If you employ less than 250 employees or are considering setting up a company and are based in Kent, Surrey, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, West Sussex or East Sussex, you may be eligible for free consultancy support to develop an eco-innovative service, product, technology or new business model under the FUSION project.

The Centre for Sustainable Design (CfSD) at UCA is able to provide free research and consultancy related to the development, funding, marketing and commercialisation of eco-innovative services, product and technologies to eligible individuals and companies through the FUSION project funded by the European Commission’s INTERREG IVA “2 Seas” Programme. Over the last 3 years consultants from CfSD and its partners have provided support to over 500 eco-innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the South-East. CfSD is therefore uniquely placed to support your needs.

The Centre for Sustainable Design, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham Campus, Falkner Rd, Farnham, Surrey,
GU9 7DS, UK

Office Tel: 01252 892772

Now customers can access a wide variety of cutting edge specialist equipments through edge's technical service offer.

The main set of technical services are:
- Digital textile printing
- Book press
- Gerber pattern cutting
- Rapid prototype
- Laser cutter

We were delighted to welcome business at the edge stand at the Kent 2020 Exhibition, held on Kent Event Centre on the 07th April 2011. The event was a perfect opportunity to meet business and showcase edge case studies and expertise.

edge - creative expertise and expertise, was officially launched to last 18th February 2011 in the wonderful Kensington Roof Gardens in London.

The successful event brought together UCA's experts, a broad variety of businesses from many sectors and the wider community. The speakers discussed themes such as: UCA working with and for business, the role of Enterprise in building bridges to valuable intellectual resources and examples of collaboration with industry. An overview of Edge aims, expertise and services, was provided as well.

edge is an exciting development by UCA, one of the largest creative training institutions in Europe.

Simply put: It's giving business and enterprise a competitive advantage - something that is crucial in today's economic climate.

It's about harnessing world class talent and sharing it with business and commerce helping assist development, growth and innovation.

edge is about making UCA expertise available and to foster collaboration by offering services including:
- Consultancy
- Key-note speakers
- Specially-designed in-house training
- And Knowledge Exchange

Many of the edge consultants are world leaders in their field and represent a rich diversity of class-leading expertise.

Together they make up edge - a fusion of world class expertise, supporting and assisting business and industry, delivering a competitive edge.

The University for the Creative Arts has a valuable creative intellectual resource which has been organised into a digital bank of expertise which is now available to business. The UCA bank of experts include consultants in areas such as illustration, graphic design, product design, trends forecast, arts, management and marketing, journalism and PR, photography and film production, architecture, fashion, animation and jewellery. Further information contact Susiane Sampaio on ssampaio@ucreative.ac.uk

http://www.mediatree.org.uk/news-and-events/news/kent-business-column-june-2010/