Government and public bodies in the United Kingdom
The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 463 government and public bodies in the United Kingdom.
Government and public bodies set policy, fund programs and run the economic development work that shapes a regional innovation ecosystem.
The largest concentrations are in London (111), Belfast (26) and Edinburgh (20).
The United Kingdom scores 67.4 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 24 of 117 economies.
See the United Kingdom on the IEPA ↗
463 government and public bodies
- Aberdeen City Council
Government or public body · Aberdeen · aberdeencity.gov.uk - Aberdeenshire Council
Government or public body · Aberdeen · aberdeenshire.gov.uk - Adur & Worthing Councils
Government or public body · Worthing · adur-worthing.gov.uk - Advanced Research + Invention Agency
Government or public body · London · aria.org.uk - Advantage West Midlands
Government or public body · Epworth · advantagewm.co.uk - Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Government or public body · Kenilworth · ahdb.org.uk - Animal and Plant Health Agency
Government or public body · Addlestone · gov.uk - Arts and Humanities Research Council
Government or public body · Swindon · ukri.org - Arts Council England
Government or public body · London · artscouncil.org.uk - Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Government or public body · Lisburn · artscouncil-ni.org - Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport
Government or public body · Chelmsford · adeptnet.org.uk - Automotive Council UK
Government or public body · London · automotivecouncil.co.uk - Avon and Somerset Police Authority
Government or public body · Portishead · avonandsomerset-pcc.gov.uk - Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority
Government or public body · Brecon · bannaubrycheiniog.org - Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Government or public body · Barnsley · barnsley.gov.uk - Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Government or public body · Basingstoke · basingstoke.gov.uk - Bath and North East Somerset Council
Government or public body · Bath · bathnes.gov.uk - Belfast City Council
Government or public body · Belfast · belfastcity.gov.uk - Bicester Town Council
Government or public body · Bicester · bicester.gov.uk - BioFAIR
Government or public body · Norwich · biofair.uk - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Government or public body · Swindon · ukri.org - Birmingham City Council
Government or public body · Birmingham · birmingham.gov.uk - Blackpool Council
Government or public body · Blackpool · blackpool.gov.uk - Bracknell Forest Council
Government or public body · Bracknell · bracknell-forest.gov.uk - Brighton and Hove City Council
Government or public body · Hove · brighton-hove.gov.uk - Bristol City Council
Government or public body · Bristol · bristol.gov.uk - British Antarctic Survey
Government or public body · Cambridge · bas.ac.uk - British Board of Agrément
Government or public body · Watford · bbacerts.co.uk - British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association
Government or public body · Bath · thebbsa.co.uk - British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom)
Government or public body · London · bbc.com - British Business Bank
Government or public body · british-business-bank.co.uk - British Geological Survey
Government or public body · Nottingham · bgs.ac.uk - British Poultry Council
Government or public body · London · britishpoultry.org.uk - British Transport Police
Government or public body · London · btp.police.uk - Buckinghamshire Council
Government or public body · Aylesbury · buckinghamshire.gov.uk - Buckinghamshire Enterprise Zone
Government or public body · Aylesbury · bucksez.co.uk - Business Wales
Government or public body · businesswales.gov.wales - Cabinet Office
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Cambridge City Council
Government or public body · Cambridge · cambridge.gov.uk - Cambridgeshire County Council
Government or public body · Cambridge · cambridgeshire.gov.uk - Canterbury City Council
Government or public body · Canterbury · canterbury.gov.uk - Capital Enterprise Network
Government or public body · London · capitalenterprise.org - Cardiff Council
Government or public body · Cardiff · cardiff.gov.uk - Carmarthenshire County Council
Government or public body · Carmarthen · carmarthenshire.gov.wales - Celtic Freeport
Government or public body · celticfreeport.co.uk - Centre for Applied Science and Technology
Government or public body · Closed · London · gov.uk - Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
Government or public body · Harwell · ceda.ac.uk - Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
Government or public body · Dormant · Belfast · cpni.gov.uk - Charity Commission for England and Wales
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Cherwell District Council
Government or public body · Banbury · cherwell.gov.uk - Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
Government or public body · Chester · cheshirearchives.org.uk - Cheshire West and Chester
Government or public body · Chester · cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk - Chief Scientist Office
Government or public body · Edinburgh · cso.scot.nhs.uk - China-Britain Business Council
Government or public body · London · cbbc.org - City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Government or public body · Bradford · bradford.gov.uk - City of Edinburgh Council
Government or public body · Edinburgh · edinburgh.gov.uk - City of York Council
Government or public body · York · york.gov.uk - Civil Aviation Authority
Government or public body · London · caa.co.uk - Civil Service
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Clinical Practice Research Datalink
Government or public body · London · cprd.com - Committee on Climate Change
Government or public body · London · theccc.org.uk - Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Commonwealth Foundation
Government or public body · London · commonwealthfoundation.com - Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Government or public body · London · cscuk.dfid.gov.uk - Commonwealth Secretariat
Government or public body · London · thecommonwealth.org - Connected Places Catapult
Government or public body · London · cp.catapult.org.uk - Construction Industry Council
Government or public body · London · cic.org.uk - Consumer Council for Water
Government or public body · Birmingham · ccwater.org.uk - Cornwall Council
Government or public body · Truro · cornwall.gov.uk - Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
Government or public body · Closed · Chilton Foliat · gov.uk - Coventry City Council
Government or public body · Coventry · coventry.gov.uk - Crawley Borough Council
Government or public body · Crawley · crawley.gov.uk - Creative Scotland
Government or public body · Edinburgh · creativescotland.com - Creative Wales
Government or public body · creative.wales - Crofting Commission
Government or public body · Inverness · crofting.scotland.gov.uk - Cwmpas
Government or public body · cwmpas.coop - Defence and Security Accelerator
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Defence Equipment and Support
Government or public body · Bristol · gov.uk - Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
Government or public body · Salisbury · gov.uk - Department for Business and Trade
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Government or public body · Dormant · London · gov.uk - Department for Communities
Government or public body · Belfast · communities-ni.gov.uk - Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department for Education
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department for Employment and Learning
Government or public body · Belfast · delni.gov.uk - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department for Exiting the European Union
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department for Infrastructure
Government or public body · Belfast · infrastructure-ni.gov.uk - Department for International Development
Government or public body · Dormant · London · gov.uk - Department for International Trade
Government or public body · Dormant · London · gov.uk - Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department for the Economy
Government or public body · Belfast · economy-ni.gov.uk - Department for Transport
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department for Work and Pensions
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Government or public body · Belfast · dardni.gov.uk - Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland
Government or public body · Belfast · daera-ni.gov.uk - Department of Education
Government or public body · Bangor · deni.gov.uk - Department of Finance
Government or public body · Belfast · finance-ni.gov.uk - Department of Health and Social Care
Government or public body · London · gov.uk - Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety
Government or public body · Belfast · dhsspsni.gov.uk - Department of Justice
Government or public body · Belfast · justice-ni.gov.uk - Department of the Environment
Government or public body · Belfast · doeni.gov.uk - Derby City Council
Government or public body · Derby · derby.gov.uk - Derbyshire County Council
Government or public body · Matlock · derbyshire.gov.uk - Derry City Council
Government or public body · Londonderry · derrystrabane.com - Design Council
Government or public body · London · designcouncil.org.uk - Deutsches Historisches Institut London
Government or public body · London · ghil.ac.uk - Devon County Council
Government or public body · Exeter · devon.gov.uk - Doncaster Council
Government or public body · Doncaster · doncaster.gov.uk - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Government or public body · Swansea · gov.uk - Dundee City Council
Government or public body · Dundee · dundeecity.gov.uk - Dyfed-Powys Police
Government or public body · Carmarthen · dyfed-powys.police.uk - East Ayrshire Council
Government or public body · Kilmarnock · east-ayrshire.gov.uk - East Belfast Community Development Agency
Government or public body · Belfast · ebcda.org - East Midlands Development Agency
Government or public body · Dormant · Nottingham · gov.uk - East Renfrewshire Council
Government or public body · Giffnock · eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk - East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Government or public body · Beverley · eastriding.gov.uk - East Suffolk Council
Government or public body · Woodbridge · eastsuffolk.gov.uk
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Cities
- Government and public bodies in London 111
- Government and public bodies in Belfast 26
- Government and public bodies in Edinburgh 20
- Government and public bodies in Swindon 12
- Government and public bodies in Bristol 9
- Government and public bodies in Oxford 9
- Government and public bodies in Manchester 8
- Government and public bodies in Leicester 7
- Government and public bodies in Glasgow 6
- Government and public bodies in Leeds 6
- Government and public bodies in Nottingham 6
- Government and public bodies in Southampton 6
- Government and public bodies in Aberdeen 5
- Government and public bodies in Birmingham 5
- Government and public bodies in Cambridge 5
- Government and public bodies in Inverness 5
- Government and public bodies in Reading 5
- Government and public bodies in Aylesbury 4
- Government and public bodies in Cardiff 4
- Government and public bodies in Exeter 4
- Government and public bodies in Maidstone 4
- Government and public bodies in Portsmouth 4
- Government and public bodies in Guildford 3
- Government and public bodies in Lisburn 3
- Government and public bodies in Liverpool 3
- Government and public bodies in Norwich 3
- Government and public bodies in Swansea 3