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Opportunity - Aldi is looking for new UK food and drink products to sell

18 October 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Aldi plans to spend an extra £3.5 billion a year with British businesses To help find them, Aldi is launching a new competition called Aldi's Next Big Thing on Chanel 4 which will see 36 small businesses compete to win a place in Aldi's Specialbuys and gain massive exposure in the process. The show will [...]

Product ideas wanted in the UK

11 October 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Thinking about developing a new product idea? Well if you are based in the UK, you are in the right place. According to the 2022 Global Innovation Index, the UK ranks fourth in the world for Innovation, behind Switzerland, the US and Sweden. In terms of Scientific and Technological intensity, Cambridge was joint first globally [...]

DIP 2022 winner announced

20 July 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
This year, Innovate again sponsored the Design Innovation in Plastics award. This award was set up to encourage plastic design innovation and best practices in the product designers of the future. Other main sponsors included: The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, focused on promoting all aspects of the fields of materials, minerals and mining. The [...]

I have an invention idea, now what should I do?

6 May 2020 by | Comments are off for this post
Do you have a new invention idea? If you are looking for invention idea help, it's all here in one place. Here we will cover registering or protecting, designing and selling your new invention idea. At Innovate Design, we have over 15 years experience of helping inventors taking their new ideas to market in the [...]

Everything you need to know about a World Wide Patent Search

6 December 2019 by | Comments are off for this post

If you're thinking about a patent search, you've come to the right place. You will most likely be at the beginning of your journey to developing and protecting your idea - and slightly confused? Here is where we swoop in and give you the honest and clear facts about world wide patent searching. We sat […]

10 inventions you can buy to save the planet

17 May 2019 by | Comments are off for this post

We have got to a point in time where we all know what we should be doing: being more environmentally conscious. Whether that’s cutting out single use plastic, reducing our carbon footprint or helping our animal friends in the rainforests. We need to be swapping things out and changing our habits. There are so many […]

Get to know us: Harry

4 April 2019 by | Comments are off for this post

This is Harry. He is one of our fantastic and talented designers at our Salisbury studio. We fired some quick questions at him so you can get to know him, and Innovate, a bit better.. How long have you been at Innovate?Well I’m still a bit of a baby at Innovate – I’ve been here for just over 9 months. […]

Why plastic is bound to stick around

27 February 2019 by | Comments are off for this post
By Ashleigh Woodvine - Innovate research department   During a recent patent search I stumbled upon a document relating to a reverse vending machine for plastic bottles. Although the date of the application was relatively new, it soon became apparent that the general concept is a well-established one. Unlike some other European countries, the UK [...]