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Funding Opportunity - Fashion and Textile products

22 November 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Funding Opportunity - Fashion and Textile products Mango is investing £ 2.5 million in fashion start-ups A few months ago Mango announced it is creating a £2.5 million fashion start-up accelerator fund to help up to 50 companies develop their fashion businesses. For those who don't know, an accelerator typically helps early-stage companies which have [...]

Licensing an Invention

28 October 2022 by | Comments are off for this post
Licensing an Invention - the unknown way of commercialising an idea When we think of commercialising an invention, we often forget about licensing, however, it requires less capital investment and therefore you take less risks. Licensed products are all around us. You will have heard of licensing in the music industry or for large brands [...]

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 [...]

Prioritising projects that protect from Covid-19

8 April 2020 by | Comments are off for this post
Prioritising projects that protect from Covid-19 Innovate have taken urgent steps to prioritise and expedite all projects in relation to Coronavirus Covid-19. Prioritise - Bring forward the start date to work on the project immediately Expedite - Aim to get patent pending within 3 days and fast track prototypes This scheme has been devised to ensure important [...]

Innovate client slays in the Dragon's Den.

9 September 2019 by | Comments are off for this post
Innovate client slays in the Dragon's Den. Did you watch last night's episode of Dragon's Den? Here at Innovate, we all did. We knew that our fantastic client Teirnan Mccorkell was going to feature with his great product, pipeEASY. The unassuming and some-what nervous Teirnan clearly charmed the Dragon's, as we knew he would, with [...]

Cuff-Clip-Bag™ – to keep your belonging safe on the beach

7 November 2014 by | Comments are off for this post
Cuff-Clip-Bag™ – to keep your belonging safe on the beach Congratulation to Innovate clients, Jacqueline & Sue, for launching their new product: Cuff-Clip-Bag™ Cuff-Clip-Bag™ is anti-theft slash resistant beach, travel bags and rucksacks for both men and women. The bag attaches to a secure object- such as a sun-bed or an armchair via a slash [...]

InventionCalculator™ In The Media

7 April 2014 by | Comments are off for this post
InventionCalculator™ In The Media Innovate's InventionCalculator™ app has been featured in 'The Mail On Sunday' and on the 'Mail Online' website. Launched in the UK in early March 2014 the InventionCalculator™ has been received very well by the Inventor and Entrepreneurial communities, with over two thousand downloads to date. The InventionCalculator™ is a first-of-its-kind educational [...]

Innovate on BBC Radio Wiltshire

22 August 2013 by | Comments are off for this post
Innovate on BBC Radio Wiltshire   On the 8th August, Innovate Client Manager Dan Grosvenor, was interviewed by BBC Radio Wiltshire on the design merits of the iconic lava lamp - celebrating its 50th anniversary. Dan discusses what attributes can make something an iconic design. BBC Radio Wiltshire interview clip But goals from Arda Turan [...]

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?

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 [...]