Greater Cambridge Partnership

Infrastructure for Enterprise – Innovation Hubs18 April 2007Martin Garratt, Director

Introduction

• Background to Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP)

• Sub Regional Economic Strategy• Infrastructure for Enterprise – the Hardware• Infrastructure for Enterprise – the Software• Conclusion

Background

• Sub-Regional Economic Partnership (SREP) for the Greater Cambridge area

• Public/Private/Community Sector Boards• Funded by EEDA, County Council and District

Councils and Private Sector• 25 mile radius of Cambridge

Greater Cambridge Area

Sub Regional Economic Strategy

• Goal 1: Encouraging global success in entrepreneurship, research and development and business growth across the high tech cluster

• Goal 2: Encouraging business growth and economic development which will underpin a growing and sustainable sub-regional economy

• Goal 3: Developing a skills base to support a world class economy

• Goal 4: Benefiting all across the Sub-Region• Goal 5: Creating a high quality place to live

work and visit

The Learning Collaboration

Babraham

Addenbrooke’s

Papworth

Technology Hub

Growth Programme

& Facility

Start-up Facility

SJIC

Pre-start Facility

Cambridge University

Enterprise Hubs

Life Sciences Hub

Enterprise Hubs

St John’s Innovation

Centre

The LearningCollaboration

UniversityOf

Cambridge

Technology/ICTTechnology/ICT

Needs-determineddevelopmental

programmes fortechnology-based,

advanced manufacturingand life sciences businesses

PrePre--startstart StartStart--upup Early stageEarly stagedevelopmentdevelopment GrowthGrowth (10 100)(10 100)

Idea generationIdea generationand early stageand early stagecommercialisationcommercialisation

Technology

High Value Manufacturing

Case Study

• Hearing aid technology company• Sell technology on a chip at £1.1m p.a.• Business model for £65m by 2009• Supply chain

– Photo fabrication St Neots– Tool and mould Haverhill– Packaging Ely– Plastic painting / printing Cambridge– Coil winding Bar Hill– Assembly Kings Lynn

Business Parks

Enterprise – the Software

• Technopole Group• Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning• Sector Networks

Sector Networks

CHASE

Enterprise – the Software

• i-Teams• Women in SET• Business Planning Competition

Business Planning Competition

International Relations Focus

Int’l Region

Country Region

Asia China Silicon Valley *

The Americas US Boston

Europe (all) India Shanghai

Eastern Europe

Germany Beijing

Middle East Japan Munich

Korea Bangalore

Singapore Brussels

Taiwan Hong Kong

Russia Paris* Including SF, SJ, SD

Conclusion

• GCP – senior level economic partnership• Strategic plan for area• Enterprise support – hardware & software

www.gcp.uk.net