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Grand time had at the Charity Race Night

A grand time was had at the BiP Solutions Charity Race Night on 7 May, with £1255 raised for the Realising Dreams Foundation. The charity team  welcomed guests to Dow’s bar Glasgow for a night of bets, banter and free

BiP’s got Talent +

    Nurturing the expertise of its star employees, BiP is launching the Talent + programme. Working under the wider banner of the BiP ONE plan, Talent + identifies and develops the skill set of six employees from a cross-section

BiP branches out with the Forestry Commission

BiP has won a tender to provide an eSales service to the three national forestry services of Scotland, England and Wales. Developing, costing, proofing, designing and submitting the tender was a process which used expertise from across the whole of

BiP gets National Grid locked in business

BiP Solutions has secured a 12-month pilot project for supply chain development on National Grid’s Richborough Connection infrastructure project. Richborough Connection is one of National Grid’s new sources of energy. The project will provide a new high-voltage electricity link between

BiP enters Knowledge Transfer Partnership

  BiP Solutions has entered into a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of Strathclyde and the KTP centre. The partnership is funded by Innovate UK on behalf of the UK Government and has a duration of between 6

£16m for new technologies to improve global food production and security

Twenty-four innovative agri-tech projects have been awarded a share of £16 million funding through the latest round of the government’s Agri-Tech Catalyst to solve some of the world’s greatest agricultural challenges – from food security and sustainability to weed control and livestock disease. The UK is a world leader in the fast growing agri-tech sector, […]

UK and France join forces to explore innovative use of data

The UK-France Data Innovation Taskforce has published a series of recommendations on how the two countries could work together to use data to stimulate economic growth and improve society. The Taskforce’s report highlights the UK Government’s continuing work with European partners and its commitment to being an outward-looking and open trading nation. The bilateral report […]

UK National Space Propulsion Facility

The UK Space Agency is investing £4.12m in a National Propulsion Test Facility, giving the UK a new facility for space technology testing. The facility will allow UK companies and academia to test and develop space propulsion engines. The planned facility will be based at Westcott in Buckinghamshire, with its strong history of rocketry research […]

Chancellor kickstarts work on building stronger economic & trade relationships

Vital work has begun on building stronger economic and trade relationships with the UK’s closest trading partners as the Chancellor travels to New York for discussions with Wall Street investors. In the first of a series of targeted ‘missions’ to key global financial and political centres, Mr Osborne will urge leaders from some of America’s […]

New measures to help Britain lead the way in developing driverless technology

A major consultation to help pave the way for automated cars to be used on British roads is being launched, with all drivers invited to have their say. Under the proposed measures, rules will be changed so automated vehicles can be insured for use on the roads. In addition, the Highway code and regulations are […]