18 October 2022
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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 [...]
11 October 2022
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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 [...]
9 August 2022
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4 key benefits of rewards-based crowdfunding In our previous article, we discussed 5 unlikely product successes. One of them was a potato salad that raised $55,000 through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Lots of people have been asking for more information on this type of crowdfunding so we created this as a follow-up article, get in [...]
26 July 2022
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5 unlikely products and how they made it big 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 [...]
1 June 2022
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Small but mighty – Iceland, Leader in Sustainable technologies As part of the Innovation Module of my MBA, we took a class trip to Iceland – and no, it wasn’t just a holiday. The aim of the trip was to understand why Iceland was becoming such a key player in the Innovation industry, and in [...]
3 May 2022
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Garden Product Trends 2022 As the weather improves, it's a great time to get outside and immerse yourself in the world of gardening. The Horticultural Trades Association, says that out of the 3 million new gardeners who emerged during lockdown, 2.3 million of them have continued their hobby into this year. With the ever-growing gardening [...]
29 April 2022
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Holiday product ideas ready for take off 2022 Holiday Trends Many travel experts have predicted that travelling will increase this year as restrictions ease and places go back to being open as normal in the UK. One trend that has been listed for this year is more personal development retreats. After lockdown, many will use [...]
26 April 2022
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Happy world IP day! To celebrate world IP day, we wanted to reflect on some of our client's success on getting their patent's granted. Dawn Taaffe - Owner of Esme Amore tights Innovate Design was the very first company I felt confident to approach to help me initially create concept design boards. I felt that [...]
30 March 2022
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Companies and governments around the globe are racing to invest in innovative technologies Solutions to address energy security and climate change have never been more important. Companies and governments around the globe are racing to invest in exciting, innovative technologies to produce energy, or use it more efficiently. Some of the ideas already in development [...]
19 January 2022
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The Apprentice: Meet the designers What was your role in the show? Olivia: “I was the app designer for the boy’s team- I put together the game mechanism, artwork assets, styling and interruption screens based on the boy’s requests.” Isaac: “I was on the design team modelling up the toothbrush design in 3D CAD and [...]
