Petroc is more than just the new name for North and East Devon College. We work with a wide variety of employers, big and small across the country.

In aiming to help your business to develop tomorrow’s products and services today, Petroc is extending its support beyond the large range of training courses offered.

Petroc’s new Knowledge Transfer and Business Innovation Service launched in March 2010. The service’s prime focus is the stimulate innovation and apply specialist knowledge in a practical business context through initiatives such as Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP).

Part funded by the Government, KTP is a UK-wide programme enabling organisations’ to improve their competitiveness, productivity and performance. Your organisation can access knowledge, technology or skills from Petroc and potentially from its wider partners.

Kingston Maurward College is the specialist land based further education college based in Dorset. We offer support for businesses from our superbly located Georgian Manor House.

Kingston Maurward Business aims to support business and employers who want to develop by offering training and qualifications, innovation support to develop products, services and systems.

Our team of Business Innovation Mentors (BIMs) will work closely with you to identify the barriers and opportunities for innovation or knowledge transfer. They will help turn knowledge into a business solution and then support change.

Our BIM’s have a wide range of business and academic experience and knowledge including:

• Mixed farming
• Dairy farming
• Horticultural retail
• Rural diversification
• Leadership and management
• Finance and budget setting
• Food retail management
• Food safety
• Health and safety.
• HR and Staffing
• Health, leisure and fitness

Phone our business team on 01305 215057
or email business@kmc.ac.uk.

South Devon College is a Further Education College offering a wide range of training and development services from its new campus in Paignton, Devon. The campus was opened four years ago and the whole College is equipped with cutting edge facilities to provide the very best training and learning service to our customers.

Our team of Business Innovation Mentors (BIMs) works closely with businesses to identify the barriers and opportunities for innovation/ knowledge transfer (business analysis). They work with businesses to turn knowledge into a business solution and then support the business through their period of change.

Our BIM’s have a wide range of business and academic experience and knowledge including:

• Leadership and management
• Finance and budget setting
• IT solutions
• Small scale solar energy projects (photovoltaic)
• Design of energy saving lighting & ventilation systems
• Retail management.
• Food safety.
• Health and safety.
• Nutritional issues.
• HR and Staffing
• Marketing PR, advertising
• Health, leisure and fitness

Cornwall College is the third largest Further Education College in the country and works with a number of voluntary, community, public sector and third party organisations to deliver education and training throughout Cornwall, and beyond.

Cornwall College is committed to employer responsive training and skills and as such offers a wide range of services to employers. Cornwall College Business (CCB) is focused on the business markets and has a first rate reputation for employer engagement and delivering high quality employer-led provision, being the first provider in Cornwall to achieve the LSC’s Training Quality Standard. CCB has a long-standing relationship with local businesses and currently engages with over 2,500 businesses.

Our Business Innovation Mentors (BIMs) have a wide range of business and academic experience and knowledge with specialisms in the following areas:

• food manufacturing
• advanced marine composites
• advanced engineering
• environmental technologies

Cornwall College www.cornwall.ac.uk

Food Innovation Service www.foodinnovation.co.uk

Cornwall College Business www.cornwall.ac.uk/business/index.php

Unlocking Cornish Potential www.cornwall.ac.uk/ucp/index.php

Enterprise Solutions is your gateway to accessing our entire range of expertise, services and facilities, and reaching the right source of support as quickly and easily as possible.

To access the University of Plymouth’s Enterprise Solutions:

Call: 0800 052 5600

Email: enterprisesolutions@plymouth.ac.uk
Visit: www.plymouth.ac.uk/enterprisesolutions

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