Find the help your business needs

Get inspired by the story of Ed Wray, designer of the BarbeSkew, and learn how he achieved great success with the help of the Business & IP Centre.

We’ve just launched our second online course, ‘Searching the Databases’, a guide to patent searching, an essential step for any inventor. Sign up now.

Become a fan of the Centre and network with over 1,800 likeminded entrepreneurs in our group.

Take inspiration from videos of our celebrity speakers: innovators from Innocent Drinks' Richard Reed to lastminute.com's Martha Lane Fox.

Visit our new Twitter page to stay up to date with the latest news from the Centre.

Read what Steve Van Dulken, British Library expert on intellectual property and Neil Infield, Business & IP Centre Manager, have to say.

Over 50 ingenious gadgets will be on display in the networking area this summer, from a two handled self-pouring teapot (1886) to a clockwork burglar alarm (1852). Our intellectual property collections can help you turn your invention into a business success.

Hear from a panel of pioneering design and fashion entrepreneurs on the new age of eco-fashion and building the next generation of sustainable brands. Book online now.

Apply now for a one-to-one business advice session with one of our experts. Each specialises in a particular area, from getting finance to growing your business. Meet our newest expert, Red Letter Days' Rachel Elnaugh.

Book your place on our free one-hour, one to one clinic, where you can discuss your business idea in complete confidence and we will help you to find the information you need to develop your invention or business.

If you're a deaf entrepreneur attending a workshop in the Centre you can now have a virtual sign language interpreter available in minutes, using the latest video conferencing technology.