Business & IP Centre Northamptonshire
The Business & IP Centre Northamptonshire has been supporting entrepreneurs, inventors and small businesses since 2015. In that time, over 1750 people have used their services and they have helped over 500 entrepreneurs start a business through a rich variety of webinars, workshops and one-to-one business and intellectual property advice sessions. Their free services cover the whole of Northamptonshire, both West Northamptonshire and North Northamptonshire, which includes: Corby, Daventry, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northampton, South Northamptonshire and Wellingborough.
What services do they offer?
- Free one-to-one business advice session with the BIPC Northamptonshire team
- Intellectual property advice on patents, copyright, trade marks and registered designs.
- Access to free market research database resources and tools to grow your business
- Northamptonshire Business Networking – meet local entrepreneurs, sole traders and small business owners based in Northamptonshire and surrounding areas.
- Kick Start Business Support Programme
Get Started
Visit the Business & IP Centre Northamptonshire website here, or get in contact today here
Quick Fact Checker
- 1What's the Scheme?
A rich variety of webinars, workshops and one-to-one business and intellectual property advice sessions. Their free services cover the whole of Northamptonshire
- 2What's in it for me as Business Owner?
- Free one-to-one business advice session with the BIPC Northamptonshire team
- Intellectual property advice on patents, copyright, trade marks and registered designs.
- Access to free market research database resources and tools to grow your business
- Northamptonshire Business Networking
- Kick Start Business Support Programme
- 3How do I apply?
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The South East Midlands is a region of strategic importance, linking the key economic hubs of Oxford, Cambridge and London to Birmingham.
The area consists primarily of local authorities:
- Bedford Borough
- Central Bedfordshire
- Luton
- Milton Keynes
- Northamptonshire
In April 2020 Aylesbury Vale District Council was separated from the SEMLEP region.
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