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Business support solutions

Succeeding through innovation
   

Knowledge Transfer Networks

   

Support for Collaborative research and development

   

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

   

Grant for Investigating an Innovative Idea

    Grant for research & development

Achieving best practice

Raising finance

Regional investment

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Succeeding through innovation

Innovation enables you to compete successfully and profitably in today’s fast-changing marketplace. The DTI provides a range of solutions that offer practical support and encouragement at the different stages of the innovation process. 

The Technology Programme is a unique DTI support solution to help you with your research, development and innovation. Announced in the recent innovation report the Programme can help your business exploit technologies by providing some of the funding and sharing some of the risk in taking new and innovative technologies to market. It is underpinned by a long-term funding commitment and will be delivered through open competitive calls for applications using either of two DTI business support solutions:

View a guide for small and medium sized business on creating competitive advantage through innovation (pdf, 693KB)

View a guide for corporates and business organisations on creating competitive advantage through innovation for (pdf, 693KB)

View a summary table to see how the DTI's Business support solutions are applicable to your business (pdf, 38KB) .

Related Links:

Search the Business Support Directory for grants and business support from other providers as well as the DTI

For further practical help and advice for small business visit Business Link

Senior speakers from business, science and the Government will introduce the thoughts behind the Technology Programme and the Calls for collaborative R&D proposals at our Information Day on 26th April 2004. See also the Regional Events

Assess and improve innovation in your Business

The 2004 Benchmark of UK Business Value Added. The Value Added Scoreboard

The 2003 Benchmark of UK Business R&D. The R&D Scoreboard

Achieving best practice in your business - access our case studies, guide and tools to see how you could improve your business performance

Learning about global advances.  DTI Global Watch Service