Posted: Mon 17th Oct 2022

Broughton Airbus awarded the second most innovation funding of any UK company

News and Info from Deeside, Flintshire, North Wales
This article is old - Published: Monday, Oct 17th, 2022

 

Data reveals that Airbus’ wing-making plant at Broughton, has been awarded the second most innovation funding of any UK company over the last 18 years.

The research – conducted by intellectual property services and R&D tax credit experts GovGrant – analysed publicly available Innovate UK data.

Analysis found that Airbus Operations Ltd, Airbus UK Ltd and Airbus Group Ltd have won a combined total funding of over £223 million from ‘the UK‘s national innovation agency’ Innovate UK* since 2004.

The company employs about 5,000 people in Broughton and has approximately 11,000 employees across the UK.

Airbus recently announced the creation of a further 450-550 jobs for it’s Broughton plant, to meet the rise in demand for commercial aircraft production.

Increasing capacity will include £100m in facility investment for Broughton.

Top five commercial recipients of Innovate UK funding

Rank

Name

Sector

No. of fundings w/value

Total value of funding (award offered)

1

ROLLS-ROYCE PLC

C | Aerospace – Space

214

£ 688,544,903.68

2

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED

C | Aerospace – Space

58

£ 162,089,411.51

3

GKN AEROSPACE SERVICES LIMITED

C | Aerospace – Space

47

£ 113,648,171.74

4

JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED

C | Machinery

87

£ 75,317,582.97

5

AIRBUS UK LIMITED

C | Aerospace – Space

43

£ 48,784,356.00

Overall, businesses in Wales have attracted 2.83% of funding from Innovation UK since 2004, worth over £166 million.

Despite ranking tenth out of the twelve UK regions for the sum of funding awarded, Wales comes fifth for the number of companies increasing their net worth following Innovate UK investment.

Luke Hamm, CEO at GovGrant, said:

Airbus highlights the vital role that innovation funding plays in supporting local economies, and could contribute to the wider ‘levelling up’ agenda if targeted correctly.”

“Innovation awards for Airbus are clearly contributing to the wider UK economy by financing training academies, filling the country’s talent pool with highly skilled people.”

Neil Fraser, Director of Defence & Space Programmes at NSSLGlobal:

“The UK space industry supports over 45,000 jobs and brings in more than £15bn to the economy. Innovation funding is critical to help generate new technology and support ideas in this vital industry.”

“The UK Space Agency, Innovate UK and the industry work together to make best use of public funding, which is usually “matched” by companies. Investment also helps the UK play important roles within international space agencies, including NASA and the European Space Agency.”

“It is vital that the UK continues to invest across multiple aerospace companies in key sectors – to support national security and critical services, whilst enabling economic growth and contributing to net zero targets.”

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