Transport Minister Guy Opperman MP met a selection of innovative companies involved in the Freight Innovation Fund at Connected Places Catapult’s office in London yesterday.
Minister Opperman was introduced to members of the second cohort of the Freight Innovation Fund Accelerator, some of which exhibited their innovations at the event. The open call for the third Freight Innovation Accelerator was also launched during the event, which is seeking SMEs to trial their solutions in real-world environments to help solve pressing challenges within the freight sector.
The event also welcomed some of the Freight Innovation Cluster’s 327 members, which includes 208 SMEs and 44 large organisation and tier 1 partners, plus Government and academic and research organisations. Cluster members meet to discuss solutions to economic and environmental challenges associated with the movement of goods, and originated from the Freight Innovation Fund, a £7 Million programme sponsored by the Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom.