Links
Funding Bodies
UMIP Premier Fund - http://www.theupf.com
Manchester Technology Fund - http://www.mantechfund.com/
NWDA - http://www.nwda.co.uk/
Northwest Business Angels - http://www.techinvest.org.uk/
Enterprise Ventures - http://www.enterprise-ventures.co.uk/
NESTA - http://www.nesta.org.uk/
Manchester Knowledge Capital - http://www.manchesterknowledge.com/
Funding for Manchester-Creative Companies - http://www.thedrum.co.uk/news/2010/05/28/14042-manchester-creative-companies-given-chance-to-access-18m-fund
Associations
UNICO - the UK University Companies Association - www.unico.org.uk/
AUTM - Association of University Technology Managers - www.autm.net/index.cfm
AURIL - Association for University Research & Industry Links - http://www.auril.org.uk/
The Bioindustry Association - www.bioindustry.org/
NWUA - http://www.nwua.ac.uk/
UKBI - http://www.ukbi.co.uk/
Incubation North West - http://www.incubationnw.org/
Nwin - http://www.nwin.org.uk/
UK Bioincubation Manager’s Forum - http://www.ukbioincubation.com/
Bionow - http://www.bionow.co.uk/
Bioincubation Forum - www.uk-if.org
Intellectual Property Links
UK Patent Office - www.patent.gov.uk
European Patent Office - www.european-patent-office.org/index.en.php
Department of Health site on management of IP from NHS R&D - www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
USPTO - http://www.uspto.gov
European Intellectual Property Association (EIPA) - http://www.eipa-patents.org/
World Intellectual Property Organisation - http://www.wipo.int/
Useful tools
www.technologycompanysearch.info
www.theintellectualproperty.net
Other useful links
UMIC Conferencing Facilities - /conferencing/
Manchester Biotech - http://www.manchesterbiotech.com/
Manchester Hi-tech - http://www.manchesterhitech.com/welcome/
One Central Park - http://www.onecentralpark.co.uk/
Broadstone Mill - http://www.broadstone.co.uk/
Winning Pitch - http://www.winning-pitch.co.uk/Academy/
Manchester Digital - http://www.manchesterdigital.com/
Manchester Digital Development Agency - http://www.manchesterdda.com/
Together Works - http://www.togetherworks.org.uk/index.php?q=Home
TheBusinessDesk.com - http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/
The University of Manchester - http://www.manchester.ac.uk/
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre - http://www.mahsc.ac.uk/
The University of Manchester Intellectual Property Limited (UMIP)- http://www.umip.com/
Trustech - http://www.trustech.org.uk/
Midas - http://www.investinmanchester.com/
Merseybio - http://www.merseybio.com/
Manchester Momentum - http://www.momentum.manchester.ac.uk/
Manchester Enterprise Centre (MEC) - www.mbs.ac.uk/mec/
Manchester Science Park - www.manchesterscienceparks.co.uk
Discovery to Medicine - http://www.discovery2medicine.com/
The Department of Health - www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - http://www.berr.gov.uk/ or http://www.dti.gov.uk/
Knowledge Transfer Partnership - http://www.ktponline.org.uk/
Government Office North West - http://www.gos.gov.uk/gonw/
Electronic Repairs & Equipment Manufacturer - http://www.stopfordworkshop.co.uk/
List of all Government bodies on the internet - www.direct.gov.uk/Homepage/fs/en
MANCAT - http://www.mancat.ac.uk/
National Computing Centre - http://www.ncc.co.uk/
North West e-Government Group - http://www.nwegg.org.uk/
Manchester Online - www.manchesteronline.co.uk
Virtual Manchester - www.manchester.com
Lancashire Online - www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire
2xTRA Project - http://www.2xtra.info/
Technology Strategy Board - http://innovateuk.org/
Carbon Trust Online Training "Cut Carbon, Cut Costs" - www.carbontrust.co.uk/onlinetraining
UKTI North West https://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/ukti/appmanager/ukti/ournetwork?_nfls=false&_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=north_west