Northamptonshire Enterprise Hubs The Story So Far... •900+ Potential Entrepreneurs helped •100+ Workshops •105 Businesses Launched Bid funding achieved JCP Enterprise Club funding 2012 £8k ACE/BL Enterprising Libraries £45k Govt Superfast Broadband £23k Awards •The Edge Award – Social Innovation 2013 •CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award 2014

Arts Council England / British Library – Enterprising Libraries

Fixed term Business Advisor • Added capacity for workshop

delivery

• Up-skilling of staff

Updated IT facilities • Laptops

• Video Conferencing

Invaluable advice

Connection with PatLib and the

UK Intellectual Property Office

Women and Broadband Challenge Fund

Aims: • Increase Digital Confidence

• Promote use of digital for

business

Promotional videos

3 Workshops • Is it for me?

• Effective business websites

• Social Media for business

6 Locations: • Oundle

• Rothwell

• Deanshanger

• Daventry

• Brixworth

• Corby

Potential to reach:

180 new women Entrepreneurs

The Hatchery @ Wellingborough Library

Patent Library – Northamptonshire

Central Library •Advice and support for IP

•Patent searching

•IP clinics

•Workshops on protecting IP

Inventor in Residence

Inventors Group • In partnership with University

• Potential Makerspace volunteers

Makerspace Takeover Day

Northamptonshire Enterprise Week

Growth, Innovation and the Future

For further information: Barbara Leigh – Library Service Manger bleigh@northamptonshire.gov.uk Carl Dorney – Principal Librarian: Information, Advice & Digital cdorney@northamptonshire.gov.uk