develop your business
There are a number of ways you can help your business to grow, including the development of new products, services, processes and new ways of working. These are often the results of successful innovation and require a steady flow of good ideas, knowledge and resources. This could mean developing new products, services, production processes or other business processes that are more effective or reliable, offer more benefits or do the same job at a lower price
Learn more about the latest thinking on innovation in the East Midlands
We provide support for innovative ideas to help your business grow at every stage of development, from inception to realisation.
Healthcare & Bioscience iNet
If you have an established business, the healthcare & bioscience iNet based at BioCity can work with you to identify your potential and the type of support you need to become more innovative. This can help your business grow and compete more effectively in global markets.
Learn more about the iNet
funding opportunities
Your business may be eligible to receive funding to develop innovative ideas and the Graduates for Business programme can help your business recruit quality staff to help with interim product, service and process development projects. Our equity funding team can help match Scottish companies with the ambition to grow with private sector investors. The investors make the decision to invest in the business and our investment funds match the investment.
Learn more about funding opportunities for your business
Find out more about skilled workforces in the East Midlands
events and workshops
We also run events and workshops designed to nurture ideas and help to create a culture of innovation within your business.
Find out about events and workshops for your business
There are various bodies and services dedicated to the latest thinking on innovation.
Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)
is the voice for business across Government. Its central purpose is to help ensure business success in an increasingly competitive world.
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is committed to stimulating and fostering innovation in the UK for both economic and social benefit.
The Creativity and Innovation Library provides free articles, papers and tools to help companies be creative and innovative.
Business Link outlines how to use innovation to grow your business and identifies grants to support it.
The European Biotechnology Network aims to improve cooperation in the fields of biotechnology and the other life sciences, primarily between the 27 member states of the European Union, Switzerland and Norway