The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the UK Government's leading funding agency for research and training in engineering and the physical sciences. EPSRC invests more than £400 million a year in research that contributes to future economic development in the UK and so to
Development in modern societies ever increasingly depends on the existence of effective, safe transport networks and with adequate penetration in the territory to allow the interchange of people, goods and services in increasing volumes.The transport sector (air, maritime or terrestrial) involves
The Foresight Vehicle Initiative, now administered by The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders Limited (SMMT), is the UK's prime knowledge transfer network for the automotive industry, and is the UK's response to the worldwide crisis in transport. The Foresight Vehicle Programme, launched in
Generally, small and medium-sized companies lack the elements necessary to confront technological challenges by means of the current organisation. For that reason the establishment is necessary from aid mechanisms through organisations with capacity to agglutinate collective interests of SMEs that
