The Future of Retail Challenge – Startup Competition By Venturespring
Time to get you thinking caps on startups – Devise a new innovative idea for the retail industry using IBM Bluemix™ and win the opportunity to access up to £750,000 worth of investment. Powered by Venturespring, the international venture development studio, in association with IBM, Argos and the Unilever Foundry. The startup community are invited to […]
New FinTech Accelerator Launched By Bank of England
Bank of England launches new FinTech Accelerator – Partnering with startups to harness FinTech innovations for central banking. The accelerator aims to develop new technologies to support the banking sector with chosen firms given the opportunity to test their products in a live environment. Areas of interest includes: Structuring and analysing large data sets and data gained in regulatory reporting; […]
Innovate UK: New Funding Programme To Fast-track UK Innovation
Innovate UK to invest up to £15 million in cutting-edge research and development projects in any technology area. The open competition targets a whole range of technology, engineering and industrial areas. Businesses of any size can apply and ideas can come from any area, including four sector areas of: – Manufacturing and materials; Emerging and enabling technologies; Health […]
National Innovation Plan: Call for ideas
Invitation to share your ideas on how the UK can drive forward its innovation policy to keep Britain in the forefront of cutting-edge ideas. The request, by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), is prompted by the nature of innovation in helping us to address our biggest societal and economic challenges such as energy supply, food security and […]
PWC – Great Innovation Challenge 2016
Opportunity to reveal your innovative business at the Great Innovation Challenge 2016. PricewaterhouseCoopers UK, in partnership with the GREAT Britain campaign, are looking to showcase the best of British innovation at the International Festival for Business 2016. Entrepreneurs and firms, of all sizes, are invited to present their business’s creativity demonstrating British innovation – This can either be a new product or […]
Lean Startup Summit London
Are you a startup company looking to meet face to face with investors and get advice – Attend the Lean Startup Summit. Lean Startup Summit is the first international event bringing Europe’s finest tech startups and investors together to discuss support for continuous innovation and sustainable growth using the Lean Startup methodology. The three day event, organised […]
Tio – Peter Spence (Co-Founder)
Peter Spence’s Tio device challenges the next generation of inventors with a new creative way of helping children learn and play at the same time. The Tio kit can quickly build app-controlled toys and inventions with everyday objects and materials – It uses a free iOS/Android app to communicate wirelessly with the invention. Peter’s childhood […]
Intellectual Property Protection – Watch animated short video
So many creative inventions popping up ever so often and mostly ending up on a lot of crowdfunding platforms – But how do you protect your idea once it goes live. Getting the right type of intellectual property protection helps you stop others from stealing or even copying your invention, designs or what you produce. […]
How To Conquer Your Fear Of Public Speaking
Entrepreneurs looking for investors will need to sharpen their public speaking skills – It is natural to fear situations where your innovative idea will be judged. The thought of speaking in public can make you nervous and your product pitching less effective even before you hit the stage. You need to learn how to sell your […]
Innovate UK Offering £30,000 for Digital Ideas In The Sharing Economy
Innovate UK are offering £30,000 to 6 businesses each to develop digital ideas to help people to share their assets and skills. The funding competition is looking to encourage innovation in the sharing economy, which uses online technology to help people share assets, resources, time and skills. The themes for the competition are: – Trust | Tourism and Travel | […]