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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 [...]

Someone else may be developing your idea - Find out what you can do

27 September 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Simultaneous invention, also known as multiple discovery theory, is the concept that many inventors create the same invention, at the same time, independently of each other. Read on to find out what it might mean for your idea. Famous examples Calculus Let's start with calculus. Isaac Newton (the guy who discovered gravity supposedly when an [...]

5 unlikely products and how they made it big

26 July 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
1. Dryrobe First up, we have a large poncho with absorbent towel material on the inside and a waterproof coat material on the outside. You don't see many people wearing ponchos in public so maybe its worn inside? You use a towel to dry yourself after a shower, but this poncho has a waterproof outer [...]

Innovate Design News Search Double crowdfunding launch for new inventions!

14 May 2021 by | Comments are off for this post
We are all so excited here at Innovate, because today (Friday 14th April) not one, but TWO of our clients are launching their crowdfunding campaigns for their brand new products. We have two very different products being showcased and we love them both. To remind you, Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture [...]

Teen entrepreneur launches fashion app

13 May 2021 by | Comments are off for this post
Teen entrepreneur Rebecca Mabbett created and launched her brand new app, R Reflections, and started a subsequent company in the same name, all before turning 20. R Reflections is a virtual fitting room app that gives users personalisation to enable individuals to identify if clothes suit them, their body shape and skin tone. Since the [...]

Client's mask 'Facelet' hailed as "Best face-covering"

30 November 2020 by | Comments are off for this post

When the pandemic hit the UK and we all went into lockdown, we knew we had to do something to help. Innovate launched an initiative to give priority to new Covid-related ideas which were already flooding in. We had a great response from this, and within that group of inventors was Jo Pole with her […]

What prototype is best for me?

24 June 2020 by | Comments are off for this post

The words 'invention' and 'prototype' go hand in hand. You won't find an inventor in the world that hasn't considered a prototype to be of the utmost importance in the process. When you think of a prototype, you might picture a garage covered in sawdust, a lab with test tubes and goggles or you might […]

Exciting new contacts in Africa

4 February 2020 by | Comments are off for this post

Last month our textiles designer, Olivia, visited the Ghanaian embassy during their Garments and Textiles trade event. The event was to strengthen the ever-growing links between Ghana and the British government when it comes to trade, specifically in the apparel industry. Olivia saw this as a perfect opportunity to network with industry experts in order […]