Business As Usual at the BIC
“Business As Usual at the BIC – we can offer advice by telephone and we can still process any grant applications electronically. You can still ring us on 01782 333798 or e-mail us on enquiries@thebic.co.uk or contact our staff individually. We are also on Linked In, on Twitter @staffsBIC and on Facebook so do find us and follow us – we hope you all stay safe and hope to “see” you again when life returns to normal”
CONGRATULATIONS TO HAULTECH
Grant To Research An Innovative Concept Overseas
If you have ideas for an innovative new concept to help your business or the community and the contacts or knowledge you need is abroad, you might be interested in applying for The Winston Churchill Fellowship.
EBN Congress Pitching Competition
The winner of the Grand Prize will get: • A cash prize of €10,000 • 20 hours of mentoring by an expert in the sector they operate in • Promotion by EBN following Congress with a news story and exposure as “Entrepreneur of the month” • + other prizes being negotiated with sponsors And of course there is the possibility, but no guarantee, of investment or business deals with the assembled juries and Congress participants.
JAMES DYSON AWARD – NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES
The James Dyson Award is open to current university students of engineering, product design and industrial design – and those who have graduated in these subjects in the last four years.
YET ANOTHER UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT ENDS IN SUCCESS
Everyone at the Business Innovation Centre would like to wish Littash Jayan all the best with her future career. Littash came to the BIC on a placement from Keele University’s Research and Innovation Support Programme (KRISP) for ten weeks to help set up an on-line platform for the BIC’s workshops and events where resources relevant to each event can be stored and easily accessed by workshop delegates.
Nesta’s Christmas Present List 2016
Still thinking what to buy young people for Christmas? Would they like to become a detective? Would they like to join the CIA?
Rachel Wood – Research & Development Adviser
Following the successful launch of their latest New Product Development Grant of £5,400 funded by the European Regional Development Fund which will help companies pay for specialist consultancy advice, in July the BIC appointed a new member of staff.