The Technology Strategy Board is publishing information which will allow businesses to see how up to £250m of new Government investment in around 60 competitions will lead to innovation projects and programmes designed to stimulate business growth.

UK scientists will measure the effect on the marine environment and wildlife of tidal and wave energy devices using sonar technology that has, for the first time, been successfully deployed on the seabed.

The James Hutton Institute in Dundee, in partnership with Scotland Europa and the Environmental Clean Technologies Partnership, is hosting a seminar next Thursday looking at EU funding opportunities in the field of water and eco-innovation.

Twelve UK companies will be exhibiting at Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2012, which runs from 2^nd to 5^th July, accompanied by British Water, the trade association for the UK water and wastewater supply chain.

Cities across the UK are today being invited by the Government to compete for £24 million to demonstrate how they could integrate their transport, communications and other city infrastructure to improve the local economy, increase quality of life and reduce impact on the environment.