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Tender Opportunity - K2i EvaluationWM Enterprise is commissioning consultants to undertake a final evaluation of The Knowledge to Innovate project on behalf of the project's funders, the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA). The deadline for... Click to view more |
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K2i Company Juicy Media wins BIBAs 2009 Award for InnovationAt a packed Opera House in Blackpool's Winter gardens Lancashire businesses were celebrated by the presentation of the Be Inspired Business Awards, BIBAs. Juicy Media won the Innovation Award sponsored by... Click to view more |
Cutting-Edge Morecambe Company on Highway to Success with Knowledge to InnovateA Morecambe company whose cutting edge software is used to keep our motorways and trunk roads free from ice is on the highway to success with help from the Knowledge to Innovate (K2i) programme. In Touch Ltd... Click to view more |
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Top New Taxi Firm Takes the Fast Route to Success with help from Knowledge to InnovateA revolutionary new taxi firm - Academy Cars - takes to the road in Tuesday 6 January 2009, offering Manchester customers a VIP service with an interactive GPS tracking system. The fledgling firm is the brainchild... Click to view more |
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Bluetooth The Way Forward Says K2i MentorManchester company Greenlight Computers Ltd is expanding the state of the art concept of Bluetooth marketing with support from Knowledge to Innovate (K2i), the NWDA backed business promotion organisation.... Click to view more |
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K2i provides perfect match for Wirral IT BusinessA Wirral couple are launching a new IT training product for legal practices with support from Knowledge to Innovate (K2i), the NWDA backed innovation programme. Managing Director Pauline Potter and Commercial... Click to view more |
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Running Company's Profits Sprint Ahead With Help From Knowledge to InnovateHyde based Hilly Clothing, the manufacturer and supplier of running kit founded in 1992 by the legendary Dr Ron Hill MBE, has seen profits sprint ahead this year after enlisting the help of the Knowledge to Innovate... Click to view more |
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Your Essential Services Limited (Y.E.S.)An exciting new business venture is launched on April 17th 2008 providing an essential opportunity for smaller North West companies to compete with major national firms in today's competitive market. Your... Click to view more |
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Realtime aim for the big time with help from Knowledge to InnovateLancashire firm are one of Britain's major CG animation companies Lancashire business RealtimeUK, which started out 11 years ago in a bedroom in Lytham, is currently one of the leading computer-generated (CG)... Click to view more |
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Parity Medical enjoy healthy profits with help from Knowledge to InnovateWirral based company Parity Medical are going from strength to strength with help from the Knowledge to Innovate (K2i) programme. The family run firm, based in Bromborough, are the UK's leading supplier of... Click to view more |
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North West firms can be the best with support from Knowledge to InnovateThe Knowledge to Innovate (K2i) Programme is looking for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with the potential to grow and develop - and will help them in return only for their time. It will provide... Click to view more |
Business |
| Northern Rock sees reduced losses Northern Rock says that it made "good progress" in 2009, after reporting a sharp fall in its annual losses.Click to view more |
| Banking fraud 'moves to internet' Fraudsters are continuing their switch from traditional card fraud to raiding online bank accounts, new research shows.Click to view more |
| BA strike action talks to resume Talks aimed averting strike action by BA cabin crew are due to resume later, after a deadline was extended.Click to view more |
| Standard Life enjoys profit boost Insurance firm Standard Life reports better-than-expected profits and unveils plans for a further cost-cutting.Click to view more |
| China's exports see big increase China's exports surged 46% in February, figures show, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade.Click to view more |
| Economic storm not over, says PM Gordon Brown is expected to say he has guided the economy through a "storm" and is best-placed to secure its recovery.Click to view more |
| Insurers 'face $7bn Chile bill' The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.Click to view more |
| Payment protection rules delayed The Financial Services Authority is delaying its plans to combat the mis-selling of payment protection insurance.Click to view more |
| Aer Lingus to make 670 job cuts Aer Lingus announces plans to lay off 670 staff, including nearly a quarter of its cabin crew, as part of restructuring plans.Click to view more |
| Photographer Annie Leibovitz snaps up debt rescue deal Photographer Annie Leibovitz does a deal with Colony Capital to clear huge debts that meant she may have lost her library of famous pictures.Click to view more |
| Out of tune: Elgar £20 note to be phased out The £20 note featuring composer Sir Edward Elgar is to be withdrawn from circulation by the Bank of England in June.Click to view more |
| Robert Peston Northern Rock is back on the road to recoveryClick to view more |
| Dotcom Crash 10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burstClick to view more |
| Royal junk mail Why postal reforms are good news for direct mailersClick to view more |
| Final call Brendan Barber on pension scheme closuresClick to view more |
| Fuel fighters Boeing wins lucrative mid-air refuelling battleClick to view more |
| Cost cutters Paying when companies shed pensions liabilitiesClick to view more |
| Trade gap widens unexpectedly The UK goods trade deficit with the rest of the world widens in January, causing the pound to dip below $1.50.Click to view more |
| Obama backs Greece on speculators President Barack Obama has 'responded positively' to calls to clamp down on market speculators, says the Greek PM after talks.Click to view more |
| EU concern over end of tanker bid Brussels says it hopes European aerospace group EADS was not prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal.Click to view more |
| M&S boss expects pay cut Marks and Spencer's chairman and chief executive will reduce his role in the company this year - and says he will take a pay cut.Click to view more |
| Npower will cut gas bills by 7% Energy company Npower is to cut domestic gas bills by 7% from 26 March, following price cuts by other suppliers.Click to view more |
| House price rises 'to ease off' Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said.Click to view more |
| Chevron looks for refinery buyer The Chevron oil firm is looking for bids for a refinery that directly employs around 1,400 people in Pembrokeshire.Click to view more |
| Retail sales rebound in February Retail sales bounced back in February after a tough January on the High Street, the latest figures show.Click to view more |
| Eurotunnel makes profit in 2009 Eurotunnel, which manages the Channel Tunnel, makes an annual profit of 1.4m euros despite a "poor economic environment".Click to view more |
| Legoland firm sees more visitors Madam Tussauds, Sea Life and London Eye owners, Merlin, weathers the downturn with visitor growth and expansion plans.Click to view more |
| Greece asks US for its assistance Greece's prime minister asks the US to crack down on speculators he blames for worsening his country's debt woes.Click to view more |
| 'Sharp cut' in pensions deficit A sharp cut has been reported in the deficit of final salary pension schemes in the private sector, figures show.Click to view more |
| 'Low morale' hits tax authority Low morale and poor leadership is affecting performance at HM Revenue and Customs, a report by MPs says.Click to view more |
| E.On is latest to cut gas prices E.on says it will cut gas bills by 6% from 31 March, saving almost two million customers an average of £42 a year.Click to view more |
| Business bodies urge faster cuts The CBI wants the Budget to deliver plans to balance public finances by 2016 - two years earlier than currently planned.Click to view more |
| Brussels to mull 'European IMF' Europe may set up a version of the International Monetary Fund to bolster the eurozone's financial stability.Click to view more |
| Internet access 'a human right' Almost four in five people worldwide see internet access as a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.Click to view more |
| Sony eyeing June launch of 3D TV Electronics giant Sony says its new 3D television will be on sale in Japan from June, with a cost of £2,600 for a 46-inch screen model.Click to view more |
| Toyota rejects electronics fears Toyota rejects claims that faulty electronics could be behind its worldwide recall of more than eight million cars.Click to view more |
| Deal agreed in Royal Mail dispute A deal is reached in the long-running dispute at Royal Mail over modernising the postal service which led to strikes last year.Click to view more |
| Car sales see continued recovery UK car sales in February were up by 26.4% compared with the same month last year, industry figures show.Click to view more |
| Ford outsells GM after sales jump Ford reports a jump in US sales of 43% last month, selling more cars than its great rival General Motors, as Toyota sales slip.Click to view more |
| Cardiff to face winding-up order Cardiff City are set to return to the High Court to face a third winding-up order over £1.75m owed to the taxman.Click to view more |
| No guarantee on 2012 lottery cash The Olympic Delivery Authority says it cannot guarantee all National Lottery money used for London 2012 will be returned.Click to view more |
| Guidelines for financial journalists Click to view more |
UK Politics |
| Economic storm not over, says PM Gordon Brown is expected to say he has guided the economy through a "storm" and is best-placed to secure its recovery.Click to view more |
| Inmate reoffending 'costs £10bn' Reoffending by thousands of criminals serving short sentences in England and Wales costs up to £10bn a year, says a report.Click to view more |
| UK seeks Afghan political drive Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to urge the Afghan president to seek a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.Click to view more |
| Call to halt NHS medical database Doctors' leaders urge ministers to halt the development of a medical records database for patients in England.Click to view more |
| Social care deal 'dead in water' Attempts to reach a cross-party deal on funding social care appear to be dead in the water ahead of a key summit.Click to view more |
| PM hails 'historic' justice vote The devolution of policing and justice to Northern Ireland marks the final end to decades of strife, says Gordon Brown.Click to view more |
| MPs query coalfields revival plan A £1bn government scheme to regenerate former coalmines has been poorly co-ordinated and lacks vision, MPs argue.Click to view more |
| Crime row reopens amid Tory claim The Tories say new figures back up its case that violent crime has risen under Labour, reopening a long-running political row.Click to view more |
| BNP rules 'still discriminatory' Planned new BNP constitution allowing non-white members may still be discriminatory, a court is told.Click to view more |
| MP cut 'anti-democratic' - Straw Tory plans to reduce the number of MPs are "dangerous, destructive and anti-democratic", Jack Straw says.Click to view more |
| The law allowing you to follow a bee into a stranger's house A Tory peer unearths 1,200 powers of entry laws - including one that allows people following bees on to private land.Click to view more |
| Poll tracker Whizz your way through opinion poll trends and see how the main parties have fared over recent yearsClick to view more |
| Cameron's NI pact Will the Tory leader now regret joining up with the UUP?Click to view more |
| Nick Robinson Why the parties' biggest donors are treated differentlyClick to view more |
| Best laid plans Election doubt leaves lobbyists and others in limboClick to view more |
| Mark Easton It can be hard for MPs to give a balanced pictureClick to view more |
| dot.Rory Time for the tech world to do a little bit of politicsClick to view more |
| Pop-Up Politics What election issues do you think we should report?Click to view more |
| Labour peer to end non-dom status Labour peer and donor Lord Paul has said he will end his controversial "non-dom" status from the next tax year.Click to view more |
| 'Insurance for all' plan for dogs All dog owners in England and Wales would need insurance against their animals attacking people, under Labour proposals.Click to view more |
| Tories urged UUP to back NI deal David Cameron says his party has done all it can to encourage the Ulster Unionists to back a deal on policing powers.Click to view more |
| UK could hand areas to US troops Parts of Afghanistan under British control could be transferred to US troops, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has said.Click to view more |
| Deputy speaker Heal standing down Halesowen MP and deputy speaker in the House of Commons Sylvia Heal announces she is standing down.Click to view more |
| Paisley jnr picked to fight seat Ian Paisley jnr will contest his father's North Antrim seat in the general election after being selected by his party.Click to view more |
| Cameron rebuts Ashcroft criticism David Cameron rejects claims he has mishandled the Lord Ashcroft tax row, saying he had clearly acted to settle the matter.Click to view more |
| Lords in science investment call Former Labour and Conservative science ministers challenge the next UK government to maintain investment in science.Click to view more |
| Ex-judge backs Venables anonymity Jon Venables could be murdered by vigilantes if his new identity is revealed, the judge who originally granted his anonymity warns.Click to view more |
| UN feeble over Saddam - Miliband The "failures" of the UN to follow through threats to Saddam Hussein weakened it ahead of the Iraq war, David Miliband saysClick to view more |
| Tory review urges science boost A Tory-backed report urges incentives for schools and tax breaks for researchers to raise the profile of science.Click to view more |
| Business bodies urge faster cuts The CBI wants the Budget to deliver plans to balance public finances by 2016 - two years earlier than currently planned.Click to view more |
| Clegg targeting 'scare tactics' The Lib Dem leader accuses David Cameron of stoking up fears of "economic meltdown" to help Tory election prospects.Click to view more |
| Secret abuse case plan challenged Lawyers for six former Guantanamo detainees appeal against a ruling the government can use secret evidence in their damages claim.Click to view more |
| Women 'afterthought' for parties Politicians are failing to explain how their policies would impact differently on men and women, according to a campaign group.Click to view more |
| Civil servants on strike over pay Up to 270,000 staff are staging a 48-hour walkout in a dispute over cuts to public sector redundancy terms.Click to view more |
| MoD denies Afghan vehicles claim The Ministry of Defence rejects Tory suggestions that a request for new vehicles for Afghan troops has been pared back.Click to view more |
| Harman calls for Ashcroft removal Harriet Harman calls for Lord Ashcroft to be removed as Conservative deputy chairman amid a row over his tax status.Click to view more |
| Clegg should take 'debate risks' Nick Clegg is urged by one of his predecessors as Lib Dem leader to "take risks" during the prime ministers' election debates.Click to view more |
| Tebbit challenges Bercow backing Conservatives should be free to vote for whoever they want in Speaker John Bercow's seat, Lord Tebbit says.Click to view more |
| Clinton calls leaders over deal Hillary Clinton conducts telephone diplomacy with NI politicians ahead of Tuesday's vote on the devolution of justice.Click to view more |
| Economy 'set to grow more slowly' The British Chambers of Commerce has lowered its GDP growth expectations for 2011, warning against complacency after the UK's exit from recession.Click to view more |
| Iceland rejects bank payback plan Voters in Iceland overwhelmingly reject a plan to repay debts to the UK and the Netherlands in the wake of the Icesave collapse.Click to view more |
| Drink price plan 'will cost jobs' One of the world's leading Scotch whisky suppliers warns hundreds of jobs could be lost under plans for minimum pricing.Click to view more |
| Brian Taylor's political blog Click to view more |
| Guide to the Scottish Parliament BBC Democracy Live takes you on a tour of the Scottish Parliament.Click to view more |
| 'Double jobbing' bill progresses An private member's bill to end so-called double jobbing by assembly members passes the second stage.Click to view more |
| Mark Devenport's political blog Dummy puff/betsan blogClick to view more |
| Guide to N.Ireland Assembly A tour of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.Click to view more |
| Call for school closure changes A change in how planned school closures are handled should be made to reduce uncertainty say opposition politicians.Click to view more |
| Betsan Powys' political blog Dummy puff/betsan blogClick to view more |
| Guide to the Welsh Assembly A guide to the National Assembly for Wales.Click to view more |
| The Cabinet: Who's Who Here is a minister-by-minister guide to the members of Gordon Brown's Cabinet.Click to view more |
| Shadow Cabinet: Who's Who Here is a minister-by-minister guide to the members of Tory leader David Cameron's Cabinet.Click to view more |
| In full: Lib Dem front bench Here is a spokesman-by-spokesman guide to the members of Nick Clegg's front bench team.Click to view more |
| A-Z of Parliament Click to view more |
| Guide to the House of Commons An introduction to the working of the House of Commons.Click to view more |
| Guide to the House of Lords What does the House of Lords do? Who sits there?Click to view more |
| Laura Kuenssberg on Twitter Click to view more |
| Inside Europe Click to view more |
| Political websites Links to parties and other useful websites covering UK politics.Click to view more |
| In depth: 2009 party conferences Click to view more |
| In depth: The Blair Years Full coverage of The Blair YearsClick to view more |
Technology |
| File-sharing sanctions 'unfair' Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.Click to view more |
| Hard drive evolution could hit XP Hard drives are about to undergo one of the biggest format shifts in 30 years but it could cause problems for Windows XP users.Click to view more |
| Porn net domain name plan revived A plan to create a .xxx net domain for adult content will be revisited three years after it was rejected by internet regulators.Click to view more |
| Nanotech 'fuse' for novel battery A never-before-seen reaction in nanotubes could make for batteries that pack a mighty punch, say researchers.Click to view more |
| Games migrate to the social side The merging of social networks and games is set to dominate this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.Click to view more |
| Sony eyeing June launch of 3D TV Electronics giant Sony says its new 3D television will be on sale in Japan from June, with a cost of £2,600 for a 46-inch screen model.Click to view more |
| Skynet satellite system extended Skynet 5, the UK's single biggest space project, is to get a fourth satellite to up the bandwidth available to British forces.Click to view more |
| Facebook death 'lessons to learn' The home secretary says internet safety lessons must be learned after a convicted sex offender contacts and kills a teenager.Click to view more |
| US eases sanctions for freer web The US eases sanctions on Iran, Cuba and Sudan to help further the use of internet services and support opposition groups.Click to view more |
| Dotcom Crash 10 years on from when the Nasdaq bubble burstClick to view more |
| Final Fantasy Costumed fans queue for launchClick to view more |
| dot.Rory Time for the tech world to do a little bit of politicsClick to view more |
| Well-rounded Indian computer graduates get etiquette classesClick to view more |
| dot.Maggie Dotcom crash: Where were you on 10 March 2000?Click to view more |
| Sun spotters Your help is needed to watch the surface of the SunClick to view more |
| Weak questions put e-mail at risk Questions used as security checks on websites need to be replaced by better tests to see who someone is, say researchers.Click to view more |
| Drug scam hijacks college sites UK university websites are targeted by criminals peddling counterfeit drugs from fake online pharmacies.Click to view more |
| Mobile phones learn to lip read A device that could allow people to conduct phone conversations without uttering a word is shown off by researchers.Click to view more |
| Queen expresses net concerns The Queen warns that businesses in developing nations are missing out because the internet is an "unaffordable option" in many areas.Click to view more |
| Browsers demand screen time Small browser firms want changes made to Microsoft's browser choice screen to make their programs more prominent.Click to view more |
| S Korea 'web neglect' baby dies A South Korean couple addicted to the internet let their baby starve while raising a virtual daughter online, police say.Click to view more |
| YouTube adds captions to video YouTube adds automatic captions to its video content, allowing it to be accessed by the deaf and hard of hearing.Click to view more |
| Has copyright gone too far? Has copyright gone too far? asks Bill Thompson.Click to view more |
| Open society and open systems Openness must be defended, says Bill Thompson.Click to view more |
| The past is the future for tech Bill Thompson keeps an eye on the futureClick to view more |
| The media and the message Innovation is the key for papers says Bill ThompsonClick to view more |
| Naples' online 'ethical' city The web community founded on morals and mannersClick to view more |
| Technology and education A special edition of BBC World Service's Digital Planet programme looks at three unique uses of technology in education.Click to view more |
| Will people pay for net news? Can newspapers charge online and survive?Click to view more |
| Are all bits created equal? The US struggles with the battle over net neutralityClick to view more |
| Digital Revolution Click to view more |
| Internet Blog Click to view more |
