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On 24 November SQUEASE Ltd won the Research Councils UK (RCUK) Business Plan Competition 2010. The team led by Sheraz Arif from Design London, received £25,000 towards accelerating their business to develop a range of clothing products that will revolutionise the way people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are helped to deal with anxiety. The range of products is initially aimed at teenagers and young people with Autism and is designed to apply deep pressure to the wearer creating a calming effect to provide discreet relief whilst on the move.
To find out more about the RCUK Business Plan Competition and the impact it had on participants listen to a new podcast featuring interviews with the winners SQUEASE Ltd, other finalists and speakers at the final event. The podcast is now available here .
The RCUK Business Plan Competition has now been running for six years and in that time it has helped researchers work with business and industry to gain the appropriate skills to turn their work into successful business applications. More information about all the entries to this year’s Competition can be found here.