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The BusinessLab team has reached a milestone on it's AdvantageNewcastle project, a unique step change programme for Newcastle and the North East that began a year ago. The project aimed to identify the economic and business opportunities for the region created by...
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BusinessLab has recently completed the development of the online version of their Signature management tools. Onine deployment of the Signature is already being used in the corporate sector, now the tablet version will shortly be available for partners working in the education...
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In May a group of BusinessLab partners and associates came together for a dinner in Aberdeen to discuss the changes facing their organisations and sectors.All of the guests had been responsible for leading their organisation through a period of change and wanted...
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In February, Gregor Rae, Chairman and CEO of BusinessLab, gave an inaugural lecture to the International MBA student cohort at the University of Aberdeen. "The Art of the Pitch" is the first of two modules intended to help students improve...
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The future is in Newcastle

Technology Watch website lauds the Microsoft Corporation - ActiveAge presentation at the Gerontological Society of America's annual conference in New Orleans, and cites Newcastle upon Tyne as 'the future' in terms of ageing.

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For over 10 years BusinessLab has been helping organisations, large and small - public and private, to address the challenges of change in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. We do this by bringing great minds together. We create and manage consortia of leading corporate, public and academic players, to explore these challenges together and to develop and share breakthrough solutions and strategies.

Our work falls into three areas:

ACTION RESEARCH that explores leading social, economic and technological trends and contextualises these for our partners
STRATEGIC CONSULTANCY that combines the learning from BusinessLab's research programmes with the experience of over 20 years in corporate strategy
TOOLS, including our widely used SIGNATURE range, that help our clients and partners identify priorities for action as they plan for change - whether it be with families, communities, businesses, cities or regions.

Partner quotes

"In our drive to improve the performance of a diverse international group, BusinessLab's Corporate Signature has given us a unique picture of the organisational barriers and levers to successfully delivering our corporate change programme."

"The Signature has also stimulated collaboration between our business units and has helped management to shape communications and define a clear and focused action plan"

Raymond Pirie

Vice President, Intertek plc
"For any individual interested in older adults or any for-profit or non-profit entity looking for expertise, guidance or relevant data ... there is no greater integrated experience or seamless, end-to-end data than what is being orchestrated by ActiveAge."

Dr Gary Moulton
Product Manager
Microsoft Corporation
"BusinessLab’s development and maintenance of the ActiveAge website and information stream is both a regional resource in the United Kingdom and a model that others around the world are attempting to emulate."

"But ActiveAge is doing more than collecting and distributing information. It has become a valuable nexus of business, government, universities and NGOs. I can assure you there are few activities in the world that have successfully brought together the various interests."

Prof Joseph Coughlin

Founding Director
MIT Age Lab
"ActiveAge has opened up for us a whole range of new and sometimes unexpected opportunities, helping us to think in fresh ways...and facilitating the development of innovative partnerships across the public, community and private sectors."

"The BusinessLab team has been consistently responsive to our needs, playing a key role in helping us shape our thinking about the future."

Colin Williams

Director Of Transformation

Newcastle City Council
"I see BusinessLab as a key partner adding considerable value to our existing work as well as differentiating us from others working in similar fields. I am in no doubt that this relationship will evolve over time to our mutual benefit."

Ken Milroy
Chief Executive
The Aberdeen Foyer
"The stimulus, analysis and encouragement provided by BusinessLab has guided the school into developing many innovative solutions to more effectively deal with families."

Kevin Beaton
Head teacher
Sydney Smith School
"Partnering with BusinessLab brings both traditional and non-traditional benefits to the relationship.

True to BusinessLab's reputation, the company is composed of a tight nucleus of professionals who are result driven. This tight nucleus has formed a loose association with many expert contacts around the world, giving you, the partner, an exposure to new ideas, new people and best practice."

Peter Griffiths
President
Jersey Information Society Commission (Ret)