Adam Beveridge, co-founder of Hollabox, is on a mission to help people get the most out of their lives. Discovering more, doing more and making memories. Hollabox bridges the gap between the digital world and reality through the medium of video, seeing into any restaurant, bar or experience in your city. Here he shares with us his startup story.

Udara has been selected to exhibit in the Innovation Showcase at this year’s VentureFest North East. Director Chris Holder explains what the company does and discusses the best and worst parts of trying to be innovative.

IBEX Innovations has been selected to exhibit in the Innovation Showcase at this year’s VentureFest North East. A small company in a world of giants, their technology helps osteoporosis diagnosis through a simple x-ray.

Geeky Medics has been selected to exhibit in the Innovation Showcase at this year’s VentureFest North East. Founder Dr Lewis Potter explains what the business does and discusses what it means to be innovative.

Hellouni is a platform to help connect students and universities. Founder and CEO Olivia Feng explains more about the business ahead of its appearance in Innovation Showcase at Venturefest Scotland.

To seek expert advice and partnerships to develop MyEd.com as an innovative big data driven search platform that will help parents and students to make infirmed education choices.

Mask-arade’s Ray Duffy talks about their IP and how it has benefited the business.

Data from the City of Birmingham and national and regional organizations committed to improving mobility services.

Provider: http://datashine.org.uk
Tools used for creation: Data Shine Census, Open Street Map
Data source/license: Licensed under the Open Government License

Provider: http://datashine.org.uk
Tools used for creation: Data Shine Census, Open Street Map
Data source/license: Licensed under the Open Government License

Tools used for creation: Power BI Desktop
Data source/license: The data is licensed under UK Open Government Licence (OGL), and Power BI Desktop is a free desktop application.

Provider: http://opendata.esriuk.com
Tools used for creation: Esri, HERE Map Data
Data source/license: Esri UK Open Data Portal

Provider: http://www.emu-analytics.com
Tools used for creation: Open Street Map
Data source/license: Open Data Commons Attribution License

Provider: http://prcweb.co.uk/lab
Tools used for creation: Python, D3.js
Data source/license: from http://www.currentcost.com sensor data, closed data

Provider: Transport for London
Tools used for creation:
Data Source/license: Transport for London API

Provider: PowerBI showcase gallery
Tools used for creation: PowerBI
Data source: Facebook

Provider: PowerBI showcase gallery
Tools used for creation: PowerBI
Data source: Facebook, Twitter

It is almost certain that every business, large or small, will own or use intellectual property (IP), even without realising it.

There were no individual breakout headlines in 2016 to compare with the sudden introduction of Spark in 2015, which overshadowed much of last year. But our 2016 predictions have been borne out.