Currently reading: Government R&D fund aims to save start-ups from 'valley of death'

Scale Up scheme – part of £2.5 billion Drive35 fund – will help small firms get inventions into production

The UK government will fund automotive start-ups’ research and development projects in a bid to save them from the “valley of death” between inventing a new product and putting it into production.

The new Scale Up scheme – to be announced by industry minister Sarah Jones later today – will provide grants to companies seeking to set up production lines.

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