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Small businesses are keen to reduce carbon emissions, become more sustainable and achieve net zero status, but will require support...

Trademarks are badges of origin. They distinguish the goods or services of one trader from another and can take many forms; for example...

Small businesses throughout the East Midlands are invited to enter to battle it out for awards across 12 different categories with winners..

Libraries are not just full of books. They are full of ideas. This autumn the BIPC Northamptonshire are encouraging locals to start, run...

UK design law protects the appearance and shape of whole products or parts of products e.g. its shape or decoration.

If you have an invention or idea, it’s important that you understand your intellectual property and how to exploit it. There are four main..

If you are thinking of registering your own trade mark it’s an essential exercise to check yourself for trade marks that may be similar to..

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Made for Belle & Friends is a UK based business that sells made to order, handmade children’s clothes.

Fiserv and Clover are working in partnership to offer an amazing grant opportunity for ethnically diverse-owned small businesses in the UK.

A registered trade mark safeguards your brand, giving you the rights to take legal action if someone uses your brand without permission...

IBISWorld is a global market research database providing statistics and expert analysis on industries, countries, consumers and companies...

GrantFinder is the leading funding database in the UK and Europe, covering local, national and international sources of funding.

British Library to turbocharge small business support on the high street, growing Business & IP Centre network from 14 to over 100 libraries

Approximately one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. Mental Health Awareness Week

A patent is a type of intellectual property that can be registered to protect the rights of how a new invention works or the method of...

The concept of fair usage exists within UK copyright law; commonly referred to as fair dealing, or free use and fair practice.

Confidence levels amongst small businesses in the East Midlands are the highest in the UK, according to the latest study by the FSB.