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Welcome to the Winter Edition of SPARK
Welcome to the Winter 2024 edition of SPARK, the last from a year celebrating 40 years’ success and economic impact of University of Warwick Science Park and its community.
The year our community grew to 150 companies with a number of existing resident members expanding on site, and our Ignite Alumni continued to grow to over 300 active members.
Against the background of economic turbulence and the uncertainty of elections across the globe, our business community has barely missed a beat in its near constant innovation and growth. Nowhere was this more evident than when the FT and Statista Special Report identified UWSP, underpinned by its business support offer, as being one of the top 5% of start up hubs in Europe.
The stories in this edition articulate that story of growth. Although we can only present a snapshot of the continued impact of the Park and its community on our region, the significant expansion automotive software manufacturer Embed, the double King’s Award win of Moasure, and the rise of a number of AI-powered businesses make this clear.
Engagement by UWSP members with local schools and in creating work experience opportunities for Warwick students are similarly impactful. Our own project student Tiffany, showed how the benefit can be mutual as she set up a rolling customer satisfaction survey tool that is allowing us to listen to and gain insights from our tenants.
As we close for the year, we reflect on another year of success, and look forward to an equally exciting year in 2025 as we prepare to celebrate the University of Warwick’s 60th anniversary and Minerva Business Angel’s 30th birthday. We invite you once again to join us!
Mark Tock, Chief Operations Officer
University of Warwick Science Park
Automotive software manufacturer doubling floorspace at Viscount Centre in expansion
A Midlands component and software manufacturer which counts cutting-edge supercar manufacturers among its clients is set to double its floorspace after recent success and create 10 new jobs over the next three years.
Embed Limited, based at the University of Warwick Science Park’s Viscount Centre, creates embedded software systems to control a wide range of functions in vehicles and other applications.
Ignite Alumni event hears how three entrepreneurs took businesses to ‘next level’
Three entrepreneurs have described how the support from a business incubator programme helped them to move to the ‘next level’ at an event in the region.
Applications open for Minerva Birmingham Pitch Up
Minerva Birmingham Pitch Up is back for its 10th year, over the years it has connected over 200 entrepreneurs with investors, helping to secure over £65,000,000 in investments for the region’s small businesses. Applications close on 6th January 2025.
Female Founder Start-up Programme
The Female Founder Start-Up Programme is a collaboration between The University of Warwick and NatWest, specifically designed to support female founders of start-up businesses in Coventry.
Carter Jonas: Shaping the future – science and technology innovation
In this guest column, Carter Jonas outlines the importance of tailoring workspaces, laboratories, and infrastructure to support cutting-edge research and emerging industries.
Enterprising students help tenants gain valuable business insights in new placement scheme
Enterprising business students have helped tenants at a Midlands science park gain valuable insights into sales data, customer satisfaction and more as part of a new placement scheme.
How IT firm adopted Science Park’s core values to become worth more than £1m today
ADECS, an IT firm founded by Amrik Bhabra, currently counts the Science Park as one of its biggest customers, but actually started as a small tenant at the Science Park back in 1992.
Gillmore Centre for Financial Technology opens new Fintech Innovation Lab
Shadow Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, Saqib Bhatti, launches Warwick Business School’s new Fintech Innovation Lab.
The University of Warwick announces inaugural festival of innovation
Taking place at Warwick Arts Centre on the 27th January, The University of Warwick is launching its first-ever Festival of Innovation and Grassroots Growth Summit, kicking off next year’s celebrations of 60 years of innovation, collaboration and transformational spirit.
The gift of giving at UWSP this Christmas
In the spirit of spreading joy and festive cheer, UWSP has for a second year partnered with KidsOut Charity for the annual GivingTree initiative. We received an allocation of 200 gift tags for our Christmas trees. Each tag represents a heartfelt wish from a child in need, and participants are encouraged to select a tag, purchase the requested gift, and contribute to making a child’s Christmas a little brighter.
And Finally…
As we wrap up this edition of SPARK, the team at the University of Warwick Science Park would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thank you for being a part of the University of Warwick Science Park community.
Warm festive wishes,
The University of Warwick Science Park Team
Email Marketing Webinar – Where to Start?
📆 16th December: This Business Ready webinar has been specifically written to encourage those just starting out on their email marketing journey.
Sales Mastery – Accelerating Growth through Strategic Selling
📆 14th January: Learn more on how to connect with the right audience and effectively present your product or service at this F2F workshop by Business Ready.
Business Support Open House, Nuneaton
📆 15th January: Connect with a range of government and local organisations, including Coventry & Warwickshire Growth Hub and Warwickshire Skills Hub.
Clean Futures - Sustainability: Benefits for your Business
📆 16th January: This masterclass aims to leave you motivated to improve the sustainability of your business, with the right knowledge and tools to do so.
South-Warwickshire Local Business Forum
📆 31st January: Hear from local MPs and Council Officials, and have a say on the local issues affecting businesses in South-Warwickshire.
North-Warwickshire Local Business Forum
📆 28th February: Hear from local MPs and Council Officials, and have a say on the local issues affecting businesses in North-Warwickshire.
