On Tuesday 27th April 2021, KTN in partnership with Innovate UK and BEIS, hosted a Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) – An interactive guide event. This webinar will provide you with the opportunity to hear from KTN’s experienced Knowledge Transfer Adviser Team who help deliver the KTPs / Management KTPs Programme. The webinar also showcases case studies from businesses and academics who are currently involved in Management KTP projects.

1. www.ktn-uk.org
Management KTP Webinar
Tuesday 27th April 2021

2. Management KTP
Fiona Nightingale
Senior Knowledge Transfer Adviser
KTN

3. Connecting for Positive Change
KTN connects ideas, people and
communities to drive innovation that
changes lives.

4. Knowledge Transfer Adviser (KTA) Support
• A National Network of highly experienced
Advisers with remit to support KTP delivery
• Locally based Expert Support and Advice
throughout the project lifecycle
• Mentoring for KTP Associate
• Interface with other KTN
resources/networks/sector specialists

5. Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)
– a Collaboration for Positive Change
KTP is:
• A three-way partnership that gives you -
• the expertise to advise
• the funding to enable
• and the resource to deliver
transformational positive change
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6. Management KTP

7. Management KTP
Richard Lamb
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
(KTP) Programme Manager
Innovate UK

8. Management KTP
Mark Lynch
Knowledge Transfer Adviser
KTN

9. What does a Management KTP Project look like?
Ambitious SMEs, Transformative projects, driving
strategic change – Mgt practices and processes
Better productivity, boosting business performance,
greater resilience, Post-COVID recovery
Range of Mgt practices: biz functions, top level
leadership, cultural change, upskilling, staff retention
Work just like KTPs, demonstrate commercial returns

10. Alternative business models/business agility
Identifying new opportunities and revenue streams
Entrepreneurial thinking, dev. new products & services
Benchmarking, best practice, data analysis, KPIs
Business scale-up practices/value creation
Organisational/behavioural/cultural change management
Succession/continuity planning/coaching and mentoring
Improving efficiency, business processes and productivity
Reshoring/remote working practices/new supply chains
Executive leadership, strategic thinking and decision making
Business process improvement and professionalisation
Management strands blended into overarching strategy
Strategy must lead to better commercial returns
What business activities do Management KTP cover? Examples:

11. Post-COVID – why now is the right time to get involved in Management KTP?
• Need to Innovate – changes in every sector. Pivot to explore
new biz models (e.g digital), opportunities, processes, skills
• ‘New Normal’ Exec leadership skills, operations, decision
making, strategy
• Remote working, dispersed teams mgt, skills, innovation,
wellbeing
• Refreshed business continuity planning, to aid robustness
• Risk Management, inc. sector lessons learned
• New collaborations, new supply chain models, reshoring
opportunities etc

12. So How Much Does a Management KTP Cost?
• The exact cost depends on the duration of the
project – 24months average.
• Around £120k project budget
• Typically £30-40k p.a, company contribution
• Costs are shared between the business and
BEIS, managed through Innovate UK
• SMEs contribute 30%
• Larger businesses contribute 50% of funding

13. ASSOCIATE ACADEMIC TEAM
NETWORK OF
SUPPORT
• Dedicated employee
focused on project
delivery
• Opportunity to recruit
new talent
• Budget includes
consumables, T&S
and Training
• Half a day per week
academic expertise from a
specialist Knowledge Base
team
• Project management
support
• Access to wider university
resources
• Pre and Post award
support from the
Knowledge Base KTP
Team
• Dedicated KT Adviser
(KTN)
• Membership to a network
of over 850 businesses
across the UK
What does the business get for its money?

14. So How Do I Apply?
• Fledgling idea? Resonate with you? Contact
your local university KTP Office, help from expert
Knowledge Transfer Advisers
• They will help assess whether your project is
appropriate for funding, plus application help
• If successful, following approval, Advisers are on
hand throughout the project, offering help,
guidance and support
• Win-win – benefits for all, through partnership

15. KTP Case Study
Matthew Fletcher
Commercial Director

16. Multiple options for growth

17. Focused direction

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Albion Environmental Ltd
• Established in 2002, Albion’s key business is “providing consultancy
and training solutions for the waste and resource management
industry.”
• Located in Ayr with a team of 12 staff.
• Training – Waste management qualifications, health &
safety courses, bespoke courses and e-learning options.
• Site Services – environmental monitoring, waste
compositional analysis, and permit compliance.
• Consultancy – licence/ permit applications, interim
management, contaminated land assessments
• Three core areas of business:

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Why A Management KTP?
• Difficult size – not sole trader / micro but need to
compete with multi nationals!
• Poor at marketing and business development
• Provide very niche services!
• Business processes had grown and evolved – not
always fit for purpose!
• Technical KTP with Open University!

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Progress so far?
• Heather Beattie started Oct. 2020
• Strength of the academic partnership at UWS
• Launch of SACMyBins app Dec 2020
We are making progress with things we would still be
talking about!
All thanks to KTP and the team at UWS!!

21. Professor David Bamford, PhD
Chair in Operations Management
1824, 36000 students, 4800 staff
Faculties of: Arts & Humanities; Business & Law; Education;
Health Psychology & Social Care; Science & Engineering

22. Engagement with industry – strong track record of this – thought leadership -
‘White Papers’ & ‘Publications’ – Rigour, Relevance, Impact
Attending and
contributing to
workshops and
industry events
Joint funding bids with
Research Councils –
Innovate UK
Commissioned
consultancy
Undergraduate
group projects
Management
KTP
(mKTPs)
Postgraduate projects-
turn dissertations into
academic/white papers
Matched funding
projects

23. Why a Management KTP?:
“Vision without action is a
daydream; action without vision is
a nightmare”
Anon

24. Professor Judy Zolkiewski
Alliance Manchester Business School
The Benefits of KTPs
Contact details: judy.zolkiewski@manchester.ac.uk

25. A Management KTP Journey
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In 2016, IPEC were presented the
Queens Award for International
Trade. IPEC acknowledged the
award was partly gained through
the results of the KTP.
IPEC & AMBS
Management KTP
“From the very beginning the academics
were engaged with IPEC to ensure the aim
of the project addressed our needs. The
academics were extremely active during
the KTP, which enabled IPEC and our KTP
associate to take the theoretical
knowledge and research and apply this to
our market.
Carl Eastham, Business Development Director, IPEC
Limited.

26. What's in it for the Academic?
• Commercial involvement
• Opportunity to apply techniques in real
situations
• Case study material
• Development of a research base
• Opportunity to develop relationships
with business
• Funding is counted towards research
income targets
• Integrating business into the classroom
– Guest speakers
– Practical projects in class using knowledge
from the course
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27. Challenges
• Time consuming to do well (but extremely rewarding)
• It isn’t a research project per se, it is about applying your
research in practice
• Need to speak the same language
• Need to embed the associate in the company (they are not
your research assistant)
• Related papers need careful planning and consideration of
research method

28. Management KTP
Case Study
Andy Mead
Managing Director, Finishing Line
Video recording

29. Contact your local Knowledge Transfer Adviser to
find out more about KTP and Management KTP.
Management KTP resources – www.ktp-uk.org/mktp/
KTP Website - www.ktp-uk.org
Email - ktpenquiries@ktn-uk.org
Twitter - @ktn_ktp
LinkedIn- www.linkedin.com/showcase/ktn-ktp
Thank you for your time