Join us to explore emerging technologies, from AI to 3D scanning and virtual and augmented reality. Bring your team!In this half day course, join us to learn about three key areas of emerging technology: immersive (virtual and augmented reality), artificial intelligence, and spatial 3D scanning and modelling. Through demonstrations, explanations, and hands-on activities led by […]

Bulletproof, best-practice techniques on how to win the pitch, whatever you’re pitching for.At this lunchtime learning session led by Executive Coach and Sales & Marketing Advisor Richard, you will learn bulletproof, best-practice techniques on how to win the pitch, whatever you’re pitching for.When you’re delivering a pitch, you need to answer two questions: Why should […]

Talk through your business ideas in confidence with our team, to help signpost you to the resources you can use to build your business

Relaxed in-person networking - for aspiring start-ups, freelancers and small business ownersIf you're looking for ways to connect with other business people, freelancers and those thinking of starting up, this is the place!The BIPC Afternoon Tea is a relaxed in-person networking sessions for informal conversation and meeting of like-minded people and possible new business connections.Taking […]

Talk through your business ideas in confidence with our team, to help signpost you to the resources you can use to build your business

An in-person group workshop introducing and exploring GRANTfinder.If you’re searching for funding for your business, social enterprise or charity, GRANTfinder is the perfect tool to get started. Here at the Business & IP Centre Sussex, we offer free access to GRANTfinder, providing up-to-date listings and information about grants, awards and loans across the UK.We’ll look […]

.With 84% of the UK’s population spending up to 2 hours a day on social media it can be a noisy place. But it's also full of opportunities for businesses that know how to use it effectively. However, it can be difficult to decide where to best spend your time, what to share, and how […]

An introduction to intellectual property in the UK, and how to protect the intellectual property assets of your business.Whether it's an invention, design, brand name, literary work or a song - this session will give you the knowledge to identify the Intellectual Property (IP) assets contained within your business and how best to protect them.IP […]

Talk through your business idea in confidence with our team and find out how you could protect your intellectual property

Talk through your business ideas in confidence with our team, to help signpost you to the resources you can use to build your business

Get the support you need to start your social enterprise through StartUp Croydon's intensive Introduction to Social Enterprise courseDo you want to start a business that helps ease or resolve a social or environmental issue? Then why not apply for our intensive Introduction to Social Enterprise 3 day course?We’re supporting social entrepreneurs in Croydon and […]

.By the time children turn five, they’ve asked the question “Why?” 40,000 times, trying to establish how the world works. And yet first education and then employment squash this spirit of curiosity out of us, prizing answers much more highly than questions. Too often, people who ask questions are marginalised for being troublesome, unruly, or […]