Welcome to Ideas-Lab

The ideas-lab team aim to identify and reveal the hidden commercial value in your organisation.

fresh thinking from Ideas Lab

The day-to-day demands of running your business can make it difficult for you to step back and look at other opportunities you could be taking advantage of. Many businesses can underestimate the value of their intellectual property and company know how. You could be sitting on a goldmine waiting to be exploited by your business.

  • Could there be new ways to make more money from your existing know how?
  • Could you be making money out of technology you didn't know you had?
  • Could your products be produced in a more efficient and cost-effective way?
  • Or are there changes you could make to your products to improve their performance?

This is where Ideas-Lab comes in...

The Ideas-lab team have a proven track record in helping businesses develop, exploit and protect their know how. We can offer a range of specialist expertise to help you discover the new opportunities which could exist in your business and help you increase your profits.

Featured Partner: NetPark.
Located in Durham, UK. NetPark is an exciting place to be if you're a new or fast growing company. This custom built incubator building has a multitute of suppoer services built in. read more
Featured News: Wind of change for NE tech companies.
North East Chambers of Commerce Magazine.
13th March 2008 : A pioneering scheme is being launched to unlock the multi-million pound potential of the North-East's hidden business treasures. read more
Featured Case Study: To Create Appropriate Intellectual Property and Business Strategy.
28 January 2008 : Tim Moor Ideas-Lab was requested by 'Company 1' to look at a specific project relating to a new form of testing technology at prototype stage. 'Company 1' further requested Ideas-Lab to formulate a business strategy surrounding the technology and its intellectual property. read more
Featured Research: Mapping Key Factors in Value Innovation.
Shaping the Future: 9th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Newcastle, UK : One of a series of six papers which explore the notion of the 'expert designer' as a critical element of design space. English's paper explores the designer's development of 'value' through the construction of what Dorst and Cross (2001) term 'the design problem space'. read more

The Ideas-Lab process was initially developed through a collaborative innovation partnership bertween Northumbria University, Ward Hadaway Law Firm and the regional development agency One North East.

The current phase of Ideas-Lab is run by Iconet Ltd with the collaboration of Ward Hadaway, Northumbria University, NetPark and One North East.