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About the Technology Strategy Board

The Technology Strategy Board is an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB), established by the Government through the DTI. Its task, operating across all important sectors of the UK economy, is to stimulate innovation in those areas which offer the greatest scope for boosting UK growth and productivity.

The formation of an advisory board to guide the Government’s Technology Strategy was recommended in the 2003 DTI Innovation Report, and the Technology Strategy Board was established in October 2004. Its purpose was to advise the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on business research, technology and innovation priorities for the UK, the allocation of funding across priorities and the most appropriate ways to support them.

In 2006, plans were announced for the Technology Strategy Board to be given a wider remit and to operate at arm’s length from Government as an NDPB. This new body was established on 1 July 2007.

With a business-led panel of board members, an executive team and a business focus, the Technology Strategy Board will play an increasingly important role in the development of the Government’s innovation strategy. Its primary aim is not the creation of knowledge - where Government separately invests over £3 billion per annum - but the translation of knowledge into innovation and new and improved products and services.

The vision: for the UK to be seen as a global leader in innovation and a magnet for technology-intensive companies, where new technology is applied rapidly and effectively to create wealth.

The activities of the Technology Strategy Board are jointly supported and funded by the DTI and other Government Departments, the Devolved Administrations, Regional Development Agencies and Research Councils.

Board Members