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The bank of IP

IP Bank, lodge your IP knowing its protected but get input from others that might help turn the idea into a business.
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Creative Industries KTN featured on BBC Radio Manchester

While we were in Manchester this week we were invited to take part in BBC Radio Manchester’s weekly business programme. Manchester has a great history as a business and industrial centre but more importantly it has some really exciting developments going on at present and is recognized globally as leading city for creative businesses. So we were [...]
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The Internet fabulous and 40

I’m sure the 40th birthday of the Internet has not passed you by – did you send a card? So what does the next 40 years hold for it and can an understanding of how this modern marvel was created help us master innovation more broadly? That was the question posed at the Innovation forum [...]
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Knowledge Transfer as a driver for creative industries

Knowledge Transfer has its roots in the science and engineering sectors with new technologies, often developed in academic institutions, being transferred to industry and commercialised. This same process can be the driver of innovation for the creative industries but there is a challenge to increase engagement by creative businesses in the KT processes. This is at [...]
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What feeds your creativity

Are you creative? Have you had your cappuccino and gourmet sandwich today? Speaking at Innovate 09 Lord Mandelson said as a nation we need to get past the idea that innovation comes from a “cappuccino drinking creative class.” He told the audience that innovation was something that everyone needed to take a stake in. It was [...]
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