| Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus Location Daresbury Innovation Centre, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, Cheshire WA4 4FS Contact Details John Leake, General Manager │ Paul Treloar, Business Development Manager Tel: 01925 607000 Fax: 01925 607398 Email: jleake@daresburysic.co.uk | ptreloar@daresburysic.co.uk Website: www.daresburysic.co.uk  Campus Partners and StakeholdersThe Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Langtree Halton Borough Council Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) University of Lancaster University of Liverpool University of Manchester Campus Overview Objectives The Campus sets out to be internationally-recognised for world-class science, innovation and enterprise and to support successful collaborations that will help to deliver this as well as create prosperous, knowledge-based businesses and high skills jobs. As one of two national Science and Innovation Campuses (the other being at Harwell in Oxfordshire), Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus (Daresbury SIC) acts as the northern pole of an axis of scientific and innovation expertise that spans the country. Why come to Daresbury?
 The Campus is a government-backed development on the site of the Daresbury Laboratory, one of the major facilities of the STFC.It is ideally located five minutes from the motorway network and is less than 40 minutes' drive from Liverpool and Manchester. It is less than half an hour from Manchester and Liverpool airports and less than 15 minutes from rail stations at Warrington Bank Quay and Runcorn Central, with London accessible by rail in a little over two hours. The Campus, built around STCE's science base, was launched in September 2006, with a £65m investment from the NWDA to build the Daresbury Innovation Centre, Vanguard House and the Cockcroft Institute – the UK Centre for Accelerator Science. UKSPA Outstanding Science Park Daresbury SIC currently holds the UKSPA award of 'Outstanding Science Park'. This is the award for the Science Park seen to be 'setting the pace' and making the most significant contribution to the exploitation of the knowledge base. The Campus was cited for being consistently forward-thinking in its use of networking, including its hugely successful business breakfast events and the rapid development of its 3,500-strong network membership. Campus Property Daresbury Innovation Centre Centrally located on the Campus, Daresbury Innovation Centre is a state-of-the-art 2,230 square metre (24,000 square foot) facility providing first class office, workshop and laboratory space for business creation, acceleration and growth. There are a variety of units ranging from 12.6 square metres (136 square feet) to over 139 square metres (1,500 square feet) as well as an extensive multi-user facility providing single desk space at very competitive rates. Vanguard House Situated close to the Innovation Centre is Vanguard House – a major new 3,300 square metre (36,000 square foot) facility, completed in March 2011, providing office, laboratory and workshop space in units between 94 and 231 square metres (1,000-2,450 square feet). It heralds the next stage of development of the Campus, providing the logical next step for companies already on site, whilst attracting high-tech businesses from across the country and beyond. Each building offers:
i-TAC Flexible Laboratory Facilities  Launched in 2010, The Innovations Technology Access Centre (i-TAC) provides affordable and flexible access to cutting edge scientific equipment, including a range of fully equipped biological, imaging, materials and physical science laboratories for start-up businesses and research organisations. Access is tailored to their specific needs, which can include their own exclusive 'lock and leave' laboratories, or for those located outside the centre, there is the option to have daily access fees or pay hourly for larger analytical equipment. Backed up with specialist support from STFC's own world-leading scientists, participating companies will also benefit from the wider business support services and collaborative R&D, networking and innovation opportunities offered at Daresbury SIC.The Joint Venture In December 2010, Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus (DSIC) moved into the next stage of its development as one of the UK's two national Science and Innovation Campuses by entering into a private-public sector joint venture with property investment and developer, Langtree Group plc. The partnership forming public sector side of the joint venture consists of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) and Halton Borough Council. This partnership paves the way for the delivery of circa 1 million square foot of space for science and innovation facilities, high-tech businesses and supporting infrastructure, bringing more than 6,000 new jobs to the area over the next 20 years. Campus Partnerships and Support Business Support A dedicated team at Daresbury SIC provides business support facilities to all resident companies. This includes identifying highly specific technical and business expertise to resolve business-critical issues such as core technology, routes to market, skills needs, corporate financing and grant funding. This is achieved through collaborative partners such as the universities and UK Trade and Investment, and the business support community in the wider Daresbury network. The team also develops strategic partnerships with key blue chip companies and government organisations relevant to companies on Campus. Strategic Partnerships  The Campus has developed a number of key strategic partnerships with organisations which can help with the mission of commercialising scientific activity.One exciting development is 'IDEAS at Daresbury' (Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship and Science), a collaboration of the three stakeholder universities, seeking to promote and develop a detailed understanding of the knowledge exchange processes between high-tech SMEs, large corporations, universities and government-backed science and technology. Another strategic partnership has been developed through the launch of The Medical Technology Exchange Centre (MedTEC), the healthcare-focused technology exchange centre on the Campus,brought about through collaboration with the Medical Research Council (MRC), MRC Technology and the Northwest NHS Innovations Hub, TrusTECH. TrusTECH was created to help regional NHS staff to identify and protect innovations that could be commercialised or shared to improve patient care. The MedTEC facility aims to allow more rapid engagement of the NHS and other health-related organisations in the innovation process on the Campus. Blue Chip Organisations Key to the Campus' success is the exploration of opportunities with large corporates. The Campus provides a unique opportunity for blue chip organisations such as IBM, CISCO, BAE Systems, Unilever and Boots, to access leading-edge technologies within the SME community, while SMEs gain access to potential technology buyers, partners and routes to market. Technology Centres The Campus is developing proposals for three new technology centres, enabling a scientific step change and the commercialisation of world class R&D in computational science and detector technology and accelerator science technology. The new centres will enable research in computer modelling, key in understanding and predicting issues ranging from climate change to how cells interact in the body, and detector and sensor development, for use in security systems and biomedical imaging. More than £100m will have been invested in the Cockcroft Institute by 2017 by STFC, the partner universities of Liverpool, Lancaster and Manchester, NWDA, UK Research Councils and the EU. Further evaluation is taking place to look at using the Cockcroft Institute as the foundation for an accelerator science centre. Progress to Date  Collaboration is a key value generating activity at Daresbury. In 2010, a survey of tenant companies showed that half of the businesses collaborated with each other (with resulting formal agreements having a total value of £845,000) and about 50% were involved in some form of collaborative activity with the Campus stakeholders.The Campus bucked the national trend again in 2010 with companies seeing their sales increase by 40%. Over the past 4 years, Campus companies have seen their sales increase an average of 49%/year. A further £10.6m of investment was secured by Campus companies in 2010, taking the total investment to £54m. Campus Companies Strategic Companies Of the almost 100 companies on Campus the three key sectors represented are healthcare, advanced engineering and digital/ICT, with the energy and chemicals sectors also represented. All current company details are accessible by visiting www.daresburysic.co.uk/locating-on-campus/campus-companies. Digital There are around 50 companies from the digital sector at Daresbury, spanning software development, mobile and web-based technologies, and ranging from start-ups through to strategic business units of leading international companies such as Tech-X and SGI. Digital companies are supported by the high-speed internet access on site providing 100MB per second connection that can be scaled further. Two companies to watch are Wadaro and Fresh TL. Wadaro has quality of signal monitoring technology for the mobile sector, now actively working with telcos around the world. Fresh TL is a global partner with IBM's cloud computing business. Healthcare There are around 25 healthcare companies at Daresbury, including medical device and diagnostic technologies, pharmaceuticals, ingredients and software solutions. Engaging strategic partners has resulted in successes for a number of Campus-based biomedical SMEs – Auralis, who supply 50% of the dimorphine to the NHS and were acquired in 2010 by US biotech company, Viropharma. Also, Medalytix, which is involved in developing solutions for the early detection of disease via images of the eye. Advanced Engineering The advanced engineering and instrumentation sector at Daresbury is represented by around 20 tenant companies. Daresbury's heritage as a large science facility has attracted and produced a number of internationally-active engineering and instrumentation businesses with technology ranging from high performance computational modelling for the scientific, automotive and aerospace sectors (Applied Computing and Engineering) to intelligent monitoring and control systems for process industries (Perceptive Engineering), delivering real time monitoring and fault control detection systems. Perceptive has collaborated with Campus stakeholder Manchester University in winning a successful Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) grant. Join the Daresbury SIC Network The Daresbury SIC Network is a rapidly growing membership community offering a host of benefits to members, including access to key contacts, invitations to Campus and regional events and important information for growing businesses. To join the network visit www.newshub.daresburysic.co.uk. |
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