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We're helping businesses seize new opportunities by exploiting design

How can we encourage creativity in smaller businesses?

Stage: We have launched a programme called Designing Demand
Addressing: Driving competitiveness in industry, Supporting growth in the creative economy

What stops small companies from being more innovative?

A recent Government strategy says smaller businesses are still not making enough use of creativity because they need to be more aware of the benefits.

Perspectives

Graham Burchell

Managing director, Challs International

Design has changed our culture and we want more of it. We want to work with designers to find new ways to challenge the rules. Good design will stand the test of time but it doesn’t stand still. We're not stopping here.
Read how Graham's company increased sales by 35%

More perspectives and the chance to contribute

This project is part of The Cox Review of Creativity in Business

Can universities bring business studies and creativity closer together?

Stage: We have been looking at international examples of best practice
Addressing: Driving competitiveness in industry, Supporting growth in the creative economy

Why is this an issue for design?

Designers need to help decide what kind of centres should be set up to enable multidisciplinary groups of designers, scientists, anthropologists, economists and others to drive innovation

Chris Downs from service design consultancy LiveWork shares his ideas with a group of government officials

What makes the UK an innovation nation?

Stage: The Government has set out its plans for making the UK the best place to run an innovative business or public service
Addressing: Driving competitiveness in industry, Improving innovation in public services

Can the Government help make the UK more innovative?

The Government department in charge of making us all more innovative has made its first plan. DIUS wants to help the public and private sectors take advantage of new opportunities and prosperity created by the demand for innovaiton.

Can design make science and innovation more competitive?

Stage: The government has pledged to implement suggestions from the Sainsbury Review of science and innovation with a £1billion fund
Addressing: Driving competitiveness in industry

Why do science and technology businesses need design?

We know the UK has a great research base for science and technology, but how can design help stop its products falling behind in the race to market?

Lord Sainsbury addressed UK science and innovation in his Treasury Review of October 2007

Is the UK making enough use of design and creativity?

Stage: We are consulting widely across the design and business community. Have you had your say?
Addressing: Driving competitiveness in industry

What’s the issue?

The then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Alistair Darling, asked the Design Council to produce a report on the take-up of design by UK industry.

This project is part of The Cox Review of Creativity in Business

Could your business claim R&D tax credits?

Stage: Treasury recommendations are being implemented
Addressing: Driving competitiveness in industry

Why is this an issue for design?

Design is an essential part of any good research and development (R&D) process – it helps to translate scientific knowledge into products that people can use and want to buy, and that companies can profit from.

This project is part of The Cox Review of Creativity in Business