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Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park: 16 to 430+ sq m units and fully-serviced plots for design and build, available now.

Outstanding opportunities alongside Loughborough University

Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park (LUSEP) is already one of the UK’s largest science parks, with 700,000 sq ft of high quality accommodation for more than 75 organisations and 2,500 people. Set in over 19 acres of mature parkland, LUSEP provides a fully commercial corporate environment, whilst also having ready  access

to the research capability, resources and graduates of Loughborough University – a leading UK institution with an outstanding record in engineering and technology and known for the quality of its graduates.

One of the most accessible sites in the UK

M1, Junction 23: 1 mile

East Midlands Airport: 7 miles Birmingham Airport: 38 miles

London: 90 minutes by rail (40 trains a day)

Nottingham, Leicester, Derby: 30 minutes by road, 20 by train

Existing business clusters on LUSEP include advanced engineering, low carbon technologies and sports technology. The scale of potential development means that there are also opportunities to create new clusters for knowledge-based businesses and associated advanced / high value manufacturing.

LUSEP offers an outstanding base for start-ups to mature organisations to thrive in collaboration, with a unique campus partner benefits package, afforded by its proximity to Loughborough University.

Key features throughout the site

• Fully serviced units, 24/7 access
• Boardroom and break out meeting spaces
• Car parking, electric charge points, bike stores and showers
• Cafés and daily fresh delivery service to offices

Wider campus benefits

• Super-fast broadband, fully wireless
• CCTV and patrolled site
• Award-winning conference facilities
• 4 and 3 star hotels
• World-class sports facilities
• Free campus transport, library use
• Graduate and student recruitment
• Preferential creative and print services
• Shops, bank, ATMs

LUSEP offers a wide variety of accommodation and facilities to present your organisation with precisely what you need in existing buildings or bespoke facilities on current phase of development.

High-specification offices and lab space

A variety of versatile office and laboratory suites up to 535 sq ft are available now. Lab specification includes fume hood air extraction, piped services, vinyl flooring and lab benching.

Design and build opportunity

A 35 hectare expansion is underway to create a further 100,000 sq m floor space. 7 hectares of fully serviced plots are immediately available for design and build.

Innovation Centre success

The first building to be developed as part of the expansion, The Advanced Technology Innovation Centre (ATIC), opened in September 2015 and reached 95% occupancy by within 9 months. Supported by the European Regional Development Fund, the 3,000 sq m building offers rent a desk, office and lab space ranging from 16 sq m to 92 sq m for technology-focussed start-ups through to larger SMEs.

Global accreditation for solar laboratory

Specialist R&D facilities on LUSEP include The Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology, which houses one of a handful of laboratories in the world with ISO17025 (calibration) accreditation to measure solar cells and modules.

Aerospace innovation boost

Further developments on LUSEP include a £9.8 million Government funding boost towards the establishment of a new facility that  position Loughborough University as a primary UK hub for aerospace engineering and technology.

The National Centre of Excellence in Gas Turbine Combustion System Aerodynamics will focus on the development of future low emission aerospace combustion systems that will reduce the environmental impact of aircraft. The Centre will allow industrial problem-owners to visit and work closely with academic researchers to ensure that new technologies are translated from theory to practice as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

Rolls-Royce will be a lead partner in the project, building on its existing relationship with Loughborough, and the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre, based on LUSEP.

CommAgility, the leading wireless technology company based at LUSEP, has just been awarded its second Queen’s Award for Enterprise in three years.