Next Generation Professional and Financial Services

Helping the professional and financial service sectors to develop and use digital technologies.

About the programme

Innovate UK and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are investing £26.5 million in the Next Generation Professional and Financial Services programme. This programme helps professional service sectors, including accounting and law, and the financial service sectors, including insurance, lending, advisory and payment services, develop and use digital technologies.

This programme aims to transform UK professional and financial services by responsibly developing and deploying digital technologies to deliver world-leading services through five strands of activity:

  • Adoption – Support for adoption in demand side firms through two new dedicated Innovation Adoption Accelerators.
  • R&D support – Collaborative R&D innovation support programme for lawtech, accountech, fintech and insurtech.
  • Data access – Data access in cross sectoral areas of professional and financial services.
  • Networking – Connecting, disseminating learning and building community through the AI for Services network.
  • International – Support to develop international collaboration opportunities.

IMPACT

Funded projects

This programme builds on the £20m Next Generation Services Challenge Fund, which supported a wide range of projects that have developed new technologies, products and services to make the UK’s legal, accounting and insurance sectors more effective.

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Support for organisations

We help organisations interested in innovation in Professional and Financial Services to access funding, expert knowledge and to make powerful and diverse connections. Find out more about our AI for Services network and the Innovation Adoption Accelerators.
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Technology in Professional Services

ACCELERATOR

Technology in Professional Services

Helps mid-tier and smaller accounting and law firms to adopt digital technology, through funding, training, technical and organisational advice, and structured adoption processes.​

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Future Finance

ACCELERATOR

Future Finance

Aims to accelerate innovation adoption in SME and mid-tier financial services firms to help boost their productivity and competitiveness, opening the potential to develop new propositions and create new markets.

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Useful resources

Access the latest content for innovators in Professional and Financial Services including industry reports, toolkits and more.

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Related Events and Recordings

Tue
9
Apr
2024

Next Generation Professional and Financial Services: National Online Consultation

10.00 - 12.00 | Online

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