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£50,000 worth of business support to be won in start-up pitching competition.

3 May 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
£50,000 worth of business support to be won in start-up pitching competition. The IPO and the Pitch 2011 have joined forces in the small business pitching competition. Now in its fourth year the Pitch offers entrepreneurs from around Britain the opportunity to pitch their business to a panel of expert judges and a live audience [...]

Grant funding for small enterprises

26 April 2011 by | Comments are off for this post

Grant funding for small enterprises A new Technology Strategy Board scheme is offering funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to engage in R&D projects in the strategically important areas of science, engineering and technology, from which successful new products, processes and services could emerge.

Start Up Britain: Is help at hand for entrepreneurs in the UK?

31 March 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
Start Up Britain: Is help at hand for entrepreneurs in the UK? This week saw the launch of the government’s “Start Up Britain” campaign. This initiative, designed to stimulate interest in British industry and promote entrepreneurship has been met with a mixed reception.  Touted by PM David Cameron as “helping Britain’s future entrepreneurial talent by [...]

Client news: Recyclable greetings cards a success on BBC Radio

31 January 2011 by | Comments are off for this post

Client news: Recyclable greetings cards a success on BBC Radio Conserve Cards is an idea for an eco-friendly greetings card that can be used up to 4 times. The inventor, Steven Dewhurst has featured in interviews on both  BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio Merseyside in the last two weeks, taking his sales and enquiries […]

Quadcrate reaches final for another award

29 March 2010 by | Comments are off for this post
Quadcrate reaches final for another award Allingham Quadcrates, an Innovate client,  has reached the final of the JFC Innovation Awards which was set up by John Francis Concannon with the help of the Farmers Journal, DARD, and Teagasc, for people who bring Ideas to reality. "Winning this award would be a great achievement for the [...]