by Olivia Brown | Jan 13, 2025 | News
In the two years since the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre (VLRNIC) opened its doors, rather a lot has happened. Both the technical and commercial facilities on site have been developed, new products and services have been launched and, more so, flourished....
by Olivia Brown | Dec 9, 2024 | Insight
In innovation, collaboration is the new ‘competition’. The way in which challenges are faced and opportunities are taken; in which businesses grow, sectors grow and, ultimately, economies grow through the real synergy of ‘joint effort’. But finding the right...
by Olivia Brown | Oct 15, 2024 | Insight
In August, BCIMO introduced its framework for innovation; a model with four interdependent cogs – representing its core areas of focus – that must turn together for new, emerging and existing industries to flourish. Over the next two months, each cog will be explored...
by Olivia Brown | Sep 24, 2024 | News
In 2025, we mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway, with a national celebration of the past, present and future of rail, entitled ‘Railway 200’. Over the course of the year, railways and rail organisations across the UK will be delivering a...
by Olivia Brown | Jul 29, 2024 | Insight
As the deliberations end and BCIMO awaits the arrival of Cohort 2 of the Clean Futures programme – and so the range of exciting innovations their new SMEs will bring to the rail sector – we reflect on where the sector is at the moment and, most importantly, the track...
