Business Support News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/business-support-news-viewer/rss Nick Dawe 2010-09-13T08:26:29Z Helping hand of SMILE programme prepares Fulham Clinic for next stage of expansion http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/helping-hand-of-smile-programme-prepares-fulham-clinic-for-next-stage-of-expansion As mentoring requests go, it wasn’t the usual type of request which Ruth Hou, business support manager at UCL Advances, deals with in her role of overseeing mentoring for small business in London – a trichologist, or hair and scalp care specialist, looking to expand her London clinic. Melissa Lamptey 2013-02-11T15:27:27Z Apps, Apps, Apps! http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/droidcon-25-10-12 On 25 and 26 October UCL Advances, with UCL Engineering, will be taking a stand at Droidcon . Droidcon is part of a worldwide movement to expose the best of Android. It covers all things Android, from mobile devices, to TV, to cars, to gaming, and so much more. Melissa Lamptey 2012-10-25T08:48:16Z The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/goldman-sachs-10000-small-businesses-programme UCL is delighted to announce that the next application for The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme is now open. Funded by Goldman Sachs and delivered by UCL, this is a fantastic opportunity for companies wanting to expand and grow. Melissa Lamptey 2012-10-11T13:46:19Z Making money from the right customers http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/making-money-from-the-right-customers Mid September the SMILE team hosted two workshops on monetisation strategies for websites and how to get your User Experience (UX) right. First up, monetisation strategies. Melissa Lamptey 2012-10-08T08:59:46Z SMILE Mentor Networking Event http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/smile-mentor-networking-event-june-2012 Last week UCL Advances held a networking evening to thank the mentors who kindly volunteer their time to work with SMEs on the SMILE (Selected Mentors and Interims for London Enterprises) programme. Melissa Lamptey 2012-07-10T12:10:01Z How to market effectively online through social media http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/how-to-market-effectively-online-through-social-media On 20th and 29th March 2012, HELO and SMILE held a two-part workshop on how to market effectively online through social media, delivered by Ian Broom, co-founder of Launch48 and director of Weboo. Melissa Lamptey 2012-04-24T12:38:37Z UCL Bright Ideas Awards 2012: More candidates in more categories, more money for more winners http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/ucl-bright-ideas-awards-2012 This year’s UCL Bright Ideas Awards , announced on 22nd March, were bigger in scope and scale than ever before, with two new categories, four additional winners and an extra £34,000 to distribute among a record number of entrants (28). Melissa Lamptey 2012-03-30T10:26:17Z UCL students’ friendly app grows in popularity http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/ucl-students-friendly-app-grows-in-popularity With more than a million smartphone applications available worldwide, and more than 19,000 new ones being added every week, it takes something really innovative to stand out from the crowd. Melissa Lamptey 2012-03-09T11:12:10Z UCL alumnus breathes fire in Malaysia’s ‘Dragon’s Den’ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/ucl-alumnus-breathes-fire-in-malaysias-dragons-den Fadzli Shah Anuar (MSc Technology Entrepreneurship, 2011) is getting used to being approached on the streets of Kuala Lumpur, his home town. “At least two people a day come up to me and ask, ‘Didn’t I see you on Make The Pitch?’” he says. Melissa Lamptey 2011-12-12T10:43:14Z UCL’s HELO programme reaches out to a new audience for another four years http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/helo-programme-reaches-out-to-a-new-audience-for-another-four-years More than 150 small businesses across London can pay testimony to its success. Last night at an event at UCL, many of them gathered to support UCL Advances’ HELO (Higher Education London Outreach) team as they introduced the programme to a new group of businesses, students and staff. Melissa Lamptey 2011-03-15T11:29:14Z Funding seminar helps start-ups to find their way through the money maze http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/funding-seminar Finding capital is one of the biggest challenges for anyone starting up or trying to grow a business. In times of economic deprivation, it’s even harder than usual. To address the issue, HELO (Higher Education London Outreach) and SMILE (Selected Mentors and Interims for London Enterprises) , both delivered by UCL Advances, organised a Funding Seminar to debate the benefits, shortcomings and efficacies of different forms of financing for SMEs. Melissa Lamptey 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z Osteopath wins British Invention of the Year Award for revolutionary chair http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/osteopath-wins-british-invention-of-the-year-award SMILE (Selected Mentors & Interims for London Enterprises) , is proud to announce that Simon Freedman is the winner of the British Invention of the Year Award 2011. Melissa Lamptey 2011-03-15T11:29:14Z UCL toasts the best and brightest of its student/business collaborations http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/helo-awards-2011 It started as an idea picked up at a conference in the US. Two years later, around 400 students and academics from UCL and London Business School are or have been involved in a variety of projects for more than 100 SMEs across 30 different industries under the auspices of UCL Advances’ HELO (Higher Education London Outreach) programme. To date over 150 businesses have signed up to the HELO programme. Melissa Lamptey Krista Macmillan 2011-03-15T11:29:14Z Child confidence specialist unveiled as British Library success story for July http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/kidz4mation A company which prevents anti-social behaviour, youth crime and bullying by boosting young children’s well-being and confidence has been announced as a success story by the Business and IP Centre at the British Library ( a UCL Advances SMILE Company ). Melissa Lamptey 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z UCL Bright Ideas 2011 Winners Announced http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/brightideas2011 On 24th March 2011, 10 UCL student teams participated in the final round of the UCL Bright Ideas Competition. The competition started in February with 20 teams submitting business plans; only 10 were shortlisted to participate in the final and compete to receive part of the £50,000 financial support to be allocated. Melissa Lamptey Krista Macmillan 2011-04-05T09:44:49Z Fujitsu and UCL Come Together in Support of Satalia http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/satalia-fujitsu Two of the partners in the package of business support launched by Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday 28th March have announced a collaboration that will support a promising new technology company that they believe demonstrates the value of coming together in support of new entrepreneurs. Krista Macmillan 2011-04-04T11:49:05Z British University Blazes a Trail in Start-Ups http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/start-ups By D.D. GUTTENPLAN LONDON — Everyone knows the story of the undergraduate computer nerd who, as a prank, built a Web site allowing students to comment on one another’s looks, only to find that the response generated so much traffic that the university’s servers were swamped. But this version has a different ending. Melissa Lamptey 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z 2011 UCL Awards for Enterprise - UCL Bright Ideas Awards Competition and Registration details. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/brightideas As part of the annual UCL Awards for Enterprise, the UCL Bright Ideas Awards competition is open to UCL undergraduate and postgraduate students engaged in enterprising activities. Melissa Lamptey 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z Dragons' Den http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/dragonsden Dragons' Den gives entrepreneurs the chance to pitch their proposals to a panel of the UK’s most successful business people. Melissa Lamptey 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z UCL: Inspiring Enterprise. Turning Ideas Into Successes http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/inspiring Speakers: Steve Caddick (VP Enterprise), Tim Barnes (UCL Advances), Anne Lane (UCL Business), John Bates (LBS), Brad Backus (Audio3), Quentin Pankhurst (Endomagnetics). Melissa Lamptey 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z Universities cash in on students' best ideas http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/bestideas By Stephen Hoare, The Times Showcasing amateur investors makes for compelling television viewing, as the television series Dragon’s Den has proved. Now universities are getting in on the act by applying such ruthless logic to postgraduate scientists. Melissa Lamptey Krista Macmillan 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z UCL Advances announces a further two Hatchlings! http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/hatchlings The Sport Review and Zooza are to become the 2nd and 3rd companies to be based in the UCL Advances Student Hatchery. The purpose of the hatchery is to provide a base for new student led businesses when they first need it and to help prepare them for their upcoming life as full grown businesses in the outside world. Melissa Lamptey Krista Macmillan 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z UCL celebrates support of local businesses http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/localbusiness UCL celebrated on 1 November the impact that staff, students and alumni have had on local enterprises in the last year with awards for the strongest projects carried out to date and the launch of SMILE, a new mentoring initiative. Melissa Lamptey 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z Founders of Tripbod.com speaks at UCL's Entrepreneurship Guest Lecture http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/tripbod2 Getting a UCL alumnus – or even better, as there are so few female entrepreneurs – a UCL alumna – back to talk always feels special. Melissa Lamptey Krista Macmillan 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z Tripbod Teams Up With VisitBritain To offer Visitors A Personal Welcome To Britain http://www.ucl.ac.uk/advances/advances-news/tripbod Tripbod.com (a UCL student venture), the travel website offering travellers a ‘friend at the other end’, is launching a unique Welcome to Britain service for VisitBritain's Online Shop customers this week. Nick Dawe Krista Macmillan 2010-10-14T10:32:13Z