just around the corner. That is good news worth celebrating, and hopefully offers inspiration to other small companies during these difficult times.”
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