Jan - Apr 2011

News archive: Jan - Apr 2011

Entrepreneurs Summit 2011
18/04/11

Buy your ticket to the Entrepreneurs Summit 2011 to be inspired by the fantastic speakers and find out how you can grow your business and reach new markets.

Business & IP Centre 2011 Easter opening hours
15/04/11

Find out the Easter and Bank Holiday opening hours for the Centre and Library.

The future of online marketing
14/04/11

Cate Trotter of 'Insider Trends' gives her thoughts on the future of online marketing.

Book now for May
06/04/11

The dates for May's workshops have just been announced - book now to avoid disappointment.

I'm an entrepreneur because...
05/04/11

Join our twitter campaign to tell us what motivates you.

The rise of social commerce
31/03/11

Thoughts from Cate Trotter of 'Insider Trends' on the rise of social commerce.

Win The Pitch
29/03/11

Enter The Pitch for your chance to win £50,000 and the title of the UK's Best New Business.

Climate Week
23/03/11

This week is Climate Week - if you're developing a green business we have a wealth of resources that could help you.

Join our Facebook tagathon
11/03/11

Enter our competition on Facebook to win some of our inventors' fabulous products.

Spring clean your business
09/03/11

Tips from coach Rasheed Ogunlaru on how to make positive changes to your life and business.

Win event tickets
01/03/11

We are giving away 10 free tickets to our Inspiring Entrepreneurs event: Mothers of Invention

International Women's Month
01/03/11

In celebration of International Women's Month in March, the Business & IP Centre will be hosting a number of exciting events.

The future of online selling
24/02/11

Thoughts from Cate Trotter of 'Insider Trends' on the future trends for online selling.

Mothers of Invention event
17/02/11

Come to the British Library on 16 March to hear from inspiring female entrepreneurs who have founded and led successful businesses.

Intellectual Property webcast
14/02/11

Join the live Intellectual Property webcast to better understand your Intellectual Property position. Taking place at 13:00 on Tues 15 February.

Successful Inspiring entrepreneurs event
10/02/11

The latest Inspiring entrepreneurs event engages with vast audience and gives tips on harnessing the power of social media

Social media trends for SMEs
09/02/11

Tips from Cate Trotter from 'Insider Trends' on social media for small businesses.

Live webcast: Power of social media
08/02/11

Watch the live webcast of our ‘power of social media’ event on Wednesday 9 February.

Read our Director’s new column for Real Business
07/02/11

Frances Brindle, Director of strategic and marketing and communications at the British Library, has been writing a column on business, marketing and consumer issues for Real Business.co.uk.

The smarta way to do business LIVE
04/02/11

'The smarta way to do business LIVE' is a one day event of inspirational business advice and networking, run in partnership with Smarta.com and the British Library.

Web in Feb starts today
01/02/11

‘Web in Feb’, our month of special web-related workshops and events starts today. Get involved to find out how to harness the power of the internet to take your business to the next level.

Find funding for your business
28/01/11

Finding funding for your business can seem like a daunting task, so find out how we can help you.

The importance of trends
17/01/11

Tips from Cate Trotter from 'Insider Trends' on how to trendspot for your business.

Web in Feb is coming
12/01/11

'Web in Feb' is a month of special events and workshops to help you navigate the web for your business.

New British Library smartphone app
11/01/11

The British Library has just launched a new smartphone app based on its 'treasures'.

New podcast: Finding funding – angels and VCs
10/01/11

Listen to the second episode in our ‘Going for Growth’ podcast series on how to gain funding from angels and VCs.

Future of research workshops
07/01/11

As part of the British Library’s Growing Knowledge exhibition, it’s running a series of workshops, one of which is for creative businesses, to look at the digital research tools of the future.

Power of social media event
06/01/11

On 9 Feb we'll be holding our latest Inspiring Entrepreneurs event 'The power of social media' with speakers from SongKick, Superjam and the BBC.

Taking care of business in 2011
04/01/11

Tips from life and business coach Rasheed Ogunlaru on setting New Year's resolutions for your life and business.