Wellingborough Innovation Centre Location Tresham College of Further Education, Church Street, Wellingborough NN8 4PD Contact Details Contact: Mick Judge, Senior Centre Manager Tel: 01933 303000 Email: wellingborough@oxin.co.uk Website: www.oxin.co.uk/centre/wellingborough Introduction Wellingborough Innovation Centre provides start-up companies with a professional infrastructure and image to grow their business, along with a range of business support services needed during the first vital years of operation. With over 6,000 square feet of office space and office sizes ranging from 143 square feet up to 1,000 square feet, Wellingborough Innovation Centre can provide a home for up to 24 start-up and growing companies. The Centre is located a short walk from Wellingborough town centre and has on-site parking facilities, with conference and meeting room facilities for up to 45 delegates. Supportive Office Environment Companies can benefit from the following: a straightforward licence with one month's notice period: no long-term commitment central reception and switchboard: a professional image for companies telephone answering in company name: companies can focus on running their business photocopying and post handling: companies can concentrate on the more important tasks on-site meeting and conference facilities: a professional environment to meet clients site security and access control systems: 24/7 access and peace of mind free on-site parking kitchen facilities broadband internet access high-speed network cabling throughout the building. Licence fee charges for the office space include all of the following: service charges business rates reception services heating, water and electricity site management telephone answering buildings insurance and maintenance. Virtual For companies not yet ready to move into an office, Wellingborough Innovation Centre's Virtual packages immediately create the impression of an established and prestigious address with dedicated personnel representing businesses. For people currently working from home, or who are often on the road or with clients, a Virtual package will provide a professional image for their business. Wellingborough Innovation Centre will handle their post and provide them with a dedicated telephone number answered in their company name. Standard features: an affordable and professional presence in a key business location professional receptionist – telephone answering in company name free SMS message handling mail forwarding by first class post Direct Dial In (DDI) Telephone number membership of ICE (online client networking) 10% discount on all meeting room bookings an open invitation to coffee mornings hot desk usage. Partners Wellingborough Innovation Centre opened in March 2003 and is the result of a partnership between Oxford Innovation, the Borough Council of Wellingborough and Tresham College of Further Education, and is funded by the East Midlands Development Agency. Oxford Innovation Wellingborough Innovation Centre, is managed by Oxford Innovation, the UK's leading business and innovation centre operator. Part of the SQW Group, which employs 180 staff, Oxford Innovation provides office, laboratory and workshop space on flexible terms to over 400 start-up and growing companies throughout a UK-wide network of innovation centres. Other centres include: CEME Innovation Centre, Rainham Digital Media Centre, Barnsley Harwell Innovation Centre, Oxfordshire Milton Park Innovation Centre, Oxfordshire The Nucleus, Dartford Ocean Village Innovation Centre, Southampton Portsmouth Technopole For a full listing of Oxford Innovation's centres, please visit the website at www.oxin.co.uk. Oxford Innovation also runs a range of business support programmes across the UK and three highly successful investment networks that link investors with entrepreneurs. Location Wellingborough Innovation Centre is located on the campus of Tresham Institute in the centre of Wellingborough. Wellingborough offers excellent road links to the rest of the Country and is able to service the majority of population centres in the UK and return within a working day. The Borough has excellent rail links and is served by the Midland Mainline which connects Sheffield through the East Midlands to St Pancras, London which is set to become the hub for high speed rail links to the Continent. The Centre is exactly one mile from Wellingborough train station and all Town Centre buses terminate directly outside the building.