Collaboration between businesses in industry
Collaborating with like-minded companies enables businesses to survive, share knowledge, compete, and overcome obstacles in landing big contracts, developing new products and entering new markets. Yorkshire Forward offers support to bring companies together for greater mutual success.
Strategic sector champions
These are experienced industrialists who identify opportunities for innovation through collaboration, and broker relationships between businesses and the science base and cover the following sectors.
For more information, click on any of the sectors to email the specialists direct:
- Digital (bill.boffin@yorkshire-forward.com)
- Cross-sector (hilda.coulsey@yorkshire-forward.com)
- Health (neil.sullivan@yorkshire-forward.com)
- Advanced engineering and metals (richard.wright@yorkshire-forward.com)
- Food and drink (tony.lomax@yorkshire-forward.com)
- Environmental technologies (andrew.fox@yorkshire-forward.com)
Further targeted support
- Support for the chemicals sector is available through innovation investment and network support activities
- Support for the financial and professional services sector is available through the Financial Services Academy.


