The Entrepreneurs For The Future connected and collaborative culture;
Centre will bring together graduate an environment where people with
and postdoctoral technologists ideas meet people with experience
and MBA students from around and people with investment funds.
the City Region and links them Connectivity is driven by face-to-
with experienced management and face meetings within our facilities, at
business leaders. our events and increasingly, as we
develop our activities to drive the
The centre identifies specific needs low carbon agenda through smart
and provides a tailored mentoring work environments, in virtual space.
package, support services and The virtual offering will create a
infrastructure to promote new central hub, linking to regional nodes
high-tech ventures with high and other national and international
growth potential. The centre hubs, to generate virtual clusters of
also offers support to innovative expertise to aid and promote high-
student companies formed as part tech, high growth businesses; wealth
of undergraduate courses. The creation leading to new high value
Birmingham Science Park initiatives are championing and
key objective is to help the next jobs.
Aston, formerly Aston Science catalysing the innovation economy
generation of entrepreneurs get
Park, was founded in 1982 and of Birmingham and the Region.
started and achieve their commercial Birmingham Science Park Aston is
has been one of the premier We are owned by Birmingham City
aspirations. keen to develop new partnerships
science parks in the UK ever Council, but we also look to work in
with individuals and organisations in
since. Now, in 2009, the park partnership with the Council to help
Birmingham Science Park Aston is all aspects of its offering, allowing
has been rebranded, providing shape and drive its innovation agenda
more than a geographic location. the opportunity to innovate through
a clear statement of its intent within the ‘Big City Plan’.
We are developing a flexible, highly partnership.
to drive its new strategy Directly, and through partnership,
forward. Birmingham Science Park Aston
provides a complete infrastructure to
At a time when the knowledge support innovators and entrepreneurs
economy is seen a key factor in helping them deliver their aspirations
moving the UK out of recession, and drive their high-tech services and
Birmingham Science Park Aston products towards the market place.
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