About Birmingham Science Park Aston
"The Opportunity to Innovate through Partnership"
Birmingham Science Park Aston is located in the heart of Birmingham, occupying a 22 acre campus next to one of the major arterial roads into the city centre. There is excellent access to major motorways, Birmingham’s mainline railway services at New Street Station are a 15 minute away and BSPA is just 30 minutes from Birmingham International Airport.
The new BSPA strategy is focused on a service offering for founders of new technology ventures as well as more established businesses. The services include a new multi-occupancy start-up facility and a wide range of flexible office units (115-15,000 square feet), but the focus is on providing an interactive supportive environment where innovators can interface with like-minded people. It is about encouraging people to visit, re-visit and then relocate to the park. It is about partnership to gain understanding, to fill-in the missing pieces of the successful business puzzle – to help innovators and entrepreneurs succeed.
The BSPA offering currently accommodates over 70 businesses accessing:
- BSPA’s new incubator the ‘Entrepreneurs for the Future Centre’
- office accommodation for 1 person to 200 people
- flexible licenses and leases
- robust IT provision to the park and excellent ICT support services, including free Microsoft software/support for software development start-ups
- 24 hour access and security
- on-site meeting and conference facilities
- dedicated business development team
- comprehensive events calendar
- access to graduates and university resources, including the Business School and Library.
The Digital agenda is seen as a catalyst for the future development of Birmingham. BSPA is positioning itself at the heart of Birmingham’s Digital District and will drive digital connectivity. Its focus will be on creating interfaces between the Clean Tech, Digital Media, Creative and Medtech/Healthcare Sectors through the application of innovative ICT services and facilities, and indeed, new ICT businesses. These interfaces will stimulate wealth, and hence job creation through exciting new businesses and smarter new ways of working.
Objectives:
BSPA will champion and catalyse the Birmingham and regional innovation economy to promote high value employment and the region’s enterprise culture.
BSPA will offer value-added mentoring and support services to aid in the creation of new innovation-based companies working with technology innovators to provide them with necessary skill sets in order to deliver their innovations to the market.
BSPA will promote regional national and international networks to provide access to the best not just local expertise and experience.
BSPA will drive the sustainable development of the BSPA estate to provide a flexible range of high quality facilities appropriate for the knowledge-based businesses of the second decade of the 21st Century.
Inward Investment & Europe - Worldwide connections to foster international collaborations
Birmingham Science Park Aston has strong international connections which it can use for its tenants’ advantage. The West Midlands is home to around 2,300 foreign companies from over 40 countries which employ around 250,000 people - around one fifth of our region's workforce.
This International Dimension:
BSPA is a full member of European Business & innovation Centre Network, which is a leading pan-European network bringing together 200+ Business & Innovation Centres (BICs), The International Association of Science Parks (IASP), which is a global forum through to a delivery partner for UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).
Opportunities:
- International Missions
- Marketing Briefings & Presentations
- Arranging tours and visits to our region
- Exchanges with a comprehensive network of overseas offices