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Another Innovate client braves the Dragons' Den

22 September 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
Another Innovate client braves the Dragons' Den Wendy Thomson (inventor of the Health Swing) is another brave inventor who approached Dragons’ Den for investment, as seen on television last week. The Health Swing is a swing for exercising the whole body in a progressive non-weight bearing exercise regime. It can be used for many purposes [...]

Dragons' Den success for Innovate client BoginaBag!

30 August 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
Dragons' Den success for Innovate client BoginaBag! There was success in the Dragons' Den this week for one of Innovate's clients Kate Castle with her ingenious solution for those caught short on the move. Kate secured an investment of £50,000 for a 30% stake of her business from retail sector expert Theo Paphitis. After a [...]

How to protect your great idea

25 July 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
How to protect your great idea Intellectual Property Rights: How to protect your great idea - video clip from the BBC website. Take a look at this video clip from the BBC on why it is so important to keep your idea confidential and to protect it properly with a patent or other form of [...]

Investment in UK businesses, protected by IP, worth £65 billion

25 July 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
Investment in UK businesses, protected by IP, worth £65 billion Investment in UK businesses, protected by intellectual property rights, is worth £65 billion per year. Article from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills website Reports published today show that investments made by businesses in products and services that are protected by intellectual property rights [...]

Competition for kids!

25 July 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
Competition for kids! Good sports needed for the 2011 - 2012 Cracking Ideas competition! From the Intellectual Property Office Are you an innovator aged between 4 and 16 bursting with Cracking Ideas? Are you a footie fanatic or a gymnastics junkie? Do you go nuts for netball, ditzy for dance or potty for ping-pong? Whether [...]

New winner of The Apprentice - Tom Pellereau quote

19 July 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
New winner of The Apprentice - Tom Pellereau quote An insightful quote from the 2011 winner of The Apprentice, Tom Pellereau: "My first invention, the nail file, coming up with the idea took 10 minutes. Getting something to market, licensing it, getting it to Boots took about a year and a half." Contact Innovate Product [...]

New Dive Flare Launches

28 June 2011 by | Comments are off for this post
New Dive Flare Launches Diver Flare - www.diverflare.com from client Rex Hargrave has just launched! This is a fantastic life saving product and an absolute must for all divers. The flare comes in a watertight casing so that you are able to dive with it, it has been tested up to 40m. Upon an emergency [...]

South Wilts Grammar Girls Spend Day with Innovate

23 June 2011 by | Comments are off for this post

South Wilts Grammar Girls Spend Day with Innovate Five Year 9 students from South Wilts Grammar School spent the day recently at Innovate Product Design as part of the “Working with Industry” programme which the school runs annually. The girls visited Innovate’s Salisbury Studio in Endless Street a couple of week's ago where they were […]