British Technology Group

noun

1. an organization formed in 1981 by the merger of the National Enterprise Board and the National Research and Development Corporation to encourage and finance technological innovation: privatized in 2000 BTG

Example Sentences

In the United Kingdom, the biggest shift came in 1985, when the government eliminated the monopoly that the British Technology Group, a public body, had on commercializing publicly funded innovations — a move that was followed by an increase in academic entrepreneurship.

From Nature

Louise Makin, chief executive of British Technology Group becomes a dame for services to the life sciences industry, and there is a knighthood for Philip Dilley, former chairman of consultants and engineers Arup.

From BBC

Even so, OptaSense, a subsidiary of QinetiQ, a British technology group based in Farnborough, has been able to exploit the effect to build highly sensitive DAS systems.

From Economist

Wellcome, now GlaxoSmithKline, took an early stab at developing the medicine in the 1990s - after acquiring rights via British Technology Group - but gave up.

From Reuters

Scott previously worked for British technology group Psion, was a director of U.S. mobile Web pioneer Openwave and managed the development of the first airline consumer self-booking reservation product at British Airways.

From Reuters