Congratulations to our fourth Innovating for Growth cohort
18/12/12
Congratulations to our fourth cohort of Innovating for Growth participants who have won places on the programme and are now set to receive up to £10,000 worth of free business support. All essential areas are covered including business strategy and sustainability, branding, intellectual property, product development and market penetration.
If you're looking to grow your business, Innovating for Growth can help you take the next steps to expand. Providing expert support and tailored specifically to your needs, this programme is completely free of charge.
Find out which companies have made it onto our current cohort:
London based Coloursonic is a large-format print company which produces bespoke graphics, portable displays, exhibition graphics, hoarding displays, museum displays, glass manifestations, TV & Film graphics, outdoor advertising, retail point of sale, vehicle branding, sign solutions, canvas printing and backlit displays for a variety of clients.
Covert Music Limited promotes its roster to the music industry, finds them work and negotiates their deals. They produce artist albums, arrange strings for orchestras or bands, co-write with artists and bands and sometimes work on live gigs or branding opportunities. Additionally, Covert looks to place its roster’s music in various forms of media including TV, advertising, films, computer games etc.
CoWorks have designers working across a wide spectrum of scales including products such as small pieces of jewellery, textiles and tableware up to larger architecture and land-art. Work includes bespoke design commissions and self-initiated products as well as professional architectural services including planning applications and feasibility studies.
Flying Fantastic is only school of its kind in the UK to offer aerial fitness classes to Londoners. Classes are all based around circus disciplines, and all involve aerial activity of some kind. Rather than any performance based courses, they offer drop-in classes, with no previous experience necessary.
London Academy of Gymnastics and Dance(LAGAD)
The London Academy of Gymnastics and Dance offers high quality gymnastics and dance classes in the North London area to local primary schools and roll out programmes for the pupils of these schools.
Love Brand & Co. is a fashion/charity project, blending luxury ready-to-wear apparel with wildlife conservation. The project currently consists of Mens and Boys swimwear in aid of endangered elephants, popularly known as ‘Trunks for Trunks’.
Nora's Cleaning Company offers a full range of services within the areas of Office, Commercial and Residential Cleaning. Based on their years of experience, they have put together a complete package of cleaning services including day janitors, carpet and upholstery, windows, hard floor renovation and maintenance, end of tenancy, waste collection, graffiti removal, jet washing, kitchen deep clean, computers & telephone cleaning, ceiling, blinds, chandeliers, etc.
NU Creative Talent is a recruitment company supplying creative graphic design, web design and development, marketing and sales professionals to predominantly media companies and agencies in the UK on a permanent and temporary basis.
Orderly Telecomms Ltd offer the WeQ4U application that helps callers get through to call centres without waiting. WeQ4U just won the Real Business Future 50 People’s Champion award.
Positive Signs Limited offers British Sign Language personnel agency services including palantypists, interpreters, note takers, lip speakers and deaf trainers. They also supply deaf awareness, learn to sign in the workplace workshops, and British Sign NVQ Levels 3 and 6 (NVQ accredited centre through Signature). In addition, they offer consultancy services such as research.
Santoshi Design specialise in all aspects of Interior Design, Refurbishment and Construction. With over twenty years of industry experience, their dynamic team is recognised for distinctive designs, personal service and above all, lasting professional relationships. Santoshi Design offers its services and on-going support to clients across the UK and International markets.
Selectus Total are specialist head-hunters in the food & drink sector with a particular focus on foodservice. Their clients are mainly manufacturers and distributors and they work with most disciplines including sales, marketing, and operations, technical, commercial and HR. Our expertise expands to HR functions such as learning & development, talent management and induction processes.
Shutl solves delivery by enabling shoppers to select from two ground-breaking options of immediate delivery within as little as 90 minutes and choose a convenient 1 hour delivery window, same-day or any-day.
Simply Organic produces a range of organic superfood supplements. They have five superfoods in the range, each with a distinct benefit. The products are completely pure and do not contain any fillers or additives. They are certified organic by the soil association and registered with the vegan society.
Sounddelivery are a specialist digital media training, production and consultancy company with a passion for digital storytelling. Their hands-on training workshops and creative production services help organisations to tell their stories better and get their messages out to new audiences. They work with a diverse range of organisations including the not-for-profit, social enterprise, museum and heritage sectors.
Stickleback has traditionally supplied broadcast quality crews, shooting on all of the very latest media formats, anywhere in Europe, and beyond. At Stickleback, their aim is to provide you with a hassle free, cost effective and totally reliable solution to your filming needs. They have worked in the industry for many years, with most major broadcasters, independent production companies, and many leading blue-chip corporate clients.
Student Hubs/Hub Commercial Ventures
Student Hubs are a registered charity that aims to get more students involved in volunteering and social action whilst at University. They organise conferences on social and environmental issues, and provide Universities with specialist services on student social action.
Atelier Tammam is a small traditional couture atelier (fashion studio and showroom) based in the heart of Bloomsbury, central London offering a personal and luxurious experience to customers. They specialise in hand crafted, handmade, high quality bridal and evening wear.
The Desi Doll Company sell different type of dolls with sound modules and have expanded the range into wooden sound puzzles a well as launching Arabic and Gujarati alphabet sound puzzles.
Write My Site is a content marketing agency who help businesses publish great content on their websites, blogs and social media pages. Their client base is broad and varied. In a typical day, they could write a website for a lawyer, then blog about celebrities, and then log-in to the Twitter account of a technology client to engage with their followers.
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