Category: Create, Innovate & Protect
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Find support for inventors
Every year thousands of people think they may have invented a unique product or component. But there’s a lot of work to do before they can exploit it commercially – from checking that the invention is original and safe, to building a prototype. There’s a wide range of support available to individual inventors and small…
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Support networks and facilities for innovation and R&D
Business success is often driven by innovation. In the UK a wide range of initiatives are available to help small businesses make the most of their research and development programmes. Schemes and networks supported by the government offer businesses access to expert advice from specialist organisations as well as other businesses. These include Chambers of…
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Research and Development (R&D) Relief for Corporation Tax
R&D Relief is a Corporation Tax relief that may reduce your company or organisation’s tax bill. Alternatively, if your company or organisation is small or medium-sized, you may be able to choose to receive a tax credit instead, by way of a cash sum paid by HM Revenue & Customs. But your company or organisation…
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Branding: the basics
The terms ‘brand’ and ‘branding’ can be integral to a business’ success – but what exactly do they mean? Does your business have a brand, and does it need one? Branding gets right to the core of your business’ values. It is about discovering and communicating the essence of your business and what it delivers to…
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Manufacturing innovation
Businesses and retail customers have an ever-increasing range of products to choose from, so manufacturing businesses face constant competition in order to retain or increase their market share. Manufacturers therefore need to be flexible and to consider new ways of working as well as new technologies that will allow them to respond rapidly and cost-effectively to customer…
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Importance of knowledge management to a growing business
All businesses have access to an extensive pool of knowledge – whether this is their understanding of customers’ needs and the business environment or the skills and experience of staff. The way a business gathers, shares and exploits this knowledge can be central to its ability to develop successfully. This doesn’t just apply to huge…
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Work with UK universities and colleges
The commercial exploitation of new ideas is vital to the survival and prosperity of British businesses. If you can get new products to the market faster than your rivals, you will become more competitive. Academic research can often help businesses develop new ideas or enhance existing ones. One way that businesses can develop new ideas…