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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

2.
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

3.
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

4.
The Hatchery @ Wellingborough Library

5.
Growth, Innovation and the Future
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

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