Congratulations to our sixth Innovating for Growth cohort

12/06/13

Congratulations to our sixth 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.

Interested in applying? Applications for the next Innovating for Growth cohort are open. Please send us your completed application form.

Find out which companies have made it onto our current cohort:

Ardent Management Limited

Ardent is a chartered surveying practice that specialises in land assembly and compulsory purchase for regeneration and infrastructure projects. Their advice covers compulsory purchase order project management, expert witness, land entry/notice serving and negotiating and settling compensation claims.

Comparethecoffin.com Ltd.

Comparethecoffin.com helps people plan and record their own funeral wishes. It also compares and helps select the most appropriatee funeral director to use and to provide coffins and caskets at the most affordable prices.

Flettner Ventilator Ltd.

Flettner Ventilator manufacture wind driven rotary ventilator products for mainly commercial vehicles and stationary sites.

Kaldor Ltd.

Kaldor is a fast growing software company specialising in digital publishing solutions for content owners. They work in a range of vertical markets. The core product Pugpig is a digital publishing platform built to provide publishers and (more broadly) content owners with a viable long term replacement for the print product.

Living the dream

Living the Dream is one of the few performing arts companies in the UK run by young people for young people. Over the last seven years, Living the Dream has grown to include a School of Performing Arts, Dance Company and a charity, The Dream Foundation.

Naturally Chinese restaurant

Naturally Chinese Restaurant serve MSG free authentic Chinese cuisine and dim sum to people who care about their wellbeing, and appreciate good quality Chinese cooking..

OVIVO Wellness Ltd.

OVIVO Wellness focuses on development and sale of natural health products derived from the amazing olive tree. They want to bring health and natural wellness to as many people as possible through our products.

Rachel's Kitchen

In June 2010, Rachel started Rachel's Kitchen as a way to share her passion for great food using quality ingredients. She has since taught over 1,000 people the confidence to create delicious dishes in the kitchen.

Refinery Productions Ltd

Refinery Productions are a media production company which specialises in science content, particularly science film-making. They produce films, carry out research, write copy for websites and books. Clients include museums, visitor attractions, broadcasters, learned societies, charities, universities and corporations.

Rainwave

Rainwave are a rainwear brand specialising in functional stylish outwear for women including ponchos and trench coats.

Socially Bright

Socially Bright specialise in creating bespoke Facebook and mobile apps for brands. From conception, through planning design and execution, they work to highest standard to deliver stunning and effective digital work.

Stakeholder Forum for a sustainable future

Stakeholder Forum is a not-for-profit organisation working to advance sustainable development and promote democracy at a global level. Their work aims to enhance open, accountable and participatory international decision-making on sustainable development through enhancing the involvement of stakeholders in intergovernmental processes.

Sweet Tooth Factory

Sweet Tooth Factory produce made to order cakes and desserts. Each one is hand crafted with individual and added personal touches. The product range includes cheesecakes, brownies, cookies and cake pops.

Tender Management Consultancy Ltd.

Tender Management provides training and consultancy services in the areas of public and private sector tendering. They specialise in building organisational capacity for tendering, ensuring compliance with regulations and assisting with bid writing and tender production.

The Hamilton Group

The Hamilton Group are a plumbing, heating, bathrooms and kitchen fitting company based in South West London. They have two divisions; one specialising in Plumbing and maintenance and the other focusing on full bathroom and kitchen refurbishments.

Young Guns Ltd

Young guns is an award winning music agency designed to support emerging young musicians in London , work closely with record companies to create and launch bands. They have over 1000 musicians, models, dancers and artists on our roster and are passionate about creating dynamic entertainment experiences for shows.

Innovating for Growth is run by the British Library and part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund