By Faye Holloway
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06 Nov, 2023
Join us for the SME Credit 2: UKBIC Pre-Competition Engagement Event - your chance learn all about the UKBIC facility, the Faraday Battery Challenge and how the SME Credits Round 2 competition could benefit your business. About the competition: Building on the success of the first SME Credit competition in May of this year, the new competition will: support small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) research and development for the scale-up of battery technologies within the UK support small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to access the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) and demonstrate technologies at suitable scales to customers increase engagement with UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) move UK battery innovations from technological potential towards commercial capability, including scalability and design for manufacture develop and secure material and manufacturing supply chains for battery technologies in the UK Important information: Funding support for eligible costs will be confirmed once the formal call is published. The timeline of the competition will be: (all exact dates to be confirmed) 29 November 2023, Pre-competition engagement event at UKBIC facility January 2024, Competition opens January 2024, Online Competition Briefing event March 2024, Competition closes July 2024, likely start dates for projects End of March 2025, all projects must have been completed Get in touch: Contact our Business Development Team at sales@ukbic.co.uk , putting 'SME Credit' in the subject line. Mark your calendars and save your spot now!