WestFocus Business Creation focusses on the commercialisation of research undertaken by Consortium members. Once identified, suitable research may be given access to the various levels of funding available, according to the business need.				WestFocus offers a number of different business support mechanisms that enable the transfer of knowledge & skills  to solve specific business issues. Among them are the Knowledge Transfer Programmes (KTP), the STEP & Cut-iT initiatives, and Work-based learning (WBL) packages.				The Virtual Company (TVC) is a concept first pioneered by BusinessLink Wessex, championed by the late David Nicholas, and now administered by the Enterprise Exchange of Kingston University. 'Virtual' shares in a company are given to TVC in exchange for support, advice and perhaps funding.

		News Knowledge Transfer in Action Knowledge Transfer in Action 20 November 2006, 09.00-18.00, British Library This one-day seminar is aimed at providing the most effective tools to protect, develop and market your innovation/ideas to industry. Bringing together key professionals in the field of knowledge transfer, the event provides a forum for discussing the latest challenges within; Consultancy, IP, Spin-Outs, Licensin... Kingston Inventors scoop medals at British Inventors Show Just six months after launch of Kingston Round Table of Inventors in April, four club members have won medals at the British Invention Show held 20-23 October at Alexandra Palace. Among them was Akbar Darabi-Ford with his “Ultimate Protective Face-mask” as well as a novel Ice-cream Scoop. Although his main career has been as an architect, he has been brewing ideas for a long time, and won a pr...