Innovation and R&D
Create, collaborate and compete in new markets
Harnessing the innovative potential locked in your business and learning how to innovate through new creative skills, know-how and use of design and technology can give your business the edge over the competition. Whether you are thinking about developing a new technology in order to enter new markets, tackling a declining market, addressing ageing products or services or are looking to innovate in other ways, our partners can provide the support, facilities and expertise you need.
Services
Environmental Efficiency Support
Internationally recognised support for businesses of all sizes and sectors, helping to reduce operational costs and boost profitability, by using energy, water and materials more efficiently.
Green Intelligence
Our partners at ENWORKS provide a free, fortnightly e-bulletin of green business news and information, tailored for North West businesses.
European Collaborative R & D
Support for businesses in the process of identifying, applying for and managing collaborative research projects.
Managing Innovation
Our 'managing innovation' service helps businesses evaluate their current approach to innovation, and identify and prioritise actions that will help them start innovating for sustainable growth.
Licensing IP in and out for SME growth
Licensing support is available to a whole range of companies across many key technologies and markets.
Open Innovation for SME Growth
Open Innovation encourages and enables businesses to drive innovation and to develop new products by collaborating with external organisations such as universities, other businesses and inventors.
IP Valuation
This online valuation tool is an inexpensive way for organisations to determine what their Intellectual Property and intangible assets are worth, and facilitates their use for fundraising, licensing, sale and collaboration.
Patent Library Information and Support Services
Information and support for entrepreneurs and innovators who are looking to protect intellectual property and put a value on ideas.
IP Net Free Technology Marketing Platform
IP Net is the only free web service of its kind that allows technology professionals to market their IP or to seek out new innovations.
The Knowledge Vine
The Knowledge Vine is an email based knowledge network that enables business to easily find knowledge, contacts or expertise to help them.
Excellence in Innovation
Our Excellence in Innovation support provides a framework for businesses to measure their organisational capability and maturity, assess their level of innovation development, and build innovation capacity.
Leading Innovation, Inspiring Creativity
Our Leading Innovation, Inspiring Creativity support provides thought provoking interaction enabling your business to explores how to maximise, support and accelerate your creative resources.
R&D Tax Relief Support
Specialist tax workshops to enable Hub clients to understand how to harness R&D tax incentives and prepare for making claims your company may be entitled to.