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Innovate Client Starts Kickstarter Campaign

17 January 2014 by | Comments are off for this post
Innovate Client Starts Kickstarter Campaign Innovate client ‘Wag N Go’ has recently started a Kickstarter campaign in a bid to launch their latest product. Coming with just an idea and a few sketches, Innovate assisted Wag N Go with the initial design and development of the product. Now, 6 months on the product has evolved [...]

Dragons' Den: Theo's Out, But Who's In?

12 February 2013 by | Comments are off for this post

Late last week, the surprise news was revealed by Theo Paphitis that he would be leaving Dragons’ Den to focus on his retail business interests. Theo, who has appeared in the last nine series of the hit BBC show, revealed via Twitter that he would not be renewing his contract by saying: ‘Tough decision to take but for the final time “I Am Out!”’ with a link to a formal press release. Theo became the second Dragon in a year, after Hilary Devey to announce that they were cutting ties with the Den meaning that there are two seats available. The question is, who is going the fill them?

2012: A Review of the Year’s Best Innovations

3 January 2013 by | Comments are off for this post
2012: A Review of the Year’s Best Innovations 2012 was a fantastic year for many reasons – from the undoubted success of the Olympic Games in London, to the celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, through to Felix Baumgartner completing the highest ever skydive, jumping from an estimated height of 23.4 miles! However, here at [...]

The Moderator in the Daily Mail

16 October 2012 by | Comments are off for this post
The Moderator in the Daily Mail The ring that helps you break bad habits (by binding your fingers together) Emma Justice - Daily Mail ‘If all else fails, you can bind your fingers together,’ said a friend, trying to encourage me to give up my ten-a-day smoking habit. Well, all else did fail and I’m [...]

Innovate invited to assess student product presentations

19 May 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
Innovate invited to assess student product presentations Last week, Innovate Product Design was pleased to be invited to assess the product presentations of some of Bournemouth and Poole College’s Marketing Foundation Degree (FdA) students. This course is delivered by Bournemouth and Poole College and forms part of Bournemouth University’s Media School. Innovate’s experience in assisting [...]

Venture Candy competition for innovation

10 May 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
Venture Candy competition for innovation Venture Candy Competition - Deadline 20th May. Brought to you by London's Metro newspaper and now in its second year, Venture Candy supports enterprise and innovation, transforming budding businesses into big brands. The public gets to call the shots, voting for the people and the products they want to see [...]

£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 [...]