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Outstanding Site, Adjacent to Loughborough University Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park provides businesses at every stage of development with quality, fit-for-purpose accommodation and added-value services to support growth. With the Park located immediately next to the University campus, businesses benefit from seamless access to world-leading research expertise, undergraduate and research students for projects and placements and graduates and postgraduates for employment.  Situated on the edge of the National Forest in the East Midlands, one mile away from the M1, with 50,000 square metres of floor space, the site is already one of the largest Science Parks in the UK.Loughborough University is one of the UK's top 20 universities and internationally recognised as a centre for world-class research. Famous for its sports and engineering research, the true breadth of its expertise is much wider. Loughborough University research has been instrumental in the award of six Queen's Anniversary Prizes in recognition of its contribution to the UK Higher Education sector. The University has an exceptional track record of fostering enterprise and innovation, commercialising its research through licensing and the formation of companies. It offers businesses of all sizes a wealth of professional and technical expertise and specialist services to improve competitiveness. The scale of the University's impact is affirmed by its strategic research partnerships with major organisations in the energy, transport, healthcare and sport sectors, many of which have already established key operations on the Science and Enterprise Park. These partnerships are a distinctive feature of the Park and tenants are encouraged to form mutually beneficial links with the University. The Park is a key part of the University's strategy to maintain its leading reputation for engaging with industry to push boundaries in response to global and national challenges. Developments Outline planning consent has been obtained for further development of the Park that would include just under 34,000 square metres of new commercial floor space. Innovation Centre  Loughborough Innovation Centre is based in the Park's Charnwood Wing. Since its launch in 2002, the Centre has helped 90 innovative companies to prosper, a quarter of which have already graduated into larger premises.Irrespective of their focus, all the Centre's tenants are young, high-growth enterprises that benefit from access to the University's research expertise and added value mentoring and support to meet their evolving business needs. Current Tenants Tenants of the Science and Enterprise Park fall into two categories: the University's internationally-respected research institutes and external organisations, many of which are engaged in mutually beneficial partnerships with the University. Its immediate location next to the University has meant that the Science and Enterprise Park has been chosen to house major public/private sector partnerships in the energy and transport sectors with industry partners including BAE Systems, Caterpillar and E.ON. Energy Cluster The Science and Enterprise Park offers an outstanding location for energy technology organisations as part of an established innovation cluster with access to leading-edge research and top specification laboratories. The Park's Charnwood Wing is a unique facility in the UK originally designed for gas research that features exceptionally high levels of engineering services for gas handling, extraction and ventilation. The energy cluster at the Park has grown exponentially since the opening in 1995 of the British Gas Research Centre, now part of Germanischer Lloyd, the global engineering consultancy specialising in the oil and gas industries.  Located in the Charnwood Wing of the Science and Enterprise Park, Germanischer Lloyd Certification Services (GLCS) is the leading certifier of gas related consumer equipment in the UK, one of the top three in Europe with a strong international reputation in Asia Pacific. The acquisition of GLCS in 2010 by BSI further reinforces the Science and Enterprise Park's status as a national energy innovation centre.The Park is also home to the national Energy Technologies Institute, a £1b public private partnership involving BP, Shell, E.ON, EDF, Caterpillar and Rolls Royce. It also houses the University's international research institutes, including the Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies that boasts the UK's largest photovoltaic laboratory. Government-supported partnerships on site include CENEX, the Centre of Excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies and the £9m Transport Innovation Network (iNet) that brings together businesses, industry bodies and universities to boost innovation in the transport industry that employs around 38,000 people in the East Midlands region. Intelligent Energy, the global clean power systems company that originated from Loughborough University research relocated to the Park in 2010. The company now employs 150 people worldwide, with bases in the US, Japan and India as well as its global headquarters which is next to the University's Hydrogen Refuelling Station, Electrolyser, fuel cell and power train laboratories. Intelligent Energy launched the Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter in partnership with Suzuki in 2010 and is working with Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt to introduce fuel cell hybrid Black Cabs to London in time for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Sports Cluster Loughborough University is world-leading in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines. No other UK university can match its excellent track record in sports performance, sports science and engineering. As a preferred partner to UK Sport, the Sports Technology Institute is contributing to cutting-edge research projects to support athletes in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  The University's increasing impact and exploitation of its work through partnering sports organisations is reflected in its Sports Technology Institute, a £15m initiative to enhance research, innovation and enterprise in the sports sector that opened on the Park in 2009. The Institute works with the sporting goods industry, the English Institute of Sport, UK Sport and the University's Innovative Manufacturing and Construction Research Centre to boost enterprise in the sport and leisure sector and develop cutting-edge technology. It has an international reputation for work with global brands including adidas, Callaway Golf, Canterbury of New Zealand, Head, Umbro, New Balance, Nike, Reebok and Sports World International (Dunlop Slazenger) on the design, simulation, testing and manufacture of sports equipment.2010 saw the opening on the Science and Enterprise Park of SportPark, a national hub for some of the UK's sports governing bodies and other organisations including British Swimming, the England and Wales Cricket Board, the English Federation for Disability Sport and Sport England. The co-location of the Sports Technology Institute and SportPark, and their proximity to the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences and many of the UK's leading athletes that train at Loughborough, makes the Science and Enterprise Park the ideal location for the sports industry and related organisations. The University's world-class reputation for sport has been recognised by its confirmation as the Official Preparation Camp Headquarters for Team GB for the Games. The University is likely to see the highest concentration of Olympic activity outside the capital as it will also host the Japanese Olympic team, heralding the start of a legacy of stronger research and industry links with Japan. The University is also working alongside the London Olympic Park Legacy Company in shaping the education legacy of the Games through the proposed International Institute of Sport for Health. Mutually Beneficial Partnerships With the University  Loughborough University has an institutional track record of engaging with industry. Global companies such as Caterpillar, BAE Systems, E.ON, Rolls Royce and adidas as well as emerging firms enjoy partnerships that improve competitiveness, increase margins, raise sustainability levels and promote growth. These partnerships range from research partnerships, consultancy projects, technology licensing and secondments of academics and/or company staff. Many small to medium-sized organisations initially engage with the University through a consultancy project or a graduate placement in order to access University knowledge or hire in trusted expertise to tackle time-critical and often complex challenges. Relationships with either individual academics or an expert team drawn from different areas of cutting edge research often lead to mutually beneficial long term research partnerships. Science and Enterprise Park tenants also benefit from accessing the University's high calibre students and graduates which are keenly sought after by leading employers for their high-level skills and work readiness. A pioneer of sandwich degrees, the University offers the opportunity to employ undergraduates on year-long industrial placements from the majority of its degree programmes including all engineering and business subjects. It also offers placement schemes that enable organisations to benefit from the skills and knowledge of graduates for a strategic, fixed-term project.Tenants of the Park also benefit from the extensive facilities on the University campus. Imago, the University's multiple award-winning conference organisation, manages a cluster of conference centres for up to 300 delegates, within and adjacent to the Park, as well as a number of restaurants and cafes across the campus. Excellent sports facilities include a 50m swimming pool, two gyms, badminton and squash courts, indoor and outdoor tennis courts and football pitches. Fitness classes, sports massage and physiotherapy services are also available. Burleigh Springs Leisure Club is also onsite, offering a gym, swimming pool, sauna, spa and therapy centre. The University's design and print, library and childcare facilities are also available to Science and Enterprise Park tenants. Outstanding Access  In a parkland setting adjacent to woods, yet just minutes away from the M1, Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park is one of the most accessible sites in the UK. It lies on the western boundary of Loughborough within one mile of the town centre with Nottingham, Leicester and Derby easily accessible within 30 minutes by road or 20 minutes by rail.London is a 90-minute train journey away and 90% of England and Wales is accessible within 4 hours' drive.
Major knowledge-based companies located in and around Loughborough include:
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