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Pitfalls of ‘Doing Business Online’ avoided thanks to University’s School of Law
The Ingenuity Network’s series of workshops and events for SMEs continues to grow in popularity, as we endeavour to share some of the knowledge and expertise from The University of Nottingham with the local business community. Our latest workshop titled ‘Doing Business Online‘ took a look at some of the...
Ingenuity Lab seeks mentors for graduate entrepreneurs
If you’re a member of the Ingenuity Network, you may have heard mention of the Ingenuity Lab, the home of student and alumni entrepreneurship here at the University of Nottingham. Through the Ingenuity Network, we support local SMEs to innovate and grow, but the University is also passionate about fostering...
Performance anxiety, Twitter and robots – a bumper month for Ingenuity events!
We’ve been working hard here at Ingenuity HQ to provide local businesses with access to some of the fantastic expertise here at the University of Nottingham. With such a broad range of research going on at the University, there really is a wealth of knowledge that we can tap into...
An entrepreneurial breakfast session
Dr Hannah Noke and Paul Kirkham took to the stage in our latest breakfast event, to give us some ideas on ‘Building A More Entrepreneurial Firm’. They both described an entrepreneurial organisation being able to innovate from within, not just as a reaction to external factors. But how can SMEs manage...
Boots success for Ingenuity Lab business KohlKreatives
We love sharing business success stories from across the university and the latest one comes from our friends at the Ingenuity Lab, the home of student and alumni entrepreneurship here at the University of Nottingham. On August 5th 2017, Ingenuity Lab member Kohl Kreatives will be launching their range of...
Creating cultures for better business
In our penultimate Ingenuity breakfast session before the summer break, we welcomed Prof Sally Hibbert, from the Nottingham Business School, and Andy Corley, Managing Director of Quadralene to discuss ‘creating cultures for better business’. In the first half of the presentation, Sally’s talk focussed on defining impacts and priorities for...
Free project consultancy via the Nottingham Consultancy Challenge
If your organisation would benefit from a team of bright and creative students looking at an area of your business over a 5 week period, the Nottingham Consultancy Challenge might be able to help. The Challenge runs each year on each of the University of Nottingham’s UK campuses and matches...
Attractiveness is in the eye of the beholder
Dr Zsofia Toth, from Nottingham University Business School, debuted her first Ingenuity workshop this week, delivering a thought provoking session on Business Attractiveness. In this half-day workshop we looked at different recipes for attractiveness and how to build wider networks to increase the success of our companies. Recipes for Attractiveness...
Tour of Britain – Sponsorship Opportunities
The Tour of Britain 2017 cycling event has a sole County Stage here in Nottinghamshire on the 6th September. The lead promotional partner, Marketing Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (MN&N) is co-ordinating the event with partners. This is an amazing opportunity to showcase Nottinghamshire as a major sporting destination and as such...