Digital Business Innovation Programme

Posted 9th March 2017

Digital Business Innovation Programme

Newcastle University

Creative Fuse North East will unlock the true potential of the creative, digital and tech sectors to drive innovation & growth of the region’s economy. Creative Fuse North East will run until October 2018, and we anticipate this activity will run throughout the duration of delivery. CFNE seeks to commission a partner organisation to deliver a business innovation programme, aimed at IT and digital businesses.

This applicant will work with existing networks and associations across the sector to create engagement in the project, host a series of events, hackathons, innovation days and activities in Newcastle and deliver a programme of bespoke business innovation which may on occasion draw on the expertise of Newcastle University academics to:

Identify and engage with innovation ready companies
Link identified companies to CFNE and provide assessment of innovation need and potential
Develop innovation development events and activities including hackthons & innovation workshops
Develop bespoke innovation interventions to explore development of new products and services to the business
Deliver all necessary documentation to comply with ERDF funding
Hold monthly project meetings with CFNE Project Manager o Share learning and best practice from the programme across the sector, producing reports and materials for dissemination and open access.
Deliver agreed levels of business engagement and project outputs
Deliver at least two iterations of this activity – one each in 2017 & 2018

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Deadline: 20/04/2017