Kauffman Global Scholar DVD experience Released
Posted on 3rd March 2008
The Kauffman Foundation has released a video of the NCGE/Kauffman Entrepreneurship Fellows programme. The scholarship was highlighted in Gordon Brown’s budget speech and has been funded to help Britain’s future business hopefuls develop their entrepreneurial skills and ideas for starting a business by spending six months in the United States with some of America’s most innovative entrepreneurial thinkers, experts and small business leaders.
Watch a video the Kauffman Global Scholars Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYbThaF3WuQ
Design lifts barrier to success
Posted on 3rd April 2008
Simon Phelps explains how a US fellowship scheme gave him the impetus to build his own company.
Times Article – Design lifts barriers to success: pdf
Barrier dreams
Posted on 1st June 2008
The award-winning FLOODSTOP flood barrier appears in the June addition of Inventique Magazine.
Fluvial Innovations in Inventique_June 08: pdf
BERR highlight Fluvial Innovations’ success
Posted on 30th November 2008
Fluvial Innovations Ltd has been highlighted by the Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) as a successful graduate of the Flying Start Global Scholars scheme.
FLOODSTOP featured on ITV
Posted on 14th February 2009
This month the Environment Agency successfully deployed 175 metres of the demountable flood defence barrier, FLOODSTOP in Sandwich Quay, Kent. 175 metres was deployed in a staggering 90 minutes.
Watch The Environment Agency deploy FLOODSTOP on ITV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFGt-LgCmdA
FLOODSTOP wins EPS Award for Most Innovative Product of 2009
Posted on 16th June 2009
Last night at the annual Emergency Planning Society conference, FLOODSTOP a rapidly deployable flood defence barrier was voted the Most Innovative Product of 2009. This award honours products with a real, pragmatic emergency planning application.
FLOODSTOP to appear in all secondary schools
Posted on 24th August 2009
FLOODSTOP flood protection has been chosen by STEMNET (funded by The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills) to appear as a case study in all UK secondary schools. Fluvial Innovations has been specifically chosen to demonstrate to students that they can have a rewarding career by designing and developing their own products. The aim is to boost the number of school leavers entering careers in design and manufacturing.