UKSPA Directory 2017
Pr actical Support
Business support adapts to suit the needs
and budget of the entrepreneur, offering
an informal sounding board, strategic
interventions, and everything in between.
Support staff will get hands-on with
everything from writing content to
making sales calls, and a Catalyst team
of mentored students and graduates
provides a flexible and cost-effective
resource on a project-by-project basis.
The accounts and bookkeeping team
offers help with fiscal matters, as well as
advice on how to interpret and act upon
financial information.
Practical support offerings include:
• Admin, legal and tax processes
• Accounts and payroll processes
• Desk-based research
• Sales training
• PR and communications.
Facilities
Sussex Innovation currently operates
two sites – one on the Sussex campus,
and one in Croydon. A third is due to
open in Brighton’s city centre in late 2017.
Space is designed to be dynamic and
collaborative, encouraging the exchange
of ideas and insight between companies.
This entrepreneurial community helps
young businesses to learn from
established peers and corporate
innovators to share in the agile, creative
culture of a start-up environment.
England | Full Member
235
Offices (from
“Business support adapts to the needs
145 to 1,500 sq ft)
of the entrepreneur, offering an informal
are designed to be
flexible to business
sounding board, strategic interventions,
and growth needs
and everything in between”
with inclusive
rents, no long-term
provides a great business address and
commitment and minimal paperwork.
hot-desking facilities, managed business
Professional meeting, seminar and
calls and mail, as well as access to Sussex
boardroom facilities provide the
Innovation’s support and networks.
infrastructure to impress potential
Whichever location they are based at, all
partners and clients, allowing tenants
members get access to the whole package.
to focus on the business.
Tenants can relocate between sites
Virtual office and network membership
without switching bills, book meeting and
options mean members can enjoy all the
boardroom facilities and use collaborative
benefits of a fixed office, without the
space across all three sites. ■
office. The Virtual membership package
Sit e s
Sussex Innovation Centre
The original Sussex Innovation Centre
is based on the leafy South Downs
campus of the University of Sussex,
15 minutes by train from Brighton.
The largest of the Sussex Innovation
incubation hubs, its 50-plus tenants
benefit from a prestigious business
address and access to the University’s
world-renowned academic, student,
and graduate community. Sussex Innovation Croydon
Sussex Innovation Croydon occupies two
floors of the iconic One Croydon building,
seconds from the well-connected East
Croydon rail station. The hub features
a large open plan collaborative space,
and offices for more than 30 tenant
companies. Croydon is currently home to
the fastest-growing local economy in the
UK, driven by significant investment in
technology, infrastructure, and education. Sussex Innovation Brighton
Sussex Innovation Brighton, a purpose-
built new site, will open later this year.
The development, build right next to
Brighton mainline railway station, will
feature a combination of larger scale-up
offices and a hot-desking and co-working
facility – encouraging collaboration and
business development among Brighton’s
huge community of freelancers and
pre-start-ups.
Co ntact detai l s
Mike Herd (Executive Director)
T: 01273 704 400
E: [email protected] C ont a c t d e ta i l s
Ben Holt (Director)
T: 0203 828 1300
E: [email protected] C o n ta ct d e ta i l s
Mike Herd (Executive Director)
T: 01273 704 400
E: [email protected]