Year: 2020
Part I – Intellectual Property – The Five Types Important to Your Business
Creating and scaling a business is often based on the idea that you have a product or solution that the rest of the marketplace doesn’t currently offer. Whether it’s a new product or an improvement to something that already exists, you wouldn’t have started a business based on a tired[...]
Women in Engineering
Why we need more women engineers Next year will witness a remarkable centenary – the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Women’s Engineering Society (WES). This, no doubt, will come as a surprise to many that there is an organisation boasting such a proud and long history that, from[...]
3D Printing – The Opportunities
When 3D printing was first invented, the opportunities and scope seemed small, maybe even niche. A mix of expensive equipment and a lack of expertise and education on the features and benefits meant that nobody wanted to be the first to move forward. Even early adopters were nervous to seek[...]
Part II – 3 Helpful Tips to Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Intellectual property (IP) is one of the most important and valuable commodities in business. Protecting the ideas, branding and product you have created can be the difference between you and your competitors, going viral or going unnoticed, and ultimately the survival of your company. If these ideas are being replicated[...]
Immersive Technology – Staying Competitive
There is increasing awareness and use of immersive technology in the industrial sectors as more companies see Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) as significant tools in the workplace. At present, it is VR and AR that are the most prominent technologies, but even now they[...]
COLLABORATION HOLDS KEY TO WARRINGTON’S CONTINUED GROWTH
The Managing Director of Warrington’s private sector-led economic development agency says that Warrington’s economic growth ‘stands or falls on collaboration between local firms.’ Steve Park of Warrington & Co, the partnership between the council and private businesses, says he sees each day how collaboration between tenants at the council’s hi-technology[...]
Filling the Talent Gap
Indiana Jones went in search of the Holy Grail. Engineering faces the quest of finding, nurturing and retaining the engineers of the future. Indiana Jones probably had the easier task! Engineering, across its wide spectrum of sectors, is in the midst of a revolution making it one of the most[...]
The rise of the chatbot
There is no escaping the rise of the chatbot. What may have once been perceived as a gimmick is no longer the case as businesses are waking up to the significant benefits of having a chatbot. Drawing on the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI), the chatbot is one of[...]
WARRINGTON SMEs ‘AMONGST MOST DYNAMIC IN UK’
A survey amongst small businesses in Warrington suggests the town’s economy is in good hands and ‘ready for whatever is thrown at us,’ says Steve Park, managing director of Warrington & Co and director of growth at Warrington Borough Council. Tenants of the high technology hub at The Base in[...]
NEW PARTNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE BASE
Three leading advisory businesses have joined an existing network of experts to help tenants at The Base maximise their growth potential. The grade-A offices on Dallam Lane now house more than 220 employees in a range of businesses and the new partners will help speed up their access to leading-edge[...]