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Knowledge Hub
Putteridge Bury
Hitchin Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU2 8LE

Innovation Support

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Businesses and entrepreneurs in the locality now have an excellent source of specialist support in realising their vision.

With help from the East of England Development Agency, the University of Bedfordshire has established an Enterprise Hub service to bring high-quality support for innovation and growth to businesses at the Innovation and Business Base and beyond.

Talk to us about

  • Taking your idea to the next stage
  • Adopting innovation to enhance your competitiveness
  • Tapping into networks to share risk and learn from what others have done
  • Protecting your intellectual property and getting the most from it
  • Making the contacts to help you finance your plans
  • Collaborating with the University to get the benefit of research expertise
  • Funding for market research and prototyping
  • Getting independent advice on applying the latest technology in your business

Innovation Clinics

Clinic Option 1

  • Innovation Clinic with Innovation Director (Dr Wesley Randle)
  • Client provides 250 words of non-confidential text with problem/issue/area they wish to talk about
  • Innovation Director prepares for 1 hour
  • 1-2-1 clinic arranged at UoBeds for 30-45 minutes with Innovation Director
  • Follow-up report generated by ID and emailed to client with additional information

Price: £276 inclusive of VAT

Register your interest for innovation support

Clinic Option 2

  • Innovation Clinic with Innovation Director (Dr Wesley Randle)
  • Client provides 250 words of non-confidential text with problem/issue/area they wish to talk about
  • Innovation Director prepares for 30 minutes 
  • 1-2-1 clinic arranged at the University for 30-45 minutes with Innovation Director

Price: £138 inclusive of VAT

Register your interest for innovation support

Please note

These clinics are charged at a commercial rate. We are unsure at present whether funding is available to partially or fully subsidise this activity. Therefore, until we receive funding the commercial rates apply.

Register your interest for innovation support

For more information contact the Knowledge Hub or freephone 0800 328 5334.

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