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      <title>Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets</title>
      <description>The ISA has published a book entitled "Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Trade Secrets: What Automation Professionals, Manufacturers, and Business Owners Need to Know" by Wendy Buskop </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ensuring British manufacturing remains competitive</title>
      <description>Investment in innovation is required if the UK is to remain in the world's leading manufacturing nations: the TSB is planning to invest in UK manufacturing companies to maintain their competitiveness</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cutting edge Seminar sharpens minds</title>
      <description>Over 40 delegates attended the 'Cutting Edge' seminar held by NAMTEC (the National Metals Technology Centre) at Swinden House in South Yorkshire recently</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>National Metals Technology Centre (NAMTEC)</category>
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      <title>FA Cup winner unites with IChemE to tackle poverty</title>
      <description>2008 FA Cup winner and England goalkeeper, David James has found common ground with the IChemE in efforts to improve living standards for some of the world's poorest people</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Conglomerates + Corporate style: Halma + Spectris</title>
      <description>Two major UK groups, Halma plc and Spectris plc, have adopted a "hands-off" approach over the public image of their subsidiaries: these groups own some most interesting process industry suppliers</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>SPECIAL REPORT by the Editor</category>
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      <title>Scottish investment into fuel cell CHP systems</title>
      <description>Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and the Scottish Enterprise Scottish Co-investment Fund (SCF) have completed their first equity investment deal together, putting GBP750k into Logan Energy</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Innovation Advisory Service shows business growth</title>
      <description>The Innovation Advisory Service (IAS) has marked two years at the forefront of innovation management by hosting a National Conference on Open Innovation in Practice at The Royal Society, London</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Editorial Articles: Miscellaneous submissions</category>
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      <title>Sandretto UK plays its part for the Dragon's Den</title>
      <description>Technology from Sandretto UK has helped leading moulder PPH to manufacture the award-winning Chocbox electrical connector that recently won financial backing on the Dragons' Den TV programme</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>GBP35 Million Entrepreneur Challenge for 2008</title>
      <description>UK entrepreneurs are set for a GBP35 million interest free investment following the launch of the 2008 Bank of Scotland Corporate GBP35 Million Entrepreneur Challenge, partnering with The Sunday Times</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>A  welcome for Government commitment to innovation</title>
      <description>The Technology Strategy Board is to play a key role in accelerating innovation for the benefit of business, and will publish an overall strategy document soon</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>UK 2008 Budget response from Brookson</title>
      <description>Martin Hesketh, MD of Brookson, one of the leading providers of accountancy, tax advice and other support services to contractors, comments on Alistair Darling's maiden Budget</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Editorial Articles: Miscellaneous submissions</category>
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      <title>R+D set to boost with improved tax incentives</title>
      <description>The budget gives greater tax incentives to UK R+D - a move set to help bring UK innovation back to this country from low labour-rate countries such as India and China</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>'High Value' future for UK manufacturing</title>
      <description>The future for UK manufacturing lies in adding value and innovating, says Iain Gray, the Technology Strategy Board Chief Executive</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>GBP10M to support the creative UK industries</title>
      <description>Small companies will benefit from a GBP10 million investment by the Technology Strategy Board to support innovation across the creative industries in the UK</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Landmark patent victory prompts policy re-think</title>
      <description>In a test case before the High Court in London, a patent attorney has succeeded in overturning recent changes to the UK IPO policy on computer-implemented inventions</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Editorial Articles: Miscellaneous submissions</category>
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      <title>Government R+D tax relief deadline looming</title>
      <description>Alma Consulting Group, Europe's largest R+D tax specialist, is advising UK companies to act now and claim the R+D tax relief they are entitled to before time runs out</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>SPECIAL REPORT by the Editor</category>
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      <title>GX Designs designs its future by an acquisition</title>
      <description>A leading South Wales-based engineering design business is expanding after acquiring divisions of a hardware and software solutions company with investment from Finance Wales</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>GBP10M for low carbon energy technology research</title>
      <description>The Technology Strategy Board is to stimulate improvements in low carbon energy technologies through a GBP10 million investment in collaborative research and development</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>East of England Stem Cell Network created</title>
      <description>EEDA is providing funding for a new programme of dedicated networking and knowledge transfer activities dedicated to stem cell research and development</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Energy Efficiency student challenge awards</title>
      <description>This year the Schneider Electric India 'Energy Efficiency in Innovation Challenge' attracted participation from 47 engineering colleges, and 12 teams with 4 members each qualified to the finals</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Schneider Electric</category>
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      <title>Investment in new Innovation and Knowledge Centres</title>
      <description>Two new 'Innovation and Knowledge Centres' will provide a major boost to the early commercial exploitation of emerging technologies</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Technology Strategy Board</category>
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