Plymouth Science Park

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Plymouth Science Park

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Plymouth Science Park, previously known as Tamar Science Park, is a science and technology park located in Plymouth, in southern England.

The park was incorporated in 1995, with two principal stakeholders and founding partners – Plymouth City Council and the University of Plymouth. The science park is situated in to the north of Plymouth at Derriford, 7 km from the city centre. The site is on 30 acres 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) of occupiable space, with 6.2 acres still to be developed.

Phases

  • 1996 – Hyperbaric Centre
  • 1998 – Phase 1
  • 2001 – Phase 2
  • 2004 – Phase 3
  • 2006 – Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry
  • 2008 – Phase 4 (stage 1)
  • 2010 – Dental School commenced build
  • 2015 - Phase 5 - One Research Way

Clients are 80+ resident businesses, including University of Plymouth spin-outs. The clients have over 800 employees and £65m combined turnover.

Facilities

  • High quality Office Space for rent
  • State of the art Laboratories for rent
  • The Loft and Launch Pad pre-incubation facilities (co-location working)
  • Virtual Offices
  • Business mentoring, diagnostic and action planning
  • Business support workshops
  • Flexible working space
  • A data centre
  • Conferencing facilities, including video conferencing
  • Meeting rooms
  • On-site bistro - The Real Food Kitchen
  • Break out areas for formal and informal networking
  • Links with schools, FE and HE institutions in Plymouth
  • The Baylis Conference Centre
  • The Drake Conference facility

Local and regional links

  • £36m GVA contributed to local and regional economy (1998 – 2008)
  • Features in Plymouth City Council’s Local Economic Strategy
  • Founder member and previous chair of South West Science Park and Incubator Managers’ Forum
  • Management contracts in Devon and Cornwall with Torbay and Pool Innovation Centres
  • Plymouth Commercial Sites and Property Group chaired by TSP
  • Links with Local Plymouth Strategic Partnership

National links

  • TSP increasingly benchmarked against by national science parks
  • TSP chairs the UK Science Park Association (UKSPA) ICT Practitioners’ Forum
  • TSP formerly held chair and director positions with UKSPA
  • Member of UK Business Incubation and winner of the 2007 UKSPA peer award for Excellence in Technology Transfer and Partnership Working

International links

  • Links with and a partner in international knowledge transfer initiatives such as CHAIN (Channel Innovation Network)
  • Relationships with overseas science park community

See also

External links

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