| Culham Innovation Centre Location D5 Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB Contact Details Contact: Nicola Musgrove, Centre Manager Tel: 01865 408300 Email: n.musgrove@oxin.co.uk Website: www.oxin.co.uk/culham Introduction  Culham Innovation Centre was opened in 2000 as a result of a partnership between Oxford Innovation and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Fusion and Industry. The centre is located on Culham Science Centre, ten miles South-east of Oxford and two miles from the town of Abingdon. Abingdon is within easy reach of the A34, M40 and the M4.With over 11,000 square feet of office space and office sizes ranging from 119 square feet to a suited area of 1,334 square feet, all located on the ground floor, Culham Innovation Centre can be home to up to 33 innovative start-up companies. A unique technical support package from the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is available at no cost to all technology start-up companies within the Centre, providing them with access to a range of specialist skills and technologies that can directly assist their business. Culham Science Centre is a purpose-built laboratory for the UK Fusion programme, set up in 1960 on a former Fleet Air Arm Airfield, and occupying approximately 180 acres. Over recent years the site has expanded and diversified and in 1978 became the host to the European 'flagship' fusion project (JET). Supportive Office Environment Culham 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. Companies can also benefit from the following:
 Licence fee charges for the office space include all of the following:
For companies not yet ready to move into an office, the Culham Innovation Centre's Virtual packages are designed to provide many of the benefits of being based in the Innovation Centre, but without the cost of taking physical space. For those currently working from home, or often on the road or with clients, who want to create a professional image for their business, a Virtual package will be just what they need. Culham Innovation Centre will handle post and provide a dedicated telephone number answered in the company name. Standard Features:
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) at the Culham Science Centre is a world class centre of engineering and scientific excellence. For science and technology start-up companies based at the Culham Innovation Centre, CCFE offers a unique technical support package. The Technical Support Package (TSP) gives suitably qualified start-up companies free access to skills and technologies that can directly assist their business. Depending on their needs, this could include free technical advice and access to mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering skills and technology from the world leading Fusion team. Partners  Culham Innovation Centre is the result of an exciting collaboration between Oxford Innovation and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.Culham Science Centre is sited in one of the most successful science locations in the country and is a member of Science Vale UK partnership, along with other public and private sectors in the area, which has been formed to promote southern Oxfordshire into a global hot spot for enterprise and innovation in science, high technology and the application of knowledge. Owned and operated by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, it is also home to the UK's fusion research programme, known as the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), and the world's largest fusion experimental facility, JET (Joint European Torus). In addition, Culham plays host to a wide range of resident organisations who recognise the value of having their business base at Culham. Oxford Innovation Culham 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:
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 Culham Innovation Centre is located on Culham Science Centre:
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