About UKIZ

Britain is building what comes next.

Across the United Kingdom, extraordinary people are advancing science, building companies, developing technologies and solving problems that matter. Much of this capability already exists, but too much of it remains difficult to see, understand and connect.

UKIZ is building a shared national record of what Britain can do so founders, researchers, manufacturers, investors, skilled people and communities can find one another more easily.

This is both a practical tool and a national effort. The more accurate and complete the record becomes, the more useful it becomes for everyone.

UKIZ helps mobilise the UK’s innovation capability by making what is already here easier to find, and easier to connect to.

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The observation

Britain is building. You just have to know where to look.

Every record on UKIZ shows its source. Where we don’t know, we say so.

The model

One UK Innovation Zone. Eleven innovation campuses.

UKIZ is a single national Zone. Within it sit eleven innovation campuses, each one a specialist field in which Britain intends to compete. A campus is a national community and a body of records, not a fenced site or a designation.

Every public record is free to read and needs no account. My UKIZ, where you follow campuses, save records and take part on the campus boards, is also free. There is no subscription and nothing here is sold to you.

Some capability is best reached nationally, wherever it sits. Being close matters most where work depends on shared equipment, repeated contact and people moving between teams.

See the eleven campuses →

How you use UKIZ

UKIZ makes the record useful.

Read the manifesto in full.

The manifesto sets out the problem, the operating model and what success looks like.

UKIZ is an independent, privately convened initiative. It is not a government body, programme or designation.