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Pollution incidents and environmental damage
How to prevent pollution incidents in your business through good planning, and how to remedy environmental damage
Packaging and packaging waste management
How to comply with packaging regulations and how to reduce costs and the environmental impact of packaging
Intellectual property: the basics
How to recognise and use different types of intellectual property rights to protect your business' inventions and ideas
Design for start-ups
Understand the role of design in starting a business and its importance when developing new products or services, or entering new markets
Increase efficiency to maximise your profit
How to increase your business efficiency through lean thinking, technology use and better working practices.
Setting up an innovation start-up
How to build an innovative start-up, develop a business plan for innovation and find the right finance and exit options for your business
Innovate UK funding and support
Details of Innovate UK's support and funding for innovation and technology projects from across the UK
How to make your business more water efficient
How to use water efficiently, the benefits of saving water and your responsibilities if you take or store water
Managing your design projects
Find out how to manage your design projects, either in-house or by working with external designers
Design for technology businesses
How small businesses in the technology sector can use design to improve their products' commercial viability
Protecting digital intellectual property
Understand the importance of digital assets - what they are, how to protect them and how to maximise their value to your business
Trade secrets and other IP protection
An overview of trade secrets, confidentiality agreements and other less common methods of protecting intellectual property
Protect your registered designs
How to protect your registered designs, manage your design rights and defend your designs against infringement
How to manage your patents
How to use and manage your patents, protect your inventions and commercialise your patented work
Manage your registered trade mark
How to renew, amend and manage registered trade marks, add new classes of goods and services and deal with trade mark infringement
Managing your copyright
How to use your copyright, license or assign your rights, and protect and benefit from your copyrighted work
Carry out an environmental review of your business
How reviewing your business' activities and processes can help you to reduce your environmental impact
Supply chain efficiency
Work closely with suppliers to ensure you all maintain high environmental standards throughout the supply chain
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
How the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations affect producers, distributors and users
Ecodesign in product and service development
What is ecodesign and how it can help you to minimise the environmental impact of your goods and services