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.

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

More information

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