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        <h2>Innovation</h2>
        
        <p class="intro">Business innovation is all about the successful exploitation of new ideas. Innovation plays a fundamental role in the success of many of the world's leading businesses. Often, the objective of dynamic, growing businesses is to innovate as well as to generate profits.</p>
<p><strong>Local Support for innovation</strong></p>
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<li>Innovation Advice and Guidance is a government funded service offering bespoke assistance on the theme of innovation to Lincolnshire SMEs. Please see the <a href="/growing-your-business/support-schemes/innovation-advice-guidance/" title="growing-your-business/support-schemes/innovation-advice-guidance">Innovation&nbsp;Advice and Guidance support scheme</a><span class="hide">|</span> page&nbsp;for more information.</li>
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<p><strong>Innovation Networks</strong></p>
<p>There are four sector specific innovation Networks (iNets) which cover:</p>
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<li><a href="http://businesslincolnshire.re-dev.co.uk/growing-your-business/support-schemes/healthcare-bioscience-inet" target="_self">Healthcare and Bioscience </a></li>
<li><a href="http://businesslincolnshire.re-dev.co.uk/growing-your-business/support-schemes/sustainable-construction-inet" target="_self">Sustainable Construction</a></li>
<li><a href="http://businesslincolnshire.re-dev.co.uk/growing-your-business/support-schemes/food-and-drink-innovation-network-inet" target="_self">Food and Drink</a></li>
<li><a href="http://businesslincolnshire.re-dev.co.uk/growing-your-business/support-schemes/the-transport-inet" target="_self">Transport</a></li>
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<p>If your business is in one of these sectors, an iNet could provide the funding, expertise and&nbsp;contacts you need to turn your ideas into commercial gain.</p>
<p><strong>Local Innovation Centres</strong></p>
<p>Details of local Innovation Centres can be found within the <a href="/premises/" title="premises">Premises</a><span class="hide">|</span>&nbsp;section of BusinessLincolnshire.</p>
<p><strong>Technology Strategy Board</strong></p>
<p>Please see the&nbsp;<a href="http://businesslincolnshire.re-dev.co.uk/growing-your-business/support-schemes/technology-strategy-board" target="_self">Technology Strategy&nbsp;Board support scheme</a> page&nbsp;for more information.</p>
       
        
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                <p><strong>Innovation Advice &amp; Guidance Programme</strong></p>
<p>Improving Lincolnshire businesses through ideas and creativity</p>
<p>Email: <a onkeypress="window.open('mailto:innovationlincolnshire@angle.com');return false;"  onclick="window.open('mailto:innovationlincolnshire@angle.com');return false;" href="mailto:innovationlincolnshire@angle.com" title="open page: mailto:innovationlincolnshire@angle.com">innovationlincolnshire@angle.com</a><span class="hide">|</span></p>
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<p>Twitter: <a onkeypress="window.open('http://twitter.com/#!/Lincs_ANGLE');return false;"  onclick="window.open('http://twitter.com/#!/Lincs_ANGLE');return false;" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Lincs_ANGLE" title="open page: http://twitter.com/#!/Lincs_ANGLE">@Lincs_ANGLE</a><span class="hide">|</span></p>
<p><strong>Food and Drink iNet</strong></p>
<p>Stevie Jackson</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.foodcampus.com/web/fdfnew/index.cfm?s=15&amp;dir=4900">http://www.foodcampus.com/web/fdfnew/index.cfm?s=15&amp;dir=4900</a></p>
<p><strong>Sustainable Construction i-Net</strong></p>
<p>Barrie Billinghay</p>
<p>Innovation Adviser (Lincolnshire area)</p>
<p>Barrie.billinghay@construction-inet.org.uk</p>
<p>Tel 07595 092023</p>
<p><a href="http://www.Construction-inet.org.uk">www.Construction-inet.org.uk</a></p>
<p><strong>Transport iNet</strong></p>
<p>Catherine Allford</p>
<p>INet Advisor - Lincolnshire</p>
<p>Tel: 01509 635 270</p>
<p><a href="http://www.transport-inet.org.uk">http://www.transport-inet.org.uk</a></p>
<p><strong>Healthcare and Bioscience iNet</strong></p>
<p>0151 9124332</p>
<p>info@medilink.com</p>
<p><a href="http://www.eminnovation.org.uk/health">http://www.eminnovation.org.uk/health</a></p>
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