The Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway is a brand-new building on the Government Enterprise Zone at the University of Essex campus. It has been created to offer a collaborative home for like minded entrepreneurs, start-ups and business to engage. Focused on supporting the growth of the Innovation within the Eastern region, we are looking for companies who are innovating and growing to come and take space in the building and be part of our vibrant community!
The Innovation Centre is a joint venture between the University of Essex and Oxford Innovation, the UK’s leading provider of innovation centres. Our partnership is designed to offer businesses who are looking to scale and grow access to up to £20k of free business support in their first year, we do this by offering a unique package, unmatched by any other provider.….
•Serviced Office Space, co working and virtual office options available from £200 pcm
•Enterprise grade IT services via our partner Essensys
•Full Business support from our Innovation Director to help your business grow
•Access to a wealth of knowledge that the University of Essex has, and routes for collaboration with them including Academics and Interns
•Amazon Web Service partner, offering Free AWS credits to residents.
•Being part of the Centre Network with key influences across the region
•30-day notice period, not tying you down to long term arrangements and making it easier to scale up when needed
•Collaborative, like minded community of businesses willing to engage
•Events - Free regular networking, workshops and master classes from industry leaders (so far we have had Google, Wolff Olins, Mindspan and a number of other master classes free to our community)
•Discount on gym and nursery on the university campus and access to the campus facilities of shops, banks, bars, restaurants.
•Onsite Café serving food and drink all day and corporate catering options
•Rentable Meeting Space available to all