The continued impact of the collaborative culture at Sci-Tech Daresbury resulted in an underlying sales growth of 33% for campus companies in 2022, and an average sales growth of 24% over the past four years.
The statistic has been revealed through the latest campus company survey to be conducted by Sci-Tech Daresbury. This annual strategic review carried out with companies on the campus has been undertaken every year since 2009. As part of this year’s survey, 110 companies were interviewed.
The findings show that the commitment to collaboration fostered at the campus is playing a key role in supporting the growth of the site’s innovative high-tech businesses. Pivotal to this growth has been the development of the cluster model on the campus and the engagement of companies into this.
The survey also revealed that:
- 76% of companies surveyed are engaging with at least one other organisation on the campus – a figure that has remained consistently in this ballpark for the past four years.
- 57% of companies surveyed are working with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) particularly using facilities, expertise, access to programmes and engagement into the STFC’s clusters on the campus.
- 55% of companies surveyed are engaging with universities. While the strongest relationships are with those based in the North West, in total over 50 universities have been engaged with across the UK and internationally
John Leake, business growth director at Sci-Tech Daresbury, said: “This year’s campus survey demonstrates once again that collaboration is the key element that has underpinned the success of the campus in recent years. One of the biggest drivers for companies moving here is access to technical support, world-class facilities and connection to the local and national networks needed to become trailblazers in their chosen field. An openness to collaboration and an unwavering curiosity about what can be achieved when likeminded groups of people work together is part of the DNA of all of our companies, and it is why so many of them are at the cutting edge of the technologies of tomorrow.”
Tim Andrews, co-founding president and CCO at campus firm ORCHA said: “We couldn’t see ourselves being in another place. There’s a unique dynamic at Sci-Tech Daresbury, fostered by the senior leadership team. The fact that they actively support collaboration sets a unique tone. It’s not just relying on chance for people to come together; they take a proactive role in bringing organisations, including NHS bodies and international healthcare systems, into the fold. It’s phenomenally helpful. It’s like having an extra, behind-the-scenes marketing and business engagement function that pops up every now and then.”
An in-depth article that explores the results of the 2022 campus survey can be found here: https://sci-techdaresbury.com/collaboration-leads-to-sales-growth-and-key-breakthroughs-for-sci-tech-daresbury-companies/
