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Find R&D grants, funding, and support to accelerate your business innovation in Northern Ireland and the UK.

Find alternative funding for R&D projects, including venture capital, loans, crowdfunding, and industry awards.

Introduction to PLM, including tools, systems, and the substantial benefits it can bring to your business.

Strategies for growing and maturing a product, and increasing profit margins and profitability.

How to introduce your product or service to potential customers in the marketplace and promote your business.

How to develop the idea for your product or service, plan potential outcomes and product expansion.

Understand the sequence of stages your product goes through in a typical product life cycle.

Key stages of product life cycle, and how you can use this information to increase profits and generate sales.

How to design products so that you or your customers can reuse or dispose of them in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective way.

Consider your use of raw materials while developing sustainable goods and services.

Considering the whole of a product's lifecycle to ensure goods and services become more sustainable

Assess your priorities when developing new or revised products that will use ecodesign.

How to carry out research and life cycle assessment to ensure that new or revised products follow ecodesign principles.

How to plan ecodesign for your products and introduce ecodesign activities within your business’ existing design process.

Understand the legal responsibilities and standards that relate to the ecodesign of products, and how to ensure compliance with ecodesign directives.

Introduction to the environmental and cost benefits of ecodesign, and some barriers to creating products or services in a sustainable way.

An overview of ecodesign and the key environmental considerations when developing products using ecodesign principles.

What is ecodesign and how it can help you to minimise the environmental impact of your goods and services

How to weigh up the possible risks of research and development against the potential benefits

How to carry out internal research and development and leverage the benefits of keeping research in-house

Stay ahead of competitors by carrying out quality research, design and development in your business

How to manage your design, research and development projects to adapt to customers' changing requirements

What is CE marking, why is it mandatory for certain regulated products, and how to place CE marking on your products.

Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.

Overview of the rules governing international trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol