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Latest News
Dragons Den Series 8
21/12/2009Entrepreneurs from across the country once again have a chance to make their business dreams come true by appearing on Dragons’ Den. If you’re genuinely seeking investment for your business idea or invention, we’d like to hear from yo
Diamond Microwave Devices clsoes £1.3m commercialisation round
14/12/2009Diamond Microwave Devices (DMD), a spin out from the diamond electronics team in Element Six Technologies (E6), has closed a £1.3m equity investment from a consortium consisting of Oxford Technology Management, YFM via the Partnership Investment Fund, The ERA Foundation and two private investors.
During the course of 2009, DMD has made various performance breakthroughs in its diamond-based transistor technology and this investment round will be used to develop and build power amplifier modules for customer trialling during 2010. The DMD diamond transistor technology will en
How would YOU spend an Innovation Voucher?
30/10/2009What are ‘Innovation Vouchers’?
The Innovation Vouchers Scheme makes it possible for SMEs in our region to win vouchers worth £3,000. The vouchers can be ‘spent’ at Yorkshire's universities and other academic institutions, purchasing knowledge and expertise which will help the businesses to innovate, compete and succeed.
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Connect Yorkshire Newsletter
18/12/2009Are you ready to ride the next IT wave?
Attend this years TechTalk event, which is being organised by techmesh in association with Connect Yorkshire. The Keynote Speaker is Mark Rock - CEO & Founder of Audioboo and Best Before.
DMD closes £1.3m commercialisation round
Connect Yorkshire is delighted that previous Investment Forum presenter Diamond Microwave Devices has recently secured investment, from a consortium consisting of Oxford Technology Management, YFM via the Partnership In
Leeds Innovation Centre receives an ict active Accreditation
24/08/2009On Monday 24th August 2009 Leeds Innovation Centre received an accreditation from ict active. We are ict active Excellent which applies to Part Fitted premises which, in addition to complying with all the requirements for a part fitted building, it also meets some of the infrastructure requirements of a ready to occupy building. In particular, the Excellent level indicates the availability of electrical supply and telecommunications cabling in the office space as well as to the building.&l
Professor's honour Down Under
30/04/2009A Director of the Leeds Innovation Centre has been elected a fellow of the prestigious Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in Melbourne. Professor Richard Williams, also pro-vice chancellor for enterprise, knowledge transfer and international strategy at the University of Leeds, is one of just two non-Australians included in the 32 new fellows elected at the academy. He said "Science and Engineering is a key strategic enabler of the growing Australian economy and education system and I am appreciative of the opportunity to be a fellow of this leading
Introducing the UKSPA Best Practice Guide to Getting the Most out of your Intellectual Property.
30/04/2009Awareness of intellectual property rights and how to protect and manage them is still patchy, particularly in the SME sector. Many businesses do not have a clear strategy to protect their innovation and have a poor or incomplete understanding of how registrable rights such as patents, designs and trademarks, and other IP rights such as copy right, know-how and trade secrets can interplay to create comprehensive protection in the UK and internationally. Failure to obtain appropriate IP protection can hamper business development and restrict funding opportunities.
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