Find The Help Your Business Needs

It can be tough to start and run a business. The Business & IP Centre, at the British Library in London, has all the business and IP (intellectual property) information you need as an innovator and entrepreneur. Learn from the success of others and meet like-minded people. It's free and can save you time and money!

The Centre offers free access to the UK's most comprehensive collection of business and intellectual property information, including around 50 million patent specifications, unique databases on trade marks and registered designs, thousands of market research reports, company reports, trade journals, business directories and guides to legal information and government publications. 

To visit the British Library Business & IP Centre homepage click here.

Events & Workshops

There is also a programme of workshops and events run by experts and an extensive partner programme with other business support organisations. Workshops run by British Library staff are free of charge; however, some workshops run by our partners are charged at a nominal fee and may have different booking procedures. Advance booking for all their workshops is essential.
 
To go to their Events Calendar click here.