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Connect Yorkshire Newsletter
09/06/2010May 2010 Latest News
Liquid Accouts Attracts £770k Investment
Conect Yorkshire is delighted that recent investmnet forum presenter Liquid Accounts, specialists n on-line accounting systems has secured equity investment of £770k. The
Free Publicity
09/06/2010Leeds Innovation Centre are proud to be members of UKSPA (United Kingdom Science Park Association)
Innovation Into Success is a quarterly periodical distributed to wide business audience. If you have an interesting article that you feel is worthy of publication, please let us have the main story points. We will then put you in touch with someone who can assist with writing & publishing the article for you!
UKSPA - Budget Statement
06/04/2010Budget Statement
In his Budget Statement on 24 March, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said:
- Having come through this global recession, this Budget will set out a route for the county to long-term prosperity.
- At its heart is a £2.5bn one-off growth package - to help small business, promote innovation, invest in national infrastructure and key skills.
- From advanced manufacturing to pharmaceuticals, from digital communications to creative arts - it is the ideas that drive
Advice on Investment Opportunities
06/04/2010Finance Yorkshire has advised 1,100 of the region's business leaders on how to access the new £90m venture capital and loan fund. Starting April 2010, the fund will provide small to medium businesses with seedcorn, loan and equity-linked investments. Yorkshire Forward delegates and Finance Yorkshire fund managers hosted launches in Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, York, Scarborough and Skipton and advised on the potential investment opportunities ranging from £15,000 to £2m. The project is supported financially by the European Union and attracted £30m investment from the European Reg
Investment Readiness Workshops
06/04/2010Has your company got high growth potential?
Are you looking for funding?
If so, then this series of investment readiness workshops is for you.
They are designed to help you to address the important question: 'What is an investor looking for and how can I give myself the best chance
Dragons Den Series 8
06/04/2010Entrepreneurs from across the country once again have a chance to make their business dreams come true by appearing on Dragons’ Den. If you’re genuinely seeking investment for your business idea or invention, we’d like to hear from yo
Diamond Microwave Devices clsoes £1.3m commercialisation round
14/12/2009Diamond Microwave Devices (DMD), a spin out from the diamond electronics team in Element Six Technologies (E6), has closed a £1.3m equity investment from a consortium consisting of Oxford Technology Management, YFM via the Partnership Investment Fund, The ERA Foundation and two private investors.
During the course of 2009, DMD has made various performance breakthroughs in its diamond-based transistor technology and this investment round will be used to develop and build power amplifier modules for customer trialling during 2010. The DMD diamond transistor technology will en
How would YOU spend an Innovation Voucher?
30/10/2009What are ‘Innovation Vouchers’?
The Innovation Vouchers Scheme makes it possible for SMEs in our region to win vouchers worth £3,000. The vouchers can be ‘spent’ at Yorkshire's universities and other academic institutions, purchasing knowledge and expertise which will help the businesses to innovate, compete and succeed.
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Leeds Innovation Centre receives an ict active Accreditation
24/08/2009On Monday 24th August 2009 Leeds Innovation Centre received an accreditation from ict active. We are ict active Excellent which applies to Part Fitted premises which, in addition to complying with all the requirements for a part fitted building, it also meets some of the infrastructure requirements of a ready to occupy building. In particular, the Excellent level indicates the availability of electrical supply and telecommunications cabling in the office space as well as to the building.&l
Professor's honour Down Under
30/04/2009A Director of the Leeds Innovation Centre has been elected a fellow of the prestigious Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in Melbourne. Professor Richard Williams, also pro-vice chancellor for enterprise, knowledge transfer and international strategy at the University of Leeds, is one of just two non-Australians included in the 32 new fellows elected at the academy. He said "Science and Engineering is a key strategic enabler of the growing Australian economy and education system and I am appreciative of the opportunity to be a fellow of this leading
Introducing the UKSPA Best Practice Guide to Getting the Most out of your Intellectual Property.
30/04/2009Awareness of intellectual property rights and how to protect and manage them is still patchy, particularly in the SME sector. Many businesses do not have a clear strategy to protect their innovation and have a poor or incomplete understanding of how registrable rights such as patents, designs and trademarks, and other IP rights such as copy right, know-how and trade secrets can interplay to create comprehensive protection in the UK and internationally. Failure to obtain appropriate IP protection can hamper business development and restrict funding opportunities.
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