UKSPA Directory 2017
England | Associate Member
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SETsquared offers
hotdesking facilities,
shared as well as dedicated
office space to its members
Bristol
SETsquared
Centre
Locati on
Engine Shed, Station Approach
Temple Meads
Bristol BS1 6QH
Contact detai l s
Monika Radclyffe
Centre Director
T: 0117 903 1100
E: [email protected]
www.setsquared.co.uk
At the Bristol Centre our location
is paramount. We are based in the
iconic Engine Shed next to Bristol
Temple Meads station, a historic
building transformed into a hub for
business and innovation.
The Bristol SETsquared Centre, set up by
the University of Bristol and based at the
Engine Shed in the heart of the Enterprise
Zone, is the largest of the SETsquared
centres, and is home to around 65
innovative ventures.
The Bristol centre provides a dynamic,
modern and supportive environment to
grow your high-tech business. Whether
from the private sector or University spin-
outs, all can benefit from our high quality
support environment, guidance on
business growth and strong links to
university expertise.
When it comes to your business, one
size does not fit all. We offer business
development services tailored to stage,
size, needs, and product/services offering
of your company. SETsquared Bristol has
supported 184 companies across many
Trans por t l i nks
Adjacent to Bristol Temple Meads
Short walk or bus-ride to the
University of Bristol’s precinct
different technology sectors, including
semiconductors, telecoms, automotive,
biotech, clean tech, and security.
In November 2015, SETsquared won
the top accolade of Global Number 1
University Business Incubator, awarded by
UBI Global. The Bristol SETsquared Centre
has also previously won the prestigious
Established Business Incubator of the Year
and Best Designed Business Incubator
award from the industry trade body, UKBI.
Fact shee t
Capacity: Virtual membership: uncapped.
Residential: 12 desks in shared pre-
incubation space, 91 in cellular incubation
space. We accept application from
businesses at any stage up to 10 people.
Physical Features: Meeting rooms,
reception facility, kitchens, broadband,
wireless data, and telecoms.
Support Features: Standard SETsquared
business acceleration model for virtual,
pre-incubation and incubation stage
businesses. Part-time entrepreneurs
in residence providing specialist,
technology-focused sales and
marketing advice and expertise.
Ne a r by
35 Mentors & 450+ externals invited
to Business Review Panels. A wide variety
of events, review panels, in-residencies,
workshops, and seminars are organised for
members, as well as investment readiness
programmes and introductions across
multiple networks.
K e y Academic Rese arch Themes
Wireless communications, computer
science, quantum computing, smart cities,
cardiovascular science, neuroscience,
nanoscience and quantum information,
epidemiology, advanced composites,
applied quantitative social science,
ethnicity and migration.
Local sector fe atures
The Bristol & Bath city-region has
exceptional, world-class strengths in
microelectronics, creative industries,
embedded and application software,
animation, natural history programming,
financial services, aerospace and advanced
engineering, hot-air ballooning, sub-sea
engineering, and low carbon industries,
and is ranked as second biggest tech
startup cluster in the UK, after London. ■
S tr a te g i c n e tw o r k
Cardiff
Bath
Swindon
Host university: University of Bristol
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