And so the founding idea for Innovate was created and Alastair enrolled on an Engineering Product Design course as a mature student, to learn the tools of his trade. In 2001, Alastair founded Innovate as a company that specialized in helping inventors to design and develop new ideas. His new business method, and his honest approach to innovation, was soon recognised by many.

Over the next few years, Alastair employed some of the country’s leading young designers to help him professionally design and prototype new inventions for clients. The services Innovate provided gradually began to expand, in line with the inventor’s needs and the changing times, as Alastair brought in Intellectual Property experts to assist with patent and patent searching and drafting services.

In 2010, Innovate were able to expand their prototyping department by moving into a refurbished Victorian warehouse complete with design studios and Research department.

At the start of 2011, Innovate introduced their new Product Marketing Advisory Service to provide a complete one-stop-shop for individual inventors. This service provides a more hands-on approach to taking products to market, whilst still maintaining the company ethos of helping people to profit from their ideas.

2012 saw the opening of an office in San Francisco to help US inventors turning their idea into a viable product.

2014 Recognized by the UK Government Trade & Investment with an award for business innovation.

Today, Innovate Design continues to succeed in helping clients to market new product and business ideas. Innovate’s ever-expanding array of expertise sees them currently comprising award winning design engineers, researchers, business development professionals and Intellectual Property experts, with experience in all areas of IP, product design and manufacture. Innovate now provide a complete service from protecting your product, through design and prototyping, to help with marketing. With in-house expertise, Innovate can take an idea from paper to product, providing inventors with the best chance of success at market.