The East of England is renowned as being a hotbed of innovation. Established hubs, innovation centres, research institutes, universities and clusters collaborate across sectors and counties. You are cordially invited to come to this drop-in clinic to meet with Connected Innovation, Space East, and Theo Kaciubskyj (an SJIC in-house Innovation and Growth specialist supported by Innovate UK Business Growth), to learn more about potential opportunities for your business.
Funding – Support – Connections – Collaborations
1 May 2025
Time: 9:30am – 12:00pm.
Location: Square Café.
About Theo Kaciubsky (Senior Innovation & Growth Specialist at St John’s Innovation Centre):
Theo has successfully provided Business Development Coaching, Advice, Mentoring and Leadership & Management Training to hundreds of UK businesses, privately and under several government initiatives for over 35 years. With a particular focus on helping companies with their strategic planning, he has guided many successful businesses towards capitalising on growth opportunities and helping them identify and address internal constraints. Theo has a key role in the delivery of Innovate UK Business Growth support – tailored support that accelerates the growth of ambitious, innovation-led businesses.
About Connected Innovation (James Allen – Connected Innovation Project Manager; Scott Cogman – Innovation Hubs Manager): The Connected Innovation team have been involved in securing the Agri-Tech and Food Tech Launchpad, the Create Growth Programme, and the Made Smarter Adoption Programme – all of these initiatives are focused on supporting innovative companies in East Anglia across a wide range of key sectors.
About Space East (Stuart Catchpole – Space Cluster Manager): The East of England stands as the UK’s third-largest space sector region, generating £1.5 billion in revenue. Launched in 2023, the Space East cluster serves as a key catalyst for space sector development in the region. Working as one of 14 such clusters across the UK, it works with partners such as the Satellite Applications Catapult and European Space Agency to deliver the objectives set out in the governments space strategy, supporting space sector businesses to grow and non-space businesses to access the opportunities that this £18.2 billion UK sector provides.
