If you have an idea for an innovation or invention, but are not sure how to go about getting it off the ground visit some of the websites below:
Local
Business Link South West’s aim is to stimulate the growth of the economy by helping local businesses to develop and prosper. Business Link South West gives innovation advice to businesses across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Research and Innovation Services, University of Southampton. Research and Innovation Services is a professional service within the university who work with academics to identify opportunities to collaborate with business as well as commercialise their research and are a good starting point for businesses wishing to work with the university.
Intellectual Property Office (Government) is a UK resource for Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trade Marks.
Inventors Academy is Southampton Solent University’s Academy for Inventors.
SETsquared supports knowledge-based entrepreneurs in Southern England.
Solent Synergy is a support service for knowledge based businesses in South Hampshire.
Wessex Round Table of Inventors (WRTI) - Based in Southampton - The Wessex Round Table of Inventors (WRTI) is a club formed by and for inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs - whether lone beginners or experienced professionals.
Regional and National
Trevor Baylis Brands helping UK inventors get their ideas to market.
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) delivering the Government’s long-term vision to make Britain one of the best places in the world for science, research and innovation.
Dragons Den (BBC) television program matching inventors/entrepreneurs with investors.
Grants & support for Inventors from Business Link.
Hampshire Economic Partnership Innovation and Enterprise Task Group, sponsored by Business Link, promote innovation and increase enterprise by furthering start-ups and business/academia/HE links.
Innovation Advisory Service agency designed to help ambitious "growth companies" in the South East to identify what to do, how to do it and to gain access to resources and funding.
Innovation, Research and developments grants from Business Link Wessex.
James Dyson / inventors guide a practical guidance for inventors.
NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) giving a step-by-step guide to the process of invention and innovation. It includes guidance on pitfalls to avoid and sources of advice to pursue, tips on developing an idea into a real product.
Synthetix is a free UK invention promotion site.
Ten steps to a successful invention, essential steps in progressing any invention.
The Solent Enterprise Hub seeks to create wealth through the commercialisation of the Solent region's technology and innovation.