£15 million has been shared out among 15 projects that aim to reduce CO2 emissions on British roads. The funding was offered by Innovate UK, a government body that supports the growth of innovative businesses, and the UK Office for Low Emission...

Four international public procurements aimed at engaging small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to deliver energy saving building solutions are taking place in March this year through the PAPIRUS project. The EU-funded project aims to encourage...

Dataport, an information technology provider for administrative bodies, has taken first place in the category of "procurement of an innovative product" at the German-wide Innovation Awards, held in Berlin (Germany) last month. The Managing Director...

To address specific aspects of procuring innovation, two new guidance documents have been published by the Procurement of Innovation Platform: the first looks at risk management, while the second focuses on handling intellectual property rights...

The University of Delft is developing an electric bus decision support tool for public transport operators, which it hopes will assuage fears and encourage the uptake of electric buses within European cities. The tool will show the range of various...

A week-long international conference focusing on Public Procurement is putting innovation centre stage, with a 'Game Changing' exhibition aimed at exploring current issues surrounding procurement of innovation. Procurement Week will take place in...