SECTOR FOCUS: ENTERPRISE
City’s start-ups beat Manchester B
irmingham is continuing to outpace Manchester in terms of the numbers of
new businesses being launched. According to Birmingham Science
Park Aston, last year there were 16,281 start-ups in Birmingham, 5,000 more than in Manchester. Both cities were only beaten by London in terms of start-ups. Dr David Hardman, chief
executive of the science park’s Innovation Birmingham campus, said: “It has been well documented that digital and med-tech firms account for a big number of the new start-ups across the West Midlands. So, on a numeric basis, Birmingham is a top location for start-ups, but it is important that these companies then grow to be substantial and long-lasting.” Dr Hardman said the best chance fledgling tech companies had in Birmingham was to be based at somewhere like Innovation Birmingham, and added: “Launching a new business in a sector specific incubation centre ensures it has a much better chance of succeeding and becoming commercially viable in a short period of time. The tech start-ups who are based at the Entrepreneurs for the Future centre are mentored and coached by our team of Entrepreneurs in Residence, who establish the best routes to finance. Visiting experts, events, networking opportunities and peer-to-peer support are also essential contributors to the incubation ecosystem offered here.”
Young innovators: (left to right) Adam Russell (AsDesigned Games), Stephen Willey (Incus Games), Jason Darby (Trebuchet Games), Naomi Watts and James Richmond (Roomie)
Innovation Birmingham has now appointed a specialist to assist with its
start-ups, Naomi Watts. At the same time, four new hi-tech firms based at the campus have been accepted onto a European funding programme, ‘Entrepreneurs for the Future’, aimed at helping them thrive. They are AsDesigned Games, Incus Games, Trebuchet Games, and Roomie. Those enrolled onto ‘Entrepreneurs for the Future’ benefit from six months free office space, telecoms, meeting rooms and super-fast broadband.
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