Anything that the government can do to make it easier for entrepreneurs to start new businesses will help innovation in Britain. So lets keep all the start up and registration form-filling to a minimum. Access to finance is important for many small businesses so a simple guide might be helpful but surely it should be website rather than a booklet. Is there such a site today where SMEs can see information about bank loans, government grants, access to VCs, business angels etc? I do not know of such a site.

Paul Sloane

the usefulness of a no nonsense guide that assists SME’s access finance;
the types of research themes/subjects that the research centre should be focussing on to ensure better policy development;
how to stimulate and incentivise innovation within the public service; and
how best to develop new partnerships with venture capitalists, academics, businesses and other partners.

Let the debate begin!

David Evans, Director of Innovation

On page 14/15 of the report, I read this:

“….innovative businesses are increasingly engaging in “open innovation” – reaching outside their walls to find ideas at different stages of development and then developing them in-house. They might reach across sectoral boundaries, up and down the supply chain to lead users or suppliers or out to SMEs or universities.”

Do you have some examples of company / corporate blogs with high comment activity?

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Frank