Plymouth Science Park
Plymouth Science Park
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
Coordinates: 50°25′03″N 4°06′32″W / 50.4175°N 4.1089°W
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