Business and management consultancy and related services

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As part of the Inverness and Highland City-Region deal, the Northern Innovation Hub (NIH) is led by HIE. It has been developed as a series of tightly focused initiatives to strengthen opportunities for young people, to accelerate the growth of ambitious, nascent enterprises and enhance competitiveness in the City-Region. The NIH is designed to benefit small and emerging businesses and social enterprises who plan to trade nationally or internationally. A key project within the NIH that is the subject of this PIN is the NHS market ready project with which supports SME’s in their ambitions to present, test and trial products and services and secure commercial opportunities with the NHS. As part of the Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal, the Northern Innovation Hub (NIH) is led by HIE. It has been developed as a series of tightly focused initiatives to strengthen opportunities for young people, to accelerate the growth of ambitious, nascent enterprises and enhance competitiveness in the City-Region. The NIH is designed to benefit small and emerging businesses and social enterprises who plan to trade nationally or internationally. A key project within the NIH that is the subject of this PIN is the NHS market ready project with which supports SME’s in their ambitions to present, test and trial products and services and secure commercial opportunities with the NHS. NHS Market Ready will support SMEs in their ambitions to present, test and trial products and services and trying to help these companies become more competitive in trying to secure commercial opportunities from the NHS. The NHS is frequently contacted by young companies seeking to engage with the health service. However, engagement and securing business with the NHS is very complex, time consuming and challenging, particularly for young innovative SMEs. In addition to clinical champions, businesses must also engage and satisfy procurement, regulatory and eHealth (for digital health products) requirements and produce compelling health economic data. This often leads to new innovative products failing to make sales in their domestic market. NHS market ready would potentially be looking to deliver 2 cohorts per year with five businesses expected to participate in each cohort.