Launched by Sir Digby Jones in April 2006 (see brief video), the Innovation Advisory Service (IAS) is designed to help ambitious "growth companies" in the South East to identify what to do, how to do it and to gain access to resources and funding.Companies will typically use technology as a major part of their commercial activities, or be planning to.

IAS has a team of highly experienced director level advisors who all have both general commercial and specific sectoral technical expertise.

IAS is funded by the South East England Regional Development Agency (SEEDA) and managed by Oxford Innovation along with an experienced partnership of the National Physical Laboratory, and CLIK (the technology transfer arm of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory).

 

The 14 specialists of the Innovation Advisory Service have board level experience in a wide range of companies.

Their experience covers the sectors of:

Healthcare Engineering Aerospace Software Marine IT Biotechnology Diagnostics Medical devices Publishing

Pharmaceuticals Telecommunications Environment Materials Chemistry Nanotechnology Electronics Defence Security Digital media