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The fourth annual East Midlands’ innovation Festival (iFestival) launches on Friday 12th March and with the East Midlands Development Agency’s (emda) recent announcement of multi-million pound innovation boost to help regional businesses to exploit innovative ideas, there is plenty to celebrate.
Organised by emda and East Midlands Innovation (the region’s innovation council), the iFestival starts on [...]

There are only a few places left for the chance to win bespoke advice and support to help turn a great business idea into a reality.
Local businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals attending the innovation EXPO (iEXPO) on 12 March at Athena in Leicester, will be able to pitch their innovative ideas in a Last Business Standing [...]

The official launch of this year’s East Midlands innovation Festival (iFestival), which runs from 12th March to 23rd April, is only 30 days away as over 150 events involving businesses, universities and public sector organisations from across the East Midlands are expected to take place.
The programme of events will kick off with an innovation EXPO [...]

Organisers of the East Midlands innovation Festival (iFestival) have announced dates for the fourth annual celebration of innovation. The 2010 iFestival will take place over a six- week period between 12 March and 23 April, picking up the momentum from last year’s iFestival, where more than 20,000 people attended 177 events.
The 2010 iFestival will launch [...]

Two Nottinghamshire entrepreneurs hungry for success are well on their way to making their children’s ‘healthy eating’ tableware ideas a reality after winning £10,000 of business support services.
Sue Amplett and Vonny Shelley, from Sherwood, received the prize package after winning Last Business Standing at this year’s innovation EXPO (iEXPO).  They beat more than 50 entrepreneurs [...]

Gerald Ratner, one of the UK’s best-known businessmen, spoke to East Midlands organisations recently about the need to develop innovative solutions to overcome difficulties and risks of failure.
Gerald, the business magnate who famously joked about one of his company’s products and now runs the UK’s leading online jewellery retailer geraldonline.com, was the guest of honour [...]

Over 40 East Midlands’ businesses were introduced to the pioneering development work undertaken by the region’s universities when they attended an innovative exhibition last month.
The Manufacturing and Product Design Technology Showcase featured 25 examples of the cutting edge work undertaken by the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and the University of Derby from the [...]

Gerald Ratner, one of Britain’s best known businessmen whose famous ‘gaffe’ has been voted the worst mistake of all time, will speak to East Midlands’ businesses about how failure allowed him to innovate and build a new business from scratch at this year’s innovation Festival (iFestival) Celebratory Dinner.
Supported by Rolls-Royce and the Derby and Derbyshire [...]

The innovative approach of a Nottingham-based company has attracted the attention of the organisers of the innovation expo (iEXPO), part of the East Midlands innovation festival (iFestival).
Co-ordinated by the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) and funded by East Midlands Innovation (the Regional Science and Industry Council), the iFestival runs from 6 March to 17 April [...]

The innovative approach of a Silverstone-based company has attracted the attention of the organisers of the innovation expo (iEXPO), part of the East Midlands innovation festival (iFestival).
Co-ordinated by the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) and funded by East Midlands Innovation (the Regional Science and Industry Council), the iFestival runs from 6 March to 17 April [...]