Innovation For Business
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Innovation for Business • The Upper Lee Valley is the ‘birthplace of the post industrial revolution’. Jim Lewis ‘London’s Lee Valley’ • ‘Innovation is … the successful exploitation of new ideas … it cannot be limited to high technology products and processes but must be extended to include innovation in the value-added creative and service sectors’. LDA Innovation Strategy
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Innovation for Business
• The Upper Lee Valley is the ‘birthplace of the post industrial revolution’.
Jim Lewis ‘London’s Lee Valley’
• ‘Innovation is … the successful exploitation of new ideas … it cannot be limited to high technology products and processes but must be extended to include innovation in the value-added creative and service sectors’.
LDA Innovation Strategy
Partners & Delivery Information
RoleKnowledge & Technology
Transfer Outreach
Partners
Middlesex University Depts of (Media, Culture and Communication, Art, Product Design and Engineering and Electronic Arts)
Defence Diversification Agency
North London Chamber of Commerce O-Regen
Delivery Offer
Product , Process and management
Innovation support
Product , Process and management
Innovation support
Innovation Audits & Client account management
Innovation Audits & Client account management
Programme description
• The ULV Innovation for Business Project has been introduced to promote the ingenuity and creativity and growth of the current business occupants of the Upper Lee Valley. To increase R&D, innovation and scientific base of the manufacturing and cultural and creative sectors
• January 2006- December 2007
Aims • To help targeted ULV SMEs get the right
support giving them a competitive edge
• To encourage a culture of innovation and to successfully generate and exploit new ideas.
• To provide an infrastructure linking Higher Education & Knowledge holders and industry in the ULV via the outreach specialists.
Objectives:• To create a client orientated service.
Making it easy for clients by guiding them through maze of business support.
• Participate in a ongoing innovation network linking inventors, manufacturers and HE to give ULV businesses the widest range of publicly funded Innovation & Environmental support as possible.
• Referring clients to appropriate services e.g. Advance project
Who is it for• SMEs in the ULV.
– Manufacturing,
– Cultural & Creative Green Economy
– Biotechnology Industry
– BME, Disabled & Women owned/led SMEs
How it works/Key programme steps
Innovation for Business Client journey
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Innovation Audit
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Refer to MU / DA for Knowledge
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Transfer
Applied ResearchR&D
Basic Research i.e.Work placements, IPR
Consultation
Product DevelopmentRapid prototyping
Referral to partners when and where required
Kaizan, Kanban, Just in Time, Agile & lean manfacturing
Using appropriate Creative Industry technology & e-
business
Products Processes Management
Securing Finance
Incubation space/ DDA hatchery
Change Management & HR support for Innovation
System
The Innovation HubThe Innovation Hub Institute of Social and Health Research
Human Performance Laboratory
Middlesex University Translation Institute
(TEXTRA Translation Services)
National Centre for Project Management
Centre for Decision Analysis & Risk Management
Software Forensics Centre
Centre for Enterprise & Economic Development Research
Centre for Legal Research
Transport Management Research Group
Centre for Environment & Safety Management for Business
Flood Hazard Research Centre
E-Science Centre
The Advanced Manufacturing Centre
Centre for Research into Creationin the Performing Arts (RESCEN)
Health & Biological Sciences
Art & Design
Language & Translation
Computing & IT
Business & Law
Dance, Music & Theatre Arts
Environment
Product Design & Engineering
Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts
Fashion – Clothes & Jewellery
Grant funding available
• No direct cash funding under project but many specific funds available through MU and DDA
• Up to 30 hours continual business support available
• No costs for SME, fully subsidised by ERDF
Business benefits • Greater profitability through
innovative use of existing or new resources and technology.
• Growth in: sales, creation of jobs & job security, spend on R&D, number and quality of new products, quality of processes used & environmental awareness.
Details for further information
• ERDF Project management
• Outreach
– Nigel Day - [email protected]
– David Haagenson - [email protected]
– Colin Tomlin- [email protected]
• Knowledge and Technology transfer
– Ian Lawson - [email protected]
– Steve Lane - [email protected]
