Background to the Centre §The British Library Business & Intellectual Property Centre in London was launched in March 2006 and supports entrepreneurs, inventors and small businesses from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business. §Since the launch, over 300, 000 entrepreneurs have used the Centre. §The British Library Business & IP Centre is also a designated PATLIB UK centre. PATLIB UK is part of a Europewide network of patent information centres.
Services provided §Free access to the UK's most comprehensive collection of business and intellectual property databases and publications §Workshops and events run by in -house team and partners §Webcasts of previous events §One-to-one advice §Innovating for Growth programme 7, 000 market research reports; 3, 000 trade directories; Over 50 million patent specifications from 40 countries worldwide; 30 subscription databases
But, what’s even more important, networking!
April 2012 Highlights
April 2012 Highlight (Cont’d)
Our Contact Neil Infield § Manager of the Business & IP Centre since January 2006. § Until 2005 he was manager of Business Information Services (BIS) at Hermes Pensions Management in the City of London where he developed the BIS far beyond its traditional library service origins, creating their website, intranet and staff newsletter.
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