Business and IP Centre

The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7412 7901

For enquiries about our business resources and collection email our Reference team.

We support small business owners, entrepreneurs and inventors like you. Our team are on hand all day, six days a week, to help you take the right steps to start up, protect and grow your business.

Develop your ideas with our market research and company databases, learn new skills at a workshop or mini-masterclass, have a confidential one-to-one and put your questions to some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs at our inspiring talks.

If you’re an ambitious business owner, with plans to scale-up, we also offer £10,000 worth of free support through our Innovating for Growth programme. Or if you want specialised start-up support we have a programme for that too.
What’s more we have ten National Network Centres around the UK - so visit us today and increase your chances of business success.

Upcoming workshops & events

Workshop

Get cash flow confident

Wed 22 Mar 2017

A practical and stress-free way to get the financial knowledge, confidence and tools to help you understand, forecast and manage for growth.

Workshop

Introduction to licensing

Wed 22 Mar 2017

The development, manufacture and sale of your products or services involves substantial investment, so securing your Intellectual Property rights can be crucial.

Workshop

Routes to market

Wed 22 Mar 2017

Explore and identify the right sales channels for your brand.

Webinar FREE

Webinar: Introduction to copyright

Thu 23 Mar 2017

Almost every organisation has intellectual property of some sort – this series of webinars helps businesses to understand and protect it.

All business events

Resources to help start, run and grow your business

Starting your business

Practical advice to help get your business off the ground, from business plans to market research.

Protecting your ideas

Make sure you understand the basics of intellectual property and how to protect your product, website and brand.

Growing your business

Want to go international or expand your product range? Get top tips for taking your business to the next level.

Databases and publications

Over £5m worth of current market reports from top publishers Mintel, Frost & Sullivan, Passport and more.

Free industry and IP guides

Up-to-date quality information on intellectual property and for researching key industries, handpicked by our experts.

Our research service

Pay our experts to do research for you.

Ask an expert

For established businesses, get extra help from our IT, marketing and invention experts.

Articles

Read our articles for top tips and advice on starting and growing your business and protecting your intellectual property

National Network

Find a Business & IP Centre near you.

Information clinics

Our staff provide free hour-long advice sessions to talk through your ideas in confidence, helping you to develop your business ideas and business plan