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“Birmingham Science Park Aston provides us with a truly unrivalled city centre business location and all-important brand association at the heart of Birmingham’s growing knowledge and digital quarter.”
Park Life
“A huge advantage for us being located here is being part of a like-minded community, exchanging contacts and ideas in an informal fashion.”
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“The BSPA team have been invaluable in securing introductions to helpful and knowledgeable industry experts.”
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“More than just providing an office space, BSPA exceeded our expectations by providing a range of positive benefits unique to my businesses needs.”
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“whether we are holding meetings or choosing somewhere for lunch with the facilities on the park and quick access in and out of the city we’re never short on options”
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“The events programme provides incredible opportunities for a small business like ours to speak with relevant figures within our own industry as well as the wider business world.”
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About

Background & Vision

Birmingham Science Park Aston (BSPA) was founded in 1982 and has been one of the premier Science Parks in the UK ever since. BSPA is wholly owned by Birmingham City Council as such we see ourselves as a vital part of Birmingham’s regeneration agenda.

More than bricks and mortar BSPA works in partnership with the City Council to drive innovation led regeneration within the City and the region, BSPA offers the ‘opportunity to innovate through partnership’. It is actively looking to work with and bring together the public and private sectors. Utilizing the technology capital of the park BSPA works to proactively break down barriers of communication, creating a collaborative ”place” where people with ideas, people with technology, people with expertise and people with money can come, collaborate and achieve business success. In essence a Science Park Without Walls.

Offering of BSPA

BSPA’s incubator ‘entrepreneurs for the future centre’
Office accommodation for 1 person to 200 people
Flexible licenses and leases
Robust IT provision to the park and excellent ICT support services, including free Microsoft software/support for software development start –ups
BSPA internet service offering-which currently offers the best value for business broadband in Birmingham
24/7 access and security to all facilities on site
On-site meeting and conference facilities
Ideas and communications Suite offering the latest video and conferencing facilities
Dedicated business development team
Comprehensive events calendar
Access to graduates and university resources, including the Business school and Library

These values underpin the overall objectives for the park

Amenities include:

A comprehensive events calendar, creating a collaborative community through networking opportunites
Coffee shops where guests at BSPA are invited to use our free Wi-Fi to work or carry out social or informal meetings
Catering facilities
A number of recreational amenities
An array of available office suites to let

What makes us unique

BSPA continues to:

Create and operate a knowledge-driven growth hub
To promote the intellectual capital of the City
Help entrepreneurs deliver commercial aspirations

This is achieved by establishing new partnerships in all aspects of its offering; this includes the Innovation Centres and Science Parks within the region and beyond.

The offering of BSPA is being extended to fully encompass the role of the incubator and innovation centre, helping to create new ventures and then providing a flexible, highly connected and collaborative culture to catalyse the development and growth of high-tech companies. As companies grow they graduate into larger facilities on the same campus which allows them to continue using the parks resources as well as extend their service offering to accommodate their business needs.

BSPA views its urban location as pivotal to its future as it acts as a focal point for creativity across a range of business sectors within Birmingham. It is integrated into the urban fabric to bring knowledge back to the heart of the city. These aspirations reflect Birmingham’s ‘global city with a local heart’ approach by promoting a highly e-nabled environment to ensure Birmingham is connected with international cities with similar innovation-driven regeneration agendas.

The BSPA Objectives

BSPA will become a world-leading science park fit for 2020 and be at the forefront of the international science park movement
BSPA will deliver the sustainable development of its estate to provide flexible high quality facilities appropriate for the entrepreneurs of the future
BSPA will champion and catalyse a globally competitive Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP knowledge economy to help deliver the vision of making the sub-national region the natural home for Europe’s entrepreneurs and wealth creators.
BSPA will offer value-added mentoring and support services, based on regional national and international networks to provide access to the best expertise and experience, to drive the creation and growth of new knowledge-based businesses.

Digital Agenda.

The launch of the Ideas and Communications suite in January 2011 has enabled companies at the Park to communicate with colleagues, clients and contacts from across the world using the latest Cisco TelePresence® video conferencing platforms. This expansion in the Science Parks offering is one of the first embodiments of BSPA positioning itself as the gateway to Birmingham’s Digital District in its ambition to drive digital connectivity.

As part of the digital agenda for Birmingham BSPAs focus is and will continue to be on creating interfaces between the Clean Tech, Digital Media and Creative Sectors through the application of innovative ICT services, such as the Ideas and Communications Suite and indeed, new ICT businesses. These interfaces will stimulate wealth, and hence job creation through exciting new businesses and smarter ways of working.