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Elevator Pitches

University of Birmingham
Business Club
Breakfast Briefing
Tuesday, March 25th 2014, 7:30am 9:30am
David Edmonds
David.edmonds@tri-IT.co.uk
0121 764 7860
What We Do...
Some of the things we have done......
Support, Networks, Hardware, Installations
Web development, SEO, Remote Working,
Cyber Security, Telecoms,
Unified Messaging, CRM (ACT),
Storage Solutions, Disaster Recovery,
Document Management
Why tri-IT
Maybe nothing new in the garden but ..
Time served services
Customers are not locked into lengthy
agreements.
More than just an IT partner
Offer FIX times for Hardware Maintenance not
simply Response times.
STOP PRESS STOP PRESS STOP...
APPOINTED AS TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS
Only 20 appointed
BY COVENTRY UNIVERSITY IN RESPECT OF
ERDF TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION FUTURES WEST
MIDLANDS PROJECT
What does this mean to you?
In a Nutshell....
For eligible SMEs
Approved IT Projects
Funding of Up to 2,500 matched for business
support/consultancy.
IT Projects can cover hardware, software, etc
ALSO
Other Funding is also available and there are a
large diverse number of schemes
A 20 minute conversation is
all you need to invest !
David Edmonds
David.edmonds@tri-IT.co.uk
0121 764 7860
Thank You!
Next Pitch
Careers Network
Internship Team
Presentation by Harjinder Kundra, Kamaljit Manku
Email: internships@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Tel: 0121 414 6120
Meet the team!
Harj, Kam, Natasha,
Sarah, Jim
An Internship Officer
for each college
We are YOUR contacts
CAL
MDS EPS
CoSS
LES
What do we do?
Work with employers to establish bespoke opportunities
of benefit to the host and intern
Help employers to address students directly
Work with students and graduates to promote
opportunities
Support interns as required
Liaise with the wider UoB community
How can SMEs get involved?
Student placements / work shadowing (term time and vacation)
Summer or graduate internships (latter may be year-round)
Offering permanent graduate roles
Speaking at events (curriculum-based and extra-curricular)
Mentoring (established mentoring programmes in-place)
Work with the wider UoB community
Graduate internships match funding (1,500)
Three month / 12 weeks duration
Full-time
Graduates from last two years (UG or PG)
Graduates must start by end of June 2014
20 grants available
Santander match-funding for
graduate internships
Want to find out more?
Contact a Careers Network Internship Officer to register your interest -
Tel. 0121 414 6120 or email internships@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Complete a UoB vacancy form in accordance with our terms and conditions
We check the information and promote through our database etc
You shortlist and interview
For Santander match-funding we meet the successful candidate to complete
UoB payroll paperwork
The student / graduate starts with you
Thank You!
Next Pitch
Phil Roocroft
Business Innovation Manager
Birmingham City Council
Environment & Energy Technologies
Rail
Medical Technologies
IT & Digital
Digital Media
Aerospace
Business & Professional Services
Building Technologies
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
Food & Drink
Grant based financial assistance to
companies that are ready to undertake
investment in innovative production
processes:-
Capital Expenditure
New Product Development
New Marketing Development
Business Innovation Mentoring
Grant of 10,000 Grant of 30,000
FTE jobs requirement
Minimum: 2 new jobs
1 safeguarded
FTE jobs requirement
Minimum: 3 new jobs
2 safeguarded
To be 50% matched by the SME
Thank You!
Next Pitch
Software Tools to Program large
distributed infrastructures such
as Cloud
Behzad Bordbar
Senior Lecturer at Software Engineering
bxb@cs.bham.ac.uk
0121 4143487
Software Tools, Cloud, security
What we do
- 9 PhD students and RAs
-Worked at HP, BT and IBM
Resulted in
- software
- patents
- algorithms
Current areas of interest
- Cloud security
- Software tools
- NoSQL database
What we need
Advice and collaboration on
commercialisation of two of
our products
What we offer
- Experience of working at big labs
- Hands on expertise in software
- Track record of deliver of award
winning products
Contact details
Behzad Bordbar
bxb@cs.bham.ac.uk
0121 346464
Thank You!
Next Pitch
Biomedical Innovation Hub
4 minute version!
David Coleman
Head of Enterprise Acceleration & Head of Spinout Portfolio
25th March 2014
Biomedical Innovations Hub:
Transforming Biomedical Innovation into Enterprise
6.8M Fully Serviced
Biomedical Lab
Affordable lab facilities
and equipment
Support for
development of
technologies and
concepts
Free commercial office space for eligible enterprises
Equipped 24/7 work space (Wifi, hot desks, meeting rooms, etc)
Free business guidance
Access to finance, grants, loans, investors and other business
support
Access to a wide range of support and advice from professional
advisors and trade/cluster associations
Joint exhibition / presentation area A place to showcase
research, products and services, and both informal and formal
presentations
Networking events and free lunchtime seminars
Date What Who Location Contact
10 Jan Training for Success APA
Training
Paul Field
22 Jan Writing for the Public (for
academics)
Kenny
Wesbter
ThinkTank Catherine
Mansell
27 Jan /
3 Feb
Media Training (for academics) Mark
Foster
Media
Centre
Catherine
Mansell
29 Jan &
25
th
March
Birmingham Business Club Various Huma
Mumtaz
29 Jan Funding for Social Enterprise Various Sofia
Hansrod
3 Feb & 7
March
Birmingham Lean Start-Up
Group
C.K.
Muston
Sofia
Hansrod
26 Feb Working with Industry Various Sofia
Hansrod
26 March Investment Considerations for
Start-Up Businesses
Ian
Russell
Sofia
Hansrod
Also in
March
Continuation of commercial
impact training for academics
Various EPS Catherine
Mansell
Associate Subject Date/Time
HGF Intellectual Property 11
th
& 25
th
March, 3-5pm
Mazars Accounting & Tax matters 14
th
March, 9-10am
Quest CMA Accounting & Registration 19
th
March, 12-2pm
Accelerate
Associates
Market Research, Routes to
Market, Strategic Planning
25
th
March, 1-3pm
University of Birmingham
Business Engagement Team
Grant Advice, Knowledge Transfer,
Access to University Expertise
25
th
March, 10-11am
Crystal Thought Helping Businesses to succeed on
the web
26
th
March, 2.30-4.30pm
Thursfields Legal advice and contract support 4
th
& 18
th
March, 2.30-4.30pm
February clinics @
Example: Research Park Tenants &
University Spinouts
BizzInn Examples
Urine Capture
for infants
and elderly
Pharma/Bio
Lab supply
Website
Additional Support
On-site Laboratory Managers
Access to wider UoB/UHB resources
Contact
David Coleman
Head of Enterprise Acceleration;
& Head of Spinout Portfolio
D.Coleman@bham.ac.uk
Tel: + 44 121 414 5582
New website for release in March:
http://www.bizzinn.org
University of Birmingham
Business Club
25 March 2013
Phil Arch
Business Solutions (Midlands) Limited
Phil@bsmidlands.co.uk
07541 838476
What we do
Facilitating links between SMEs,
Academia to deliver
local/national funding
initiatives for companies.
What we need
Companies giving us
challenging problems
What we offer
The go to person who understands
the needs of industry but also knows
who, what and how to get things
done within a University
environment.
Our USP
Engineers who have worked with
and delivered funded initiatives
who are keen to form long term
strategic relationships.
Horizon 2020 - The SME Instrument
Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with
nearly 80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020)
SMEs that are EU-based or established in a country associated to Horizon
2020 can now get EU funding and support for innovation projects that will
help them grow and expand their activities into other countries in Europe
and beyond.
The dedicated SME instrument's supports close-to-market activities, with the
aim to give a strong boost to breakthrough innovation. Highly innovative SMEs
with a clear commercial ambition and a potential for high growth and
internationalisation are the prime target.
The SME Instrument offers small and medium-sized businesses the
following:
Business innovation grants for feasibility assessment purposes (optional
phase I): EUR 50,000 (lump sum) per project (70% of total cost of the
project);
Business innovation grants for innovation development & demonstration
purposes (possible phase II): an amount in the indicative range of EUR
500,000 and 2,5 million (70% of total cost of the project as a general rule);
Free-of-charge business coaching (optional in phases I and II), in order to
support and enhance the firms innovation capacity and help align the
project to strategic business needs;
Access to a wide range of innovation support services and
facilitated access to risk finance(mostly in optional phase III), to facilitate
the commercial exploitation of the innovation.
Horizon 2020 - The SME Instrument
Funded Graduate Placement Schemes
R&D Tax Credit Relief
Thanks for Listening
Phil Arch
Business Solutions (Midlands) Limited
Phil@bsmidlands.co.uk
07541 838476
Thank you to our
speakers and for
your attention

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