
BECBC responds to the Rolls Royce SMR call for areas to compete for a factory placement.
As Rolls Royce-SMR puts out a call to areas in England and Wales to compete for the placement of the main factory required for modular const…

Innovabox Space Launch - 24th January 2022
After some great feedback on our prototypes, Innova Learning Ltd (a team of 11 nucleargraduates) is proud to announce that Innovabox Space w…

BECBC 2022 Awards-thoughts from the Head Judge
The BECBC awards return in 2022 after a couple of years when we were unable to hold them for obvious reasons. This time they are wider rangi…

Social Value advice - free through Chamber
Just a quick message to members to say that the Chamber of Commerce is providing (via TSVB) free Social Value advice support for Cumbrian ba…

Back to work after a break
In 2021 due to work commitments, personal reasons, changes in restrictions and arrangements I didn't take much leave so at Christmas I had a…

Innova Learning Ltd - Highly Commended for the Business of Science Innovation Award 2021
On the 7th October 2021, Innova Learning attended the Business of Science Conference in Birmingham. This conference, sponsored by BASF, was …

Should I set up a charitable structure to support my Social Value strategy?
Short answer: No, not really, but if you’d like to consider options, read on… This blog is based on a conversation I had recently with a com…

Innova Learning Ltd - The Innovabox
Innova Learning Ltd is a team of eleven nucleargraduates, all from different disciplines but all equally passionate about promoting Science,…

Poverty at Christmas
I’ve just had a newsletter from my child’s school, full of lovely things the children will be doing over the coming month. It’s been decided…

Solomons Europe Insider Insights 1 – Tackling supply chain woes
It seems every day brings stories of woe across the supply chain. The impact of Covid-19 and Brexit, workforce shortages, and demand far ou…

Cumbria: Aligning Stars or Dangerous Complacency?
I was in a conversation the other day where someone said “It really feels like the stars are aligning for Cumbria doesn’t it?” and it got me…

What is this thing called Lean?
The term Lean was first coined in the book ‘The Machine that Changed the World’ written by Womack, Roos and Jones in 1991. In this, their fi…