Links to related sites

These are grouped by these categories:

Government departments, units and agencies

Countryside Council for Wales
Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (DBERR)
Department for Communities & Local Government (DCLG)
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS)
- Maintains and develops excellence in UK science, engineering and technology and maximises their contribution to sustainable wealth creation and quality of life in the UK.
Department for Transport (DFT)
England's Regional Development Agencies
- Portal site for England - agencies for Wales and Scotland are listed separately.
Enterprise Northern Ireland
- The network of local enterprise agencies in Northern Ireland, to provide help to businesses.
Environment Agency
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
- Development agency for northwest Scotland.
HM Treasury
News and speeches.
National Statistics
- The official UK statistics site
Natural England
Intellectual Property Office
(formerly Patent Office)
Scottish Enterprise
- Development agency for lowland Scotland.
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
Welsh Assembly Government's Department of Enterprise, Innovation & Networks
- This department has taken over the role of the former Welsh Development Agency.

Directgov
- Web portal for all government information and services online.
Intellectual Property
- Guidance and information on the world of copyright, designs, patents and trade marks.

Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Directory
- Seeks to ensure the government, European Commission and wider community understand both the needs of British business and the contribution it makes to the well being of UK society.
Environmental Industries Commission (EIC)
Oakland
- Information on the business processes which support scientific and technological innovation.
UK Business Incubation (UKBI)
- A public/private sector initiative, launched by DTI and HM Treasury to act as a catalyst to promote business incubation in the UK.
UK Forum for Environmental Industries

Association for University Research & Industry Links (AURIL)
- Network of professionals involved in developing partnerships between higher education and industry to support innovation and competitiveness.
The British Council
- Fosters partnerships between British and other cultures.
The Climate Group
Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments (CL:AIRE)
- Links the main UK players in contaminated land remediation so they can develop cost-effective methods of investigating and remediating contaminated land.
Environment Council
- Independent UK charity that develops long-term solutions to environmental problems.
Environment Research Funders' Forum
- brings together research councils and other public sector funders of environmental research.
Institute of Patentees & Inventors
- Assists members in all aspects of patents and innovation.
Local Authority Research Council Initiative (LARCI)
Partnerships UK
- Helps the public and private sectors create better, stronger and faster partnerships. Includes useful guidance notes to help create business partnerships.
PRAXIS
- The UK University Technology Transfer Training programme.
Royal Society
- Independent UK science academy dedicated to promoting excellence in science.
Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
Scientific Knowledge for Environmental Protection (SKEP) European Research Area networks (ERA-NET)
Sustainable Development Research Network
UK Biodiversity Research Action Group

British Library - Business & Intellectual Property Centre
- Comprehensive patent information and list of other UK libraries that can help.
BUBL LINK
- University of Strathclyde's national information service for the higher education and research community. Offers fast, easy-to-use and reliable access to selected high-quality resources of academic relevance, both on its own servers and worldwide.
Community of Science (COS)
- American site for the global research and development community. Includes funding opportunities.
Electronic Development & Environment Information System (ELDIS)
- Managed by the Institute of Development Studies.
Higher Education & Research Opportunities (HERO)
- Official gateway to UK universities, colleges and research organisations.
Kable
- Top e-government stories and weekly email update.

Please also see the 'Other potential sources of funding' page for further useful links.