{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"In-Orbit","title":"Building the UK's Innovation Future: Part One","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2688,"description":"Why does Britain produce promising ideas yet struggle to build the global companies that could grow from them?\n\nIn the opening episode of In-Orbit's sixth season, Dallas Campbell brings together Tom Adeyoola, Executive Chair of Innovate UK, John Abbott, CEO of the Satellite Applications Catapult, and Sue Daley OBE, Director of Technology and Innovation at techUK. They examine how UK innovation can become lasting economic value, with support that follows companies beyond individual projects and pilots.\nThe discussion covers patient capital, international growth and the commercial skills needed to turn research into products customers buy. Government procurement is especially timely: the UK Space Strategy, announced in September with £7.8 billion of investment through 2030, commits to a coordinated approach to buying space technology. From university research and health datasets to satellite propulsion, in-orbit manufacturing and proposed orbital data centres, the guests consider where Britain has strengths worth backing. For founders, investors and policymakers, this first part of a two-part conversation offers practical ways to help ambitious companies grow while keeping skills, manufacturing and economic value in the UK.\nTom Adeyoola: Tom Adeyoola is Executive Chair of Innovate UK and an entrepreneur with more than 25 years in the startup sector. He founded fashion technology business Metail, raising £25 million and growing it to exit, and supported Elvie from inception to Series B as a non-executive director. He co-founded Extend Ventures and co-authored the Start-Up, Scale-Up review. His experience in building businesses and investment policy informs the episode's discussion of growth capital and international competition.\n\nJohn Abbott: John Abbott is CEO of the Satellite Applications Catapult. His background covers geospatial technology, digital services and support for early-stage businesses. Before joining the Catapult, he was Chief Digital Officer at Saudi...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/s7dz5zQkj7ooIScEyE_sa9LN2WLzTmHT0X17L1jYW4o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jMTQ2/ZTg5ODQwZjRiZDQx/MmI0MWIxZTcyNmZi/NzU2OC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}