As the UK works its way through the economic downturn, the Government are introducing lots of incentives to try to encourage entrepreneurs and businesses to set up shop and stay in the UK and, more importantly, to pay UK taxes.
The UK IPO has recently published a factsheet providing an overview of the IP-related business support initiatives and financial incentives available to SMEs in the UK, which includes information in relation to:
- The Growth Accelerator
- The Patent Box
- The Design Council’s Design Leadership Programme
- UKTI’s Passport to Export
- The Technology Strategy Board’s Catapult Centres, SMART initiative and Innovation Vouchers
- The Manufacturing Advisory Service
- Pro Bono advice clinics organised by the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
- The EPO Patent Libraries
- The British Library’s Business and IP Centre
- and the IPO’s own IP Masterclasses, Get It Right First Time seminars, IP Healthchecks, IP Insight newsletters, Mediation Service, Opinion Service, and IP Audit Scheme.
