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British Library Business & IP Centre

An understanding of intellectual property and its protection is vital for anyone with an idea, whether it’s an invention, a brand name or a song.

This session will introduce the four areas of intellectual property and help you understand which may apply to you and your business:

Patents Trade marks Registered designs Copyright

There will be an opportunity to ask questions of our expert staff.

For more detail on a particular area of intellectual property, try our dedicated workshops on each of the four areas.

British Library Business & IP Centre

Whatever your industry, research journals, newsletters, and reports provide a wealth of information on technology-based products – the who, what and where of innovation.

Get a competitive edge by exploring these underused but incredibly rich resources. There will be an opportunity to ask questions of our expert staff. What our users say

“Very clear, concise and informative. I liked the stories of relevant experiences.” – Monica Booth Event details

British Library Business & IP Centre

Looking for impartial business advice? Then attend the highly rated LBSS Business advice clinic.

This is a great opportunity for you to discuss for one hour your business at a confidential, one-to-one meeting with an experienced advisor.

Suitable for entrepreneurs who:

Are in an established business and are having growing pains Have just started a business, have met difficulties and want some feedback on how they might overcome them Have a specific idea and want to bounce thoughts off an experienced business adviser, or

British Library Business & IP Centre

Web experts Lucidica look into the rabbit hole that is ‘pay per click’ advertising through Google and other networks and explore the hidden features and options that can increase your return on investment.

Have you got your campaigns setup correctly? Are you getting a return from the content network? Have you tried any bi-variate testing? How much revenue can you squeeze out of each pound spent with Google Adwords?

British Library Business & IP Centre

Whatever your industry, research journals, newsletters, and reports provide a wealth of information on technology-based products – the who, what and where of innovation.

Get a competitive edge by exploring these underused but incredibly rich resources. There will be an opportunity to ask questions of our expert staff. What our users say

“Very clear, concise and informative. I liked the stories of relevant experiences.” – Monica Booth Event details

British Library Business & IP Centre

Looking for impartial business advice? Then attend the highly rated LBSS Business advice clinic.

This is a great opportunity for you to discuss for one hour your business at a confidential, one-to-one meeting with an experienced advisor.

Suitable for entrepreneurs who:

Are in an established business and are having growing pains Have just started a business, have met difficulties and want some feedback on how they might overcome them Have a specific idea and want to bounce thoughts off an experienced business adviser, or

British Library Business & IP Centre

An understanding of intellectual property and its protection is vital for anyone with an idea, whether it’s an invention, a brand name or a song.

This session will introduce the four areas of intellectual property and help you understand which may apply to you and your business:

Patents Trade marks Registered designs Copyright

There will be an opportunity to ask questions of our expert staff.

For more detail on a particular area of intellectual property, try our dedicated workshops on each of the four areas.

British Library Business & IP Centre

Are you starting or growing your own business?

As a small business owner, sole trader or consultant you are your business. Your success, survival and happiness rests with you, your vision, belief, passion, action, skill, courage, insight and staying power. Key to it is ability to attract the right team and connect, communicate with - and win their hearts and minds and loyalty of your customers.

British Library Business & IP Centre

Do you have that “wow” of a new product idea but don't know where to start?

Our Product Development Clinics provide you with the opportunity to have a one hour one-to-one session to discuss your idea with Bob Lindsey, an experienced practitioner in assessing and bringing products to market.

The clinic will help with some pointers to the research to do before you start investing time and money and then tell you how to start to progress it towards that market entry once you have established it is viable.

British Library Business & IP Centre

Do you have that “wow” of a new product idea but don't know where to start?

Our Product Development Clinics provide you with the opportunity to have a one hour one-to-one session to discuss your idea with Bob Lindsey, an experienced practitioner in assessing and bringing products to market.

The clinic will help with some pointers to the research to do before you start investing time and money and then tell you how to start to progress it towards that market entry once you have established it is viable.

British Library Business & IP Centre

In today's business world there are many routes to capital including VC funding, angel investment, bank loans, grants and crowd sourcing.

But finding the finance you need for your enterprise can be like learning to play chess for the first time - you have to know the moves before you understand how to win.

What are the fastest routes? Which option is best for your business?

British Library Business & IP Centre

Are you exploring a business idea and want to know if there is a market for it?

Do you want to find out more about a particular competitor, supplier or a potential customer?

This workshop will help you navigate the wealth of business information resources in the Business & IP Centre.

We can help you find:

up-to-the-minute data on company financial performance lists of companies to contact important questions about the demand for a product or service major players in your sector trends in the industry

British Library Business & IP Centre

Are you exploring a business idea and want to know if there is a market for it?

Do you want to find out more about a particular competitor, supplier or a potential customer?

This workshop will help you navigate the wealth of business information resources in the Business & IP Centre.

We can help you find:

up-to-the-minute data on company financial performance lists of companies to contact important questions about the demand for a product or service major players in your sector trends in the industry

British Library Business & IP Centre

Are you exploring a business idea and want to know if there is a market for it?

Do you want to find out more about a particular competitor, supplier or a potential customer?

This workshop will help you navigate the wealth of business information resources in the Business & IP Centre.

We can help you find:

up-to-the-minute data on company financial performance lists of companies to contact important questions about the demand for a product or service major players in your sector trends in the industry

Join us at London Business Village and get everything you need to know about how to successfully sustain and expand your business to the next level. Get all the personalised advice you need from our 30 experts and partner stands.

Covering everything from finance and funding, marketing, protecting your intellectual property and brand, mentoring and building the right networks and contacts, the London Business Village provides the opportunity to get all the information you need in one place.

Join us on the first night of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) and take this rare opportunity to question some of Britain’s top entrepreneurs. They will be debating the key issues on how to: successfully manage growth, get more for less and generate extra sales fast, without spending a fortune on marketing.

You will also have the opportunity to put your questions to our panel about the new opportunities created by social media and crucial financial skills such as managing your cash-flow, budgeting and cost-cutting in a difficult economic climate.

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British Library Business & IP Centre

British Library Conference Centre

Come along any time during the day between 10.00 and 17.00pm

Join us at London Business Village and get everything you need to know about how to successfully sustain and expand your business to the next level. Get all the personalised advice you need from our 30 experts and partner stands.

For the first time during Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Business & IP Centre will be holding two webinars each day to give you the essential information you need to protect your business and improve profitability.

Every day will include a webinar of our popular workshop, Beginner’s Guide to Intellectual Property. An understanding of intellectual property and its protection is vital for anyone with an idea, whether it’s an invention, a brand name or a song and the webinars will help you get to grips with how it is relevant for your business.

British Library Business & IP Centre

For the first time during Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Business & IP Centre will be holding two webinars each day to give you the essential information you need to protect your business and improve profitability.

British Library Business & IP Centre

For the first time during Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Business & IP Centre will be holding two webinars each day to give you the essential information you need to protect your business and improve profitability.