Creating Impact through Innovation

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships is Europe’s leading programme helping business to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK knowledge base. KTP is funded by the Technology Strategy Board with 12 other funding organisations.

Learn how businesses have benefited from KTP

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What businesses think of KTP

UK Whitegoods finds KTP invaluable

In May 2010 UK Whitegoods embarked on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of the West of Scotland. Working with the School of Computing they are seeking to move from a basic data driven web portal to a knowledge driven white goods ecosystem. UK Whitegoods Managing Director, Kenneth Watt, shares his view on the progress made to date

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Howden Group Ltd

Howden designs, engineers and supplies air and gas handling equipment, including industrial fans, process gas compressors and rotary heat exchangers. They are currently working with the Department of Marketing at the University of Strathclyde to develop and implement a sustainable new product development procedure that will ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of commercially viable products to the market.

Charlton Chauffeur Drive Ltd

Charlton Chauffeur Drive Ltd is an executive chauffeur drive company based in Glasgow which offers the largest fleet in the Scottish chauffeur drive industry. They are currently working with the School of Computing at the University of the West of Scotland to develop an agile, lightweight, and scalable event manifest management system that will form the platform for the company’s future growth.

Find out more about the areas where KTP can help you

The Tag cloud below will help you see how KTP has been used to solve business problems in a wide variety of areas.

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