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Job is ‘crucial role’ in UK R&D plans, says science minister
The High Value Manufacturing Catapult is seeking a new chief executive as it gets ready to play a major role in government plans to boost R&D spending.
The catapult has seven industrial innovation centres across the UK looking at issues such as robotics, biotechnology and nuclear engineering. It is one of nine such catapults, a network the government is looking to strengthen.