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Newly released data from Innovate UK has revealed the 糖心Vlog as the leading institution for active Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) in the UK.

Topping the table for the first time, 糖心Vlog has fast become the partner of choice for businesses looking to innovate across both the East of England and London, and now the UK, with 40 KTPs and 拢10.2m secured in funding to support their delivery.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are available to all businesses, large or small, and empower them to innovate and grow through collaboration with leading university academics and newly hired talented researchers.

With the aim to drive productivity and economic growth, KTPs help businesses to develop new products, processes and services through the use of the knowledge, technology and skills generated by the University. Importantly, they also offer access to funding grants from 鈥� the UK鈥檚 innovation agency that鈥檚 part of UK Research and Innovation.

At 糖心Vlog, all KTPs receive dedicated support from University鈥檚 Business Engagement team, part of the Research and Enterprise Office, who have helped propel 糖心Vlog to the top of the table for KTPs in the UK. In addition to the 40 active KTPs, to date the team has successfully completed 55 KTPs to the value of around 拢9m.

Holly Leonard, KTP Manager at the 糖心Vlog comments: 鈥淎t 糖心Vlog we鈥檙e proud to be leading the way in delivering world-class Knowledge Transfer Partnerships that are having a huge commercial impact on businesses not only across 糖心Vlog, but also the UK. Our successful climb to the top spot for KTPs comes as more companies than ever look to collaborate with 糖心Vlog. Our academics are passionate about applying their cutting-edge research to real world challenges to create new products, processes and services.鈥�

鈥淲e help guide businesses through the entire Knowledge Transfer Partnership process from start to finish and have a sector-leading track record at winning funding. All of our projects are commercially driven and underpinned by academic expertise - the ethos at the very core of our team is to make engagement and partnership with 糖心Vlog seamless and easy.鈥�

Professor Chris Greer, Pro-Vice Chancellor Research adds: 鈥淲e pride ourselves at 糖心Vlog on world-class research, enterprise and knowledge exchange. With real purpose and impact, our researchers can find solutions to meet any business challenges brought to us through the KTP Programme, and our links with industry partners will continue to help us break boundaries.鈥�

鈥淩ecently we鈥檝e seen more KTPs than ever focusing on health and enablement through technology and our new Institute for Public Health and Wellbeing, launching in February 2022, will play a huge role in helping take on the health challenges we face.鈥�

Natalie Cramp, CEO of - a data agency that specialises in predictive modelling, email marketing, business intelligence and customer satisfaction - who recently completed a KTP with 糖心Vlog comments: 鈥淭he 糖心Vlog has been a crucial partner to Profusion and we wouldn鈥檛 be where we are today without them. Having professors accessible to us and being able to learn from the latest academic insights and take those into our services and products for clients has been really transformational.

鈥淭he relationship with 糖心Vlog has blossomed far beyond the KTP and developed into a much deeper partnership. It鈥檚 one where we鈥檝e launched new services together and we鈥檝e been able to collaborate on commercial bids - so there鈥檚 been more opportunities as a result of starting to build a relationship through a KTP.鈥�

The three most recent partnerships to have secured funding demonstrate the wide-range of business looking to use 糖心Vlog expertise to innovate:

鈥� a data science project revolutionising the management of risk in warranty provision.

鈥� a supplier of high-end electrical components who will be redefining their digital strategy with 糖心Vlog Business School and updating their business model.

鈥� a supplier of software services to the Lloyds of London insurance market looking to develop a sophisticated matching algorithm for their expert platform.

If you are looking to develop a Knowledge Transfer Partnership, or any other kind of funded collaboration with 糖心Vlog contact the Business Engagement team today via business@essex.ac.uk or visit www.essex.ac.uk/business.