New Look Photonics Leadership Group Website
Welcome to the refreshed PLG website with a new look and improve links to key documents detailing the impact of photonics
Financing company growth
As a high growth industry, continually targeting new markets, there are few photonics companies that have not had to raise capital . As UK photonics companies have grown most have faced tough decisions between sustaining growth, raising equity finance and/or partnering with a strategic industry investor through trade sale. UK government is reviewing the availability…
PLG response to the UK Industry Strategy Green Paper
The Photonics Leadership Group has submitted a full response to the UK industry strategy green paper consultation based on broad ranging industry input and our analysis of the green paper. The PLG looks forward to working with government to develop a detailed sector strategy for Photonics following the election on 8 June 2017
Next PLG meeting 4 May London
The next PLG meeting will be on 4 May in London, 2-5pm. The main topic of discusion will be creating a Sector Deal for Photonics. If you are intersting in attending and not currently a contributor to the PLG please contact us
UK Photonics in the news BBC News
BBC news: The many ways lasers help us see the world more clearly – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38130375
Emerging and Enabling technologies competition
Only three briefings left for Innovate’s latest Emerging and Enabling technology competition Cardiff on Thursday 20 October 2016, Bristol on Wednesday 26 October 2016, Glasgow on Wednesday 26 October 2016 Make sure you get the latest on this £15million competition targeting any emerging technology that can demonstrate a step change in performance and the potential…
Minutes fom PLG meeting
The minutes from the last PLG meeting on 7 September in Leeds are now available. Please contact the PLG if you would like a copy.
Lasers for industry 4.0 – latest trends in laser based manufacturing from Photonics21
With photonics technology, especially lasers, central to the digitising of manufacturing and industry 4.0 Photonics21 Working Group 2 have analysed EU funded projects in Laser Based Manufacturing from 2010 onward and compared to current market trends. Whilst the technical content of funded projects to industry trends is strong, the analysis shows key emerging applications have…
The UK is still a great place to do business
Among all the Brexit headlines, there is great deal about doing business in the UK we take for granted:- The UK has the lowest corporation tax rate at 20% of any of G20 countries, that’s half that of the USA and 50% of that in Germany. The UK is global centre of knowledge generation producing…
Lifi- visible light communications info day
The EPSRC-funded ‘Ultra-parallel visible light communications (UP-VLC)’ programme grant – a partnership between the Universities of Strathclyde, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Oxford and Cambridge studying high-bandwidth Datacom via solid-state lighting – is holding an open day on 4th May 2016 at the Royal Academy of Engineering in London. The event features talks from the project partners,…
