Our vision

OUR VISION

WE ARE SOLVING THE CHALLENGES OF TOMORROW

We create the conditions for ambitious technology businesses to succeed and deliver real-world impact, innovation, and economic value. We do this by combining world-class science infrastructure, tailored business support and state-of-the-art office and laboratory space. Our vision is to deliver 1 million square feet of space for scientific, business and research facilities, creating up to 10,000 jobs in science, technology, and business on the campus by 2050.

It is based on five principles:

Community

Driving excellence
in science and technology

Innovation

Business growth through innovation

Growth

Developing a world-class science campus

Talent

Attracting, developing and retaining the very best talent

Collaboration

Powering productivity through partnerships

Our focus over the next 3-5 years will be to:

Successfully deliver the Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation, a £210M collaborative programme with IBM Research helping companies explore and integrate innovative new digital technologies (e.g., AI and Quantum computing)
Establish new science and technology facilities targeting industrial challenges, particularly around specialisms in advanced materials and engineering
Expand the cluster of Digital Technology businesses centred around the Hartree Centre

Continued development of the HealthTec cluster to support regional economic growth in the sector
Provide tailored support to scale-up companies to optimise and accelerate their growth
Equip the UK with next-generation light source capability, for real-time visualisation of biological and chemical reactions
Support the attraction, development and retention of talent into Sci-Tech Daresbury companies