Blog: The value of innovation

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GovGrant’s Luke Hamm argues that brokers must be aware of the government support for research and development that is available to them.

It’s great to see that businesses of all sizes across the insurance sector are buying into the “innovate or die” message – hardly a day goes by without a good news story on exciting new launches and concepts.

And that vital commitment has had a much-needed and long-awaited boost from the Government, which has just announced the biggest increase in public research and development funding for 40 years.

And while full details of exactly how that money will be spent have yet to emerge, the message

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