Hub Magazine | Summer 2008
Summer 2008
Automatic for the people
The European home automation market was estimated at £460M in 2006, with the vast majority spent by a few rich clients. Thames Valley Enterprise Hub client WebBrick Systems has a different business model: To make home automation available to everyone. Read more...
Business Problems Answered
Should we appoint a distributor, or have out own sales force? Read more...
Business Questions Answered
We have a ground breaking idea – how do we sell it? Read more...
Business Questions Answered
We've developed a product. Now how do we market it? Read more...
Classified
The founders of Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Hub client Mobiya claim it will revolutionise the classified advertising sector. But changing the economics of an established market has its challenges... Read more...
ENTERPRISE IN GOOD COMPANY
PICTURE A COMPANY WHERE THE DIRECTORS HAD ADVISED THE OWNERS OR BOARDS OF OVER 6,600 EARLY STAGE, HIGH GROWTH POTENTIAL BUSINESSES IN THE PAST SIX YEARS. Read more...
GROWING GAINS
HOW DO YOU SELL SOMETHING TO A MARKET THAT DOESN’T EVEN KNOW IT NEEDS IT? HOW DO YOU SELL A PRODUCT THAT WILL DISRUPT THE ENTIRE MARKET, THROUGH AN ESTABLISHED DISTRIBUTION CHAIN THAT HAS EVERY REASON NOT TO WELCOME YOU? SURREY ENTERPRISE HUB CLIENT SYMBIO FACED BOTH THESE CHALLENGES IN GROWING A RADICAL PRODUCT RANGE THAT IS SHAKING UP THE HORTICULTURAL CHEMICALS MARKET. Read more...
H-I GROWTH STRATEGY
THE H-I NETWORK INCLUDES SENIOR EXECUTIVES AND KEY INFLUENCERS OF LEADING GLOBAL ORGANISATIONS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING INNOVATION, GROWTH AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. THE H-I NETWORK’S FOCUS ON INNOVATION IS DESIGNED FOR EXECUTIVES SEEKING TO DRIVE VALUE THROUGH STRATEGIC INNOVATION INITIATIVES, RANGING FROM NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TO VENTURING AND CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL. Read more...
HOW YOUR GARDEN GROWS
HOW YOUR GARDEN GROWS Read more...
HUB HELP
HUB HELP Read more...
HUBBUB - EAST SUSSEX HUB CLIENT OPENS FIRST FRANCHISE
EAST SUSSEX ENTERPRISE HUB CLIENT SHOPPER ANONYMOUS UK HAS OPENED ITS FIRST FRANCHISE, THE BEGINNING OF WHAT THE COMPANY IS PLANNING TO BE A NATIONWIDE NETWORK. Read more...
HUBBUB - ETCEL FLYING HIGH
ISLE OF WIGHT CLIENT ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD (ETCEL), HAS BEEN AWARDED THREE MAJOR CONTRACTS WORTH OVER HALF A MILLION EUROS, IN THE FACE OF STIFF COMPETITION. Read more...
HUBBUB - HUB NETWORK GOES INTERNATIONAL
AT THE END OF APRIL THE CANTERBURY ENTERPRISE HUB TEAM TOOK SIX OF THEIR CLIENT COMPANIES OVER TO WASHINGTON AND BLACKSBURG IN VIRGINIA TO EXPLORE MARKETING AND COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES. THE SIX COMPANIES WERE FROM A MIXTURE OF SECTORS – MEDICAL DEVICES, FUEL EFFICIENCY, NANO-TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY, AND EACH ONE OF THEM CAME HOME HAVING GAINED VALUE FROM THE TRIP, AND WITH TWO OF THE SIX GAINING SUBSTANTIAL ORDERS. ONE OF THOSE IS NOW IN DISCUSSIONS TO SET UP A US BASED SUBSIDIARY. DURING THE TRIP THE HUB TEAM ALSO PRESENTED TO TEN US COMPANIES, FOUR OF WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A RETURN TRADE VISIT DURING OCTOBER THIS YEAR. Read more...
HUBBUB - QUEEN’S AWARD WINNER
BRITISH INTERNET SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SPEED-TRAP HAS WON THE QUEEN’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE IN THE INNOVATION CATEGORY Read more...
HUBBUB - RISHTEC PUTS A TIGER IN ITS TANK
THAMES VALLEY ENTERPRISE HUB COMPANY RISHTEC LTD HAS WON A CONTRACT VALUED OVER £80,000 AS PART OF FUTURE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR JAGUAR LAND ROVER. Read more...
INNOVATE OR STAGNATE
SMALL COMPANIES WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS HAVE OFTEN FOUND THEMSELVES WITHOUT THE CAPACITY TO DEVELOP OR EXPLOIT THIER INNOVATION. NOW A NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ENTERPRISE HUBS AND THE H-I NETWORK IS HELPING HUB COMPANIES FIND COMMERCIAL PARTNERS WITH THE RESOURCES TO BRING THEIR IDEAS TO MARKET Read more...
INNOVATIONS - GYMKIDS EXERCISING ON THE ‘NET
THAMES VALLEY ENTERPRISE HUB CLIENT PIONEERS NEW ONLINE FITNESS WITH BEDFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS. Read more...
INNOVATIONS - HOT STUFF
OXFORDSHIRE ENTERPRISE HUB CLIENT CYBERTHERM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED HAS DEVELOPED A UNIQUE HEATING SYSTEM THAT CONCEALS ULTRA-SLIM RADIANT PANELS WITHIN THE WALLS OF YOUR HOME. Read more...
INNOVATIONS - REVOLUTIONARY WOUND CARE
EAST SUSSEX HUB CLIENT TISSUE VIABILITY CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD (TVCS) HAS TEAMED UP WITH GP PRACTICE NURSES THROUGHOUT THE EASTBOURNE AREA TO CREATE A REVOLUTIONARY WOUND HEALING SERVICE TO LOCAL PATIENTS. Read more...
INNOVATIONS - TENNIS JEANNIE ROLLS OUT VIRTUAL CLUBS
ALREADY ESTABLISHED AS THE PREFERRED TOURNAMENT ORGANISER FOR COMMERCIAL TENNIS CLUBS SUCH AS ESPORTA AND NEXT GENERATION, THAMES VALLEY ENTERPRISE HUB CLIENT TENNIS JEANNIE IS ROLLING OUT VIRTUAL CLUBS, SO THAT PLAYERS WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC CLUSTER ARE ABLE TO ORGANISE COMPETITIVE TENNIS MATCHES AGAINST PLAYERS OF A SIMILAR STANDARD. Read more...
INNOVATIONS - VIRTUAL RETAIL A REALITY
GATWICK DIAMOND ENTERPRISE HUB CLIENT GO4FRESH HAS DEVELOPED A REVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM THAT WILL INITIALLY BE USED FOR REMOTE RETAILING OF SHORT SHELF-LIFE FOODS. Read more...
LAST WORDS
‘MARKETING’ IS A FAMILIAR TERM TO ENTREPRENEURS, PERHAPS SECOND ONLY TO ‘BUSINESS PLAN’ IN THE LEXICON OF BUSINESS START-UPS. BUT WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN? Read more...
SEED FUND GERMINATES
A UNIQUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN SEEDA AND THE COMMERCIALISE CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTH EAST, TOGETHER WITH PRIVATE SECTOR CO-INVESTMENT FROM PROLOGIS, HAS RESULTED IN THE CREATION OF AN EQUITY FUND AIMED AT SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH-GROWTH EARLY STAGE BUSINESSES IN THE SOUTH EAST. Read more...
THE INNOVATION ADVISORY SERVICE
THE INNOVATION ADVISORY SERVICE Read more...
