Category: News

Our Resident Professor of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship has just launched a new start-up that can potentially save households, particularly those with solar panels, up to 70% on their energy bills….

Key features SMEs can apply for a share of £1.5 million to support the evaluation of innovative medical devices, diagnostics and regulated digital health products. Programme Innovate UK Award Share…

Join NPL for the next installment of its MMN quarterly event series, the ‘Joy of Engineering’ event on 16 October at the 3M BIC. The morning session will focus on…

Adventoris hosted a visit from MP Jake Berry and Grant Peggie, director at the British Business Bank, the operators of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund on 25 September. The SwiftCloud…

Launched in June 2018 by the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges, The Skills Service offers a unique package of training and support for businesses in the Leeds City Region. The…

3M BIC team members Janine, Jordan and Steve attended the Yorkshire Asian Business Association (YABA) awards on 27 September, along with representatives from the University of Huddersfield’s Business School. Now…

During a visit to the University of Huddersfield as the guest of vice-chancellor Bob Cryan and director of estates Colin Blair, cricket legend Harold “Dickie” Bird popped across the road…

Adventoris are proud to be named as a partner to Merlin Business Software utilising the SwiftCloud platform. Founded in 1974, Merlin Business Software provides over 40 years of experience of…

The 18 teams taking part in this year’s Tranzfuser, based in Local Hubs across the UK, have been announced. Tranzfuser is a games development programme, set up by UK Games…

On Friday 1 June the staff at National Physical Laboratory (NPL) North of England took part in an SI training workshop hosted by Michael de Podesta MBE for Services to…

3M BIC tenants  Innovate Orthopaedics hosted a successful inaugural surgeon education event on 14 and 15 June in Manchester attended by 26 of the UK’s top knee surgeons. The Knee Discussion…

Companies now have access to a new self-serve digital space at the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre (3M BIC) on Firth Street, part of the Huddersfield Innovation and Incubation Project (HIIP)….

We had a fantastic 5th anniversary celebration on 23 May. Thanks to all those that came to celebrate with us, from old associates to new ones. As a wholly owned…

Boud Minerals was founded in 1984 and today remains a wholly owned independent family business. Our main production and distribution centre is based in Lincolnshire, adjacent to Port Sutton Bridge…

Yorkshire’s LinkedIn Lady, Judy Parsons, an independent LinkedIn trainer, coach and profile writer, held a successful LinkedIn workshop on Wednesday 25 April in our new Innovation Training Suite. 18 people…

University of Huddersfield researchers push forward one of medicine’s most exciting developments. Ground-breaking research that could see surgeons repair damaged human tissue with the help of 3D printing is under…

NPL’s next big event will be the Open House and launch of NPL’s ‘The Measure of All Things’ campaign commencing the redefinition of SI units on 17 May. During the…

NPL’s Andy Morris is taking part in the Alzheimer’s Research UK Running Down Dementia (RDD) challenge for the third year in a row. Here’s a short video of him talking…

Bob’s Business is excited to announce that it has been nominated for the prestigious Pitch@Palace People’s Choice Award. Following on from the successful pitch of Bob’s Business founder and CEO,…

The NPL Manufacturer Measurement Network (MMN) held its second quarterly members’ event of 2018 at the 3M BIC on 17 April. The Manufacturer Measurement Network Event ‘Business Diversification’ was another…

The accelerator programme where business takes off! Elmwood LaunchPod is an accelerator programme hosted in Leeds by Elmwood, the world’s most effective brand design consultancy. It invites startups into a…

Tech North’s 24 jobs in 24 hours campaign is now live – two dozen amazing junior tech roles across the North of England. Apply and you could be offered a…

Melanie Oldham, founder and CEO of Bob’s Business Ltd, has successfully pitched her way to the Pitch@Palace 9.0 Boot Camp, to be held at the University of Manchester in early…

The NPL Manufacturer Measurement Network ‘Business Diversification’ event will take place on 17 April 2018 at the 3M BIC at 5:30 pm. Many manufacturing businesses would like the opportunity to…

Bob’s Business Ltd has launched a suite of GDPR Training modules. On the 25 May 2018, Data Protection is set to experience its biggest transformation to date, guiding the legislation…

If you are heading over to the Kirklees Business Conference on 21 March, our Resident Professor of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, Professor Graham Leslie CBE, Hon. DBA is a keynote speaker…

Don’t forget the blog on our website if you want to shout out about your expertise to a large, local business community and tap into our tenants, network members, professional…

Here’s a reminder of when work will be taking place over the next few weeks: 20 – 28 February – Some work continuing in 2/29 – air conditioning units 26…

Illingworth and Gregory Ltd (I&G), based in Milnsbridge, has secured a tender to implement significant changes at the 3M BIC as part of the HIIP, following a tough procurement process,…

Three years ago, our executive officer Sally participated in parkrun at Greenhead Park in Huddersfield and caught the running bug.  The following year she joined Acre Street Runners and has…