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Innovation Vouchers for Cyber Security

LATi Manager — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:05:00 +0000

The closing date for applications for Innovation Vouchers for Cyber Security is 24th July 2013. Applicants must be SME or sole traders.

Innovation Vouchers for cyber security can be used to secure specialist consulting and services to help:

Businesses looking to protect new inventions and business processes Businesses looking to ‘cyber audit’ their existing processes [...]

Could you benefit from the help of a social media consultant?

LATi Manager — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:32:20 +0000

A Loughborough University PhD Student is currently looking for participants in a study of social media in enterprises and is offering their social media consultancy services in return for taking part.

Participation would involve one interview with you and any other members involved in using social media for your business. Interviews are likely to take [...]

Wanted: Judges & Sponsors for University of Leicester’s Festival of Postgraduate Research

LATi Manager — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:29:02 +0000

The University of Leicester are looking for local business people to act as a judges and/or sponsors for their Ninth Festival of Postgraduate Research, to be held on Thursday, 27 June 2013

The Festival of Postgraduate Research, an annual event, aims to showcase the best in postgraduate research at the university, when 50 of the [...]

Online toolkit to help start-ups hiring staff

LATi Manager — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:05:42 +0000

An online toolkit that provides employers with help when taking on their first employee was launched by Employment Relations Minister Jo Swinson.

An update from the version that was launched a year ago, the “Employing staff for the first time” toolkit helps potential employers through the process of hiring their first member of staff and [...]

BIS Product Safety for manufacturers

LATi Manager — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:01:31 +0000

Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) have updated their online guide covering the technical and legal requirements for safety, design, packaging and insurance to ensure products are safe and fit for purpose.

Check out the guide here

Ever thought about: Harnessing Big Data?

LATi Manager — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:46:55 +0000

The University of Leicester is hosting an Open Coffee morning for local businesses interested in learning how they can use their data to improve business performance and the expertise available from University of Leicester academics who can help access and use this rich resource.

Big Data Harnessing can help a company to develop tools for: [...]

Loughborough University Enterprise Awards

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:50:07 +0000

Now in their fourth year, Loughborough University’s Enterprise Awards celebrate the University’s academic engagement with business, public and voluntary organisations to create social, cultural and economic impact through knowledge exchange.

The Awards recognise excellence across six categories:

Commercialising research – Intellectual Property
Commercialising othe university’s novel research and know-how Knowledge Transfer
Transferring knowledge to external [...]

Wearing different coloured hats…

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:32:30 +0000

OK I know what you are thinking -. it doesn’t look as though anyone is wearing a hat in these photos. They were taken at the recent LATi Seminar covering an Introduction to the Growth Accelerator Scheme and Business Innovation which was held at Loughborough Innovation Centre.

Chris Owen, from Pera Training, led the [...]

Young Innovators Challenge

LATi Administrator — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:38:07 +0000

LATi Members, 3M and the Loughborough Echo have joined forces to create a new Young Innovators Challenge, designed to inspire the next generation of original thinkers and encourage young people to have an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects.

Through a series of five practical, theoretical and creative challenges, the [...]

Broadband Leicestershire – Briefing Event

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:29:33 +0000

Leicestershire County Council and the District / Borough Councils are working to improve the broadband speeds across Leicestershire as broadband connectivity is emerging as a critical issue affecting businesses and households. The aim is to deliver super-fast broadband to all premises in the county by 2017.

A briefing sessions will be held on 11th February, [...]