Innovation news

23 August 2023

Innovation Festival in numbers

This year's LCRIG Innovation Festival featured plenty of industry firsts and brought together local authorities, central government, the supply chain, associations and academia.

23 August 2023

IPS webinar available on demand for LCRIG Members

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group's latest webinar: ‘LCRIG IPS - Your questions answered' is now available to watch on demand.

27 July 2023

Innovation Festival 2023: Qualifying Innovator winners revealed

The winners of this year’s Qualifying Innovator awards have been revealed by the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG).

20 July 2023

Innovation Procurement System webinar - your questions answered

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) is inviting supply chain organisations to take part in our upcoming IPS webinar.

9 June 2023

LCRIG launches Innovation Procurement System

To support highways innovation, the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) has launched an Innovation Procurement System (IPS) in partnership with Crown Commercial Service (CCS)...

1 June 2023

Councils sign up to attend Innovation Festival

Representatives from more than 40 local authorities have signed up to attend this year's LCRIG Innovation Festival, with fully funded spaces still available for councils to...

26 May 2023

Draft agenda for Innovation Festival released

The draft event programme for this year's LCRIG Innovation Festival has been released, with delegates set to hear about skills, emerging technology, maintenance solutions and...

18 May 2023

Hear from the DfT and TTF at this year's Innovation Festival

Delegates attending the LCRIG Innovation Festival will have the opportunity to hear from senior representatives at the Department for Transport (DfT) and Transport Technology Forum (...

9 March 2023

JCB confirmed as first Innovation Festival award sponsor

JCB have been confirmed as the first award sponsor for this year's LCRIG Innovation Festival - aligning themselves with the 'Climate Resilience' category. 

2 March 2023

Companies sign up for LCRIG's Innovation Festival

The Promotional Partner and Networking Partner for this year's Innovation Festival have been confirmed.

23 February 2023

Collaborative innovation award to be presented at Innovation Festival

A new collaborative innovation award has been announced as part of this year's Local Council Roads Innovation Group's Innovation Festival and will be presented at...

16 August 2022

Innovation interview: Department for Transport

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) interviewed a number of industry figures at this year's Innovation Festival. This week, we hear from Matthew Eglinton...

17 August 2022

Innovation interview: JCB

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) interviewed a number of industry figures at this year's Innovation Festival. This week, we hear from Daniel Jenner,...

1 September 2022

Innovation interview: Galliford Try

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) interviewed a number of industry figures at this year's Innovation Festival. This week, we hear from Sairah Hussain,...

14 September 2022

Innovation interview: Martin Duffy

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) interviewed a number of industry figures at this year's Innovation Festival. This week, we hear from LCRIG's Chief...

22 September 2022

Innovation interview: Gaist

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) interviewed a number of industry figures at this year's Innovation Festival. This week, we hear from Ian Job,...

10 August 2022

Innovation interview: Multevo

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) interviewed a number of industry figures at this year's Innovation Festival. This week, we hear from Josh Sweeney...

29 September 2022

Innovation interview: Stabilised Pavements

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) interviewed a number of industry figures at this year's Innovation Festival. This week, we hear from Justin Osborne...

7 September 2022

Innovation interview: Community Models

The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) interviewed a number of industry figures at this year's Innovation Festival. This week, we hear from Derek Stewart...

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