26th January                      Right Funds for You Staffordshire

11th February                    Right Funds for You  Daventry

16th-17th March             Amber Workshop     Northants

InvoRed programme rebranded in the East Midlands

The Connect Midlands InvoRed programme is being rebranded in the East Midlands as part of the Governments’ national Solutions for Business suite of business support.

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Lovestruck raises investment for continued expansion

Leicestershire and London-based dating site Lovestruck.com, which matches city singles who work near to each other, has successfully raised £285,000 in Series A funding from several business angels and the East Midlands Early Growth Fund.
 

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Grant fund proves a success

The Advantage Proof of Concept Fund (APoC) has now closed it’s doors to applications after an extremely successful and busy 2009. Connect Midlands handled almost 200 of the 900 enquiries received by the Fund and shepherded 39 applications to successful awards.

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Investment for bacteria's natural predator

Biocontrol Limited, a Nottingham-based business that pitched at the Connect Midlands Investment Conference (CMIC) in November 2009, has received funding of £200,000 as it prepares for the final round of financing to take its products to market, with the first product line already through advanced clinical trials.

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Critical Pharmaceuticals awarded funding by Wellcome Trust

Critical Pharmaceuticals, the Nottingham based pharmaceuticals company, has secured a £1.5m translation award from the Wellcome Trust to develop a nasal spray of Human Growth Hormone (hGH) using its proprietary CriticalSorb™ technology as an alternative to injection.

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Subsidised support for struggling businesses - Beer & Young

We are pleased to announce that Beer & Young has been awarded a contract, via Business Link West Midlands, to provide West Midlands businesses with consultancy/advisory services.

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TV programmes seeking innovative companies

Entrepreneurs from across the country are being invited to step forward with their ideas by the BBC. Dragons’ Den is once again opening it’s doors to companies seeking investment. Visit www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden for more information.

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