Articles by Hetti Barkworth-Nanton

Hetti Barkworth-Nanton

Hetti Barkworth-Nanton CBE is CEO at Ploughshare, the company working across the public sector to discover, liberate and scale government innovations, maximising their impact for society. Her experience covers the airline, utilities and telecoms industries, and as CEO of Ploughshare, she is now responsible for increasing the impact and presence of the organisation across the public sector as the focus on innovation has increased.

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Why we need to radically rethink the way early stage startups are supported

The UK is brimming with innovation potential. The government’s commitment to becoming a science superpower and innovation nation has led to measures being introduced to encourage more Research and Development (R&D) in the country, including a record public R&D budget commitment to R&D.