Sci-Tech Daresbury
Location The Innovation Centre Keckwick Lane Daresbury Cheshire WA4 4FS
Contact Details Contact : John Leake , Business Development Manager Tel : 01925 607000 Email : jleake @ sci-techdaresbury . com Website : www . sci-techdaresbury . com
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Sci-Tech Daresbury Stakeholders Langtree Science and Technology Facilities Council ( STFC ) Halton Borough Council
Sci-Tech Daresbury Overview Our strategy has 5 distinctive components
• Driving excellence in science and technology
• Business growth through innovation
• Powering productivity through partnerships
• Attracting and developing the very best talent
• Developing a world-class science campus
Why come to Sci-Tech Daresbury ?
• Faster growth – Sci-Tech Daresbury companies have seen sales grow at 30 %/ year over the past 5 years
• More investment – Sci-Tech Daresbury companies raised over £ 80m to date
• Greater collaboration - Nearly 60 % of businesses collaborated with each other and nearly 80 % with STFC & UK universities ( delivering a total value of over £ 20 million / year ).
• Greater innovation - Sci-Tech Daresbury companies have developed over 500 new products and services in the last 4 years .
• Access to world-class technology and support from concept to finished product – from STFC and its strategic partners ( eg universities , IBM , Unilever , BAe Systems ) as well as the 100 + hightech companies
• Open door to the right resources – membership of a 4000-strong network including technology companies , universities and the business support community
• Business fast track to the UK and Europe – great location with easy access to the motorway network , main-line rail stations and two international airports .
Growing Business at the Heart of Science The Campus , built around STFC ’ s science facilities , was launched in September 2006 , with a £ 65m investment from the Regional Development Agency to build The Innovation Centre , Vanguard House and the Cockcroft Institute – a UK centre for accelerator science . In 2016 , there is further investment in two new grow-on facilities , Techspace One and Two .
The campus has benefited from nearly £ 200m of government investment into the Hartree Centre focused on developing technologies in high performance computing , big data analytics & cognitive computing . In June 2015 , IBM and the government announced a £ 313m joint-investment into the Hartree Centre to boost big-data R & D in the UK . This includes access to IBM ’ s latest datacentric and cognitive computing technologies , including the worldclass ‘ Watson ’ cognitive computing platform .
Campus Property The Innovation Centre The Campus , built around STFC ’ s science facilities , was launched in September 2006 , with a £ 65m investment from the Regional Development Agency to build The Innovation Centre , Vanguard House and the Cockcroft Institute – a UK centre for accelerator science . In 2016 , there is further investment in two new grow-on facilities , Techspace One and Two .
The campus has benefited from nearly £ 200m of government investment into the Hartree Centre focused on developing technologies in high performance computing , big data analytics & cognitive computing . In June 2015 , IBM and the government announced a £ 313m joint-investment into the Hartree Centre to boost big-data R & D in the UK . This includes access to IBM ’ s latest datacentric and cognitive computing technologies , including the worldclass ‘ Watson ’ cognitive computing platform .
Vanguard House Vanguard House is a 3,300 sq m facility , providing office and laboratory space in units between 94 and 231 sq m . This would be suitable for companies of 10-50 employees . It provides a logical stepping stone for companies outgrowing The Innovation Centre .
Techspace One Techspace One is a 4,300 sq m building consisting of Grade A office space along with wet and dry laboratory facilities , each on its own separate floor . It is suitable for mature companies from sectors such as biomedical , material science and clean technology . The ground and first floors of Techspace One provides laboratory units of between 84 sq m and 186 sq m . The first floor laboratories are capable of being
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