New £4.5m funding scheme set to support region’s healthtech innovators and supercharge sector

Hundreds of healthtech businesses across Leeds and West Yorkshire are set to benefit from a new £4.5 million support package, announced by Mayor Tracy Brabin as part of the launch of the region’s £160 million Investment Zone.

City leaders reaffirm commitment to innovation and growth, with plans for next phase of Innovation Village underway

A partnership including Leeds City Council, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, the University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to innovation and growth across the city.

New city leaders join board as Leeds Partnership enters 10th year 

A unique, high-level partnership in Leeds which focuses on research and innovation in health and care welcomed new city leaders to its board this month. 

Climb25

Climb is the UK’s Festival of Business Growth.

Morelife leads UK with novel ways to tackle obesity

In our latest spotlight features, we dig deeper into this autumn’s healthtech trade mission to the US to hear from some of the innovative businesses who joined the trip.

Here, Professor Paul Gately, CEO of Morelife and visiting Professor of Exercise and Obesity at Leeds Beckett University, reveals how a novel approach to tackling obesity is catalysing real change at scale for individuals, health systems and society – in the UK and beyond.

The coolest health innovation – from local to global success

In our latest spotlight features, we focus on market-leading health industry innovators from our city and region who joined the recent West Yorkshire healthtech trade mission to the US.

We hear how they’ve achieved huge success, how they’re benefiting people around the world and about their insights into the US healthcare markets following the recent trip.

In part one, we hear from a local company whose innovations are helping millions of people across the UK and beyond, to manage the side effects one of the most prevalent and hardest health challenges of our time: cancer.

Leeds is data and digital frontrunner in transforming intermediate care

The richness of data combined with innovative digital health technologies and strong partnership working are transforming health and care in Leeds.

Boost for UK’s health technology sector as West Yorkshire signs historic trade and investment pact with Nashville

The city regions of West Yorkshire and Nashville, Tennessee will work together to turbocharge their health technology sectors, following a new agreement announced this October.

UKREiiF 2025

UKREiiF connects people, places, and businesses to accelerate and unlock sustainable, inclusive, and transformational investment.

HLTH Europe 2025

Following an enormously successful inaugural edition in 2024, HLTH Europe returns for 2025.