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What a great piece of advice from the Innovate Design team! They give a pragmatic piece of advice as you explore through your business options. I've never been happier working with any other team!
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- Research and Product Development
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At Innovate Design, we are passionate about empowering individuals, entrepreneurs, and start-ups across the UK to realise the true potential of their product ideas. As long-established experts in innovation, we guide our clients through every step of the journey—from the first spark of inspiration to commercialisation. With decades of combined experience, our dedicated team has developed an unrivalled understanding of what it takes to bring a new invention to market. We start by helping you discover whether your idea has genuine value and the potential for commercial success, leveraging our expertise in market research and patent searches. Protecting your innovation is crucial. Innovate Design offers affordable patent protection, design registration, and intellectual property guidance to ensure your ideas remain secure. Our in-house designers and engineers then transform your concept into a working prototype, enabling you to visualise, test, and refine your product before launch. When it’s time to go to market, we support you in licensing your idea to a company or moving forward with manufacturing. Our goal is to make innovation accessible, practical, and successful for everyone. Learn more about how we can help you at www.innovate-design.co.uk.
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- Protect – Develop – Launch
- From Patent to Prototype to Marketplace, we guide you at every step—protecting your idea, developing a working model, and supporting your journey to commercial success. Innovate Design turns your inspiration into reality.
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We guarantee the strictest confidentiality with every project. Your idea is fully protected from your first enquiry.
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24 Greville Street Farringdon , EC1N 8SS, London , United Kingdom
- 020 7354 5640
- info@innovate-design.com
- innovate-design.co.uk
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When I first made contact with this company…Last Year about August 15th
When I first made contact with this company about 1 year ago, the names which I dealt with were:
Alastair Swanwick and
Barbara Bouffard.
I have written a letter and sent an email addressed to these two individuals; but I have NOT received the courtesy of an acknowledgement or a reply.
These two individuals seem to have disappeared into thin air. Are they still alive? ?
7 June 2025
Unprompted review
Reply from Innovate Design
Dear Mr. Da Silva,
Thank you for providing your details. Upon review, we can confirm that we received a request from you for an information pack, but we have not found a record of a project submission.
As the company is run by Alastair and Barbara, they may not be able to respond to all enquiries personally. However, we have a dedicated team of Innovation Coaches who are here to support you in protecting and commercialising your idea.
To move forward, the next step would be for you to submit your idea through our standard process. This will allow us to assess it and offer you the most appropriate guidance.
https://innovate-design.co.uk/non-disclosure-agreement/
We’re here to help and look forward to supporting your innovation journey.
Kind regards,
The Innovate Team
The information requested arrived…
The information requested arrived within a day. It was a very comprehensive guide and well worthy of a study guide that helps water the seed of advancement.
14 May 2025
comprehensive pack
It's a comprehensive pack thank you. However I am more confused than before. I would like to see my idea happen but it appears that without money it won't happen. It's difficult to understand if my project needs copyright, patent or trademark. I think I will need to research more into how to make this possible.
26 April 2025
Fashion Branding - Brilliant Service
Fashion Branding - Brilliant service! Being a first time founder of a business, I had the idea but Emma and Donna had the skill and knowledge to get me to where I wanted to be.
They provided me with a brilliant service that took my initial idea for a sportswear brand to physical prototypes of the products that I could test and try. They were professional throughout, and Donna’s experience in the design and manufacturing world was evident as she took all the stress from my shoulders and explained the process to me clearly and calmly.
I felt that they clearly understood my idea, the background and long term plan and helped suggest the best services they could provide to help me progress.
I would 100% recommend their service to any new founders I, I don’t think I would have got to where they got me to within the few months working together, and certainly would not have got such a great first prototype of the product.
They were so great I have engaged them to support me further in the development.
30 April 2025
Unprompted review
Super fast delivery and excellent to…
Super fast delivery and excellent to have at hand, will be so handy if this idea works once I’ve created it.
23 April 2025
Spot on.
Without knowing what I was looking for Innovate Design delivered exactly what I was looking for.
15 April 2025
I perceived from your illustration that…
I perceived from your illustration that I can license my patent pending innovation with most likely rate you set. But the problem is how I can find the right financial organ in uk? since I am from Ethiopia. And how to proceed the licensing my invention to establish types of contract stated in your information. My invention Entitled: commission agent banking system(cabs-at) is in patent pending.
14 April 2025
Prompt response
5 April 2025
Magik sometimes happens…
I have realised at long last your asking me asking me to write a review on your Company
My mistake
8 April 2025
Lack of protection on artistic property
I don’t agree with the 15 year validity of secrecy you should be protecting your customers not banking there ideas that don’t get used for future repurposing
31 March 2025
Reply from Innovate Design
Hi there, thanks for your comment — and for raising a really important point.
We completely understand the concern, and just to clarify: our 15-year NDA is designed to give plenty of protection. In fact, it goes well beyond the industry standard. If an idea hasn’t been developed or launched in that timeframe, it’s often because either the market has changed or the concept may no longer be commercially viable — not because it wasn’t a good idea to begin with.
But more importantly — we never repurpose or “bank” unused ideas. That’s not how we work. Our focus is 100% on helping you move your project forward, not keeping your ideas on file for our own benefit. The NDA is there to protect your confidentiality, and we take that seriously.
What really sets us apart is the service you get:
Honest advice from day one (even if that means telling you not to move forward)
A hands-on, experienced team who genuinely care about your project
A structured, supportive process that helps bring your idea to life — whether it’s a first sketch or a near-final product
We’re proud of the trust our clients place in us, and we’re always happy to chat if you’d like to discuss this further.
Thanks again for the feedback — it helps us keep improving!
I like your company to help me to…
I like your company to help me to realise my ideas and you can refer to an other comany to support me.
1 April 2025
Unprompted review
Innovative pack was really impactful
Yes, the innovative pack was really impressive as it provided me with answers to a lot of questions.
My next steps in completing my work will be guided by the contents of the innovative pack.
Thanks.
Destiny Patrick Nwosibe
20 March 2025
Amazing opportunity for budding inventors
Amazing opportunity for budding inventors. The help and support looks brilliant.
15 March 2025
Uplifted
There were quick at sending me the form And also offer to help and advice on how to fill the form. I also was told that they have a department that cam help me develop my idea.
13 March 2025
Easy to order pack and quick delivery
7 March 2025
Very helpful
Tom was very insightful and helpful in guiding us towards our goal. Many thanks.
7 March 2025
Very interesting read and very helpful
5 March 2025
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