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Entrepreneur and designer in profitable partnership

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Like most entrepreneurs with a good idea, Sam Farber of OXO International needed the expertise of an experienced product development company to transform his concept into reality. Farber turned to New York based industrial design firm Smart Design to develop his Good Grips range of easy to use, high quality kitchen tools. Choosing the right development partner was a vital part of Good Grip’s...

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Business in Focus

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Business support agency dedicated to developing small and medium-sized enterprises in the south east region of Wales.

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Digital Incubator for London

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A not-for-profit new-media business operated by Hoxton Bibliotech which provides web design and e-commerce training and digital business services in the Shoreditch area.

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Business Link

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A direct route to the advice, information and resources needed to help a business succeed.

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Vitsoe

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Vitsœ calls itself ‘resolutely unfashionable’, but by ignoring the vagaries of fashion and focusing on one timeless, versatile product, it has turned near financial ruin into commercial success.

Intellectual property by Iain Stansfield

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With more than 4 million patents in force worldwide, it’s not just global companies such as Sony and Nike that need to watch out for infringers and plagiarists. Legal expert Iain Stansfield explains how intellectual property law can help in the battle against the copycats High profile cases such as Apple vs. Apple Corps and Dyson vs. Hoover highlight just how valuable intellectual property can...

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Designing Demand

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Designing Demand is a new national support programme to help UK businesses use design to improve performance.

Design solution

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A simple idea was born out of this conversation; turn a well-known, if slightly risqué, phrase into a slogan, one that slyly pokes fun at the firm's profession, informs, intrigues and ultimate provokes a knowing smile. This was brainstorming at its rawest, an idea plucked literally out of the air and then given a strong graphical treatment to make it work. The design solution The design...

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Serious**

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Serious** operates in the somebody's-got-to-do-it world of waste management, not territory immediately associated with design. But, as in any other commercial sector, boosting profits and getting bigger means standing out from the competition...

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Challs International

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The challenge …and the risk Ipswich-based Challs International was good at launching cleaning products, but not so good at getting them noticed.