Links
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Scottish Institute for Enterprise
University of Paisley Links
Other UK Enterprise Centres
Business News and Information
Market Information
Start-up
Networking
Elevator
Legal
Finance
Entrepreneurship Centres Worldwide
General Links
Scottish Institute for Enterprise
The Scottish Institute for Enterprise - SIE is an ambitious collaboration involving all of 20 Higher education institutions to support student enterprise and the commercial exploitation of technology.
SIE Homepage
The programmes of SIE are designed to build on the expertise of the thirteen universities and further the broad aims of fostering the commercialisation of research and new ideas and stimulating scientific enterprise, incorporating the teaching of enterprise into the science and engineering curricula, and supporting centres of excellence for the transfer and expoitation of scientific knowledge and expertise.
University of Paisley Links
- PERC - Paisley Enterprise Research Centre
- University of Paisley Careers Service
- Student Advisory Service - Special Needs - Staff will work with students, academic departments and other support services to endeavour to help students with a disability to maximise their potential.
- CAPD - Gives every student access to a computer and to the internet. Each student has a log-in account giving them access to e-mails, course information, word processing and multimedia software and printers.
- University of Paisley Innovation and Research Office (IRO) - The university office responsible for research, and commercialisation of research at Paisley.
Other UK Enterprise Centres
- The Bristol Enterprise Centre- Based at the University of Bristol, this centre has strong links with Hewlett Packard and the University of Illinois.
- Cambridge Entrepreneurship Centre (CEC) - The Centre operates throughout the University of Cambridge and in partnership with the local business community. It has also formed strategic partnerships with MIT's Entrepreneurship Centre and CERAM - the business school for Sophia Antipolis.
- The Centre for Scientific Enterprise London - The CSEL was created at the start of 2000 as a joint venture between University College London (UCL) and the London Business School.
- The Imperial College Entrepreneurship Centre - This centre is based within Imperial College. Initial programmes are concentrating particularly in the area of Medicine and Health Management, and in Physics.
- The Manchester Science Enterprise Centre - UMIST Manchester Science Enterprise Centre is a partnership between UMIST and the University of Manchester with support from Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Salford. Hosted the first meeting of the Science Enterprise Centres in November 2000 and is closely associated with the professional business community in this region.
- The Mercia Institute of Enterprise - Warwick and Birmingham University are the main partners, with involvement from the Universities Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Coventry, Aston, Keele and Central England in Birmingham.
- The Northern Ireland Centre for Entrepreneurship - A collaboration between the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast, the centre has links with the University of Twente, and the University of California at San Jose.
- Oxford Entrepreneurs - Oxford University's Science Enterprise Centre is housed within the Said Business School, and has links with the University of California at Berkeley.
- The North East Centre for Scientific Enterprise - Based on collaboration between Durham and Newcastle Universities, NECSE also involves the Universities of Teeside, Sunderland and Northumbria.
- The Scottish Institute for Enterprise
- The University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation - UNIEI was launched in June 2000
- The White Rose Centre for Enterprise - This centre is latest in a series of 'White Rose' collaborations, linking the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York
Business News and Information
- Scottish Business Insider - On-line edition of the Scottish Business Insider, the monthly business magazine with a focus on business issues.
- Scottish Biotechnology Industry - News and Information - Scottish Enterprise sponsored website where you will find the latest news and information from the Scottish biotech community, as well as latest world-wide biotech news.
- Trade Fairs and Exhibitions UK - Listing of Events - This website contains a comprehensive listing of all the consumer, public, industrial and trade exhibitions to be held in major venues around the UK
Market Information
- All Net Research - Technology Research - Market intelligence portal with information for e-business and IT industries with a US focus.
- e-Marketer - Technology Research - Market intelligence portal with worldwide information on e-business and IT industries.
- Market Research on the Web - This site provides access to a comprehensive range of industry and market research from over 345 publishers around the world.
- MINTEL On-line - The website of MINTEL, the UK based market intelligence provider. This site contains abstracts of all published articles as well as a useful search facility.
- MORI On-line - Website of MORI (Market Opinion Research International). This site contains comprehensive abstracts of recent MORI surveys.
- Keynote Reports On-line - On-line market information centre providing a search facility and executive summaries of published surveys
Start-Up
- Small Business Gateway - This website presents the services of the Small Business Gateway, which encompasses all of the business start up activities of the Scottish Enterprise Network.
- Shell LiveWIRE - Shell LiveWIRE helps young people in business through a series of competitions and challenges, including a national business plan competition and outward-bounds weekends.
- Technology Ventures Scotland - A Scotland - wide information and networking website, sponsored by Scottish Enterprise, for those commercialising technology and research.
- Dare To Be Digital - Support and funding for teams of games developers at the University of Abertay
- Hillington Park Innovation Centre - Internet Incubation Facility - Internet incubation facility
Networking
- Elevator Fantastic new networking club for young entrepreneurs in the West of Scotland. Always busy, enjoyable and packed with freebies advice and contacts. Highly recommended, and regularly attended by the Paisley Student Enterprise Association.
- Connect -The website of Connect Scotland, an organisation that helps develop business and management skills and provides networking opportunities for those setting up technology businesses, including Connect Springboard where entrepreneurs present their pitch to potential investors.
- Student Enterprise Association - The primary aim of the society is to create a focus for entrepreneurial activity within the University of Paisley. The society will allow people to get together and share ideas, inspiration, motivation and enthusiasm. The society provides a positive environment in which students can discuss any ideas or issues relating to entrepreneurship.
- The Entrepreneurial Exchange - The website for the Entrepreneurial Exchange, a network of entrepreneurs from all over Scotland.
- Business Mentoring Scotland - The website for Business Mentoring Scotland, A Scottish Enterprise initiative to encourage the involvement of experienced industrialists with business start up projects.
- The Royal Society of Edinburgh - The Royal Society of Edinburgh's website with details of their annual Enterprise Fellowships.
- Scottish Games Alliance - An association of computer game designer and programmers in Scotland.
- ScotlandIS - e-Business Association - An association of internet, software and multimedia businesses throughout Scotland.
- Scottish Microelectronics Centre - This website provides a specialised R& D environment designed to encourage commercialisation of microelectronics products and services.
- UK Business Incubation Centres - An association of business incubator centres in the UK. The sites contains links to members websites.
- Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce
Legal
- Companies House - Company Registration in the UK. - Companies House is the registrar of companies in the UK. This site contains some useful information on company registration and a list of all existing company names.
- The Patent Office - The website of the UK's patent authority with useful information of intellectual property issues.
- Out-Law.com - On-line Legal Services - Out-Law.com is an on-line solicitors backed by the international law firm Masons.
- The Data Protection Act On-Line - A government sponsored website containing useful information on the ins and outs of the Data Protection Act.
Finance
Entrepreneurship Centres - Worldwide
General
