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A company specialising in 3D modelling for space and engineering applications has been given a major boost after being accepted onto a support and development scheme. Techwerk will benefit from the Westcott Incubator and Accelerator (WIA) Programme  aimed at encouraging start up and SME companies to grow and develop at [...]

A company which is developing rocket technology powered by water has been shortlisted for an international award. URA Thrusters has been shortlisted in the top 50 finalists for the European Startup Prize for Mobility. The company, based at Westcott Venture Park made the cut in the competition aimed at [...]

Silverstone Park clean-tech business Lunaz has been appointed to ‘upcycle’ bin lorries to electric power for national operator Biffa as well as Buckinghamshire Council. The first truck converted from diesel to electric inside Lunaz’s 200,000 sq ft Silverstone Park premises will be delivered to the Buckinghamshire authority this autumn ahead of [...]

https://youtu.be/wmObjzvLMTg A special event designed to provide an insight into the future of the space industry has been hailed a major success. The Westcott Showcase attracted delegates and representatives from over 100 companies and organisations who discussed the next exciting developments including drones, rocket propulsion and sustainability in space [...]

Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have today announced the launch of the Orkney I-Port operation, a drone delivery project established in partnership with Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority and Loganair. Royal Mail and Skyports Drone Services have established a daily inter-island mail distribution service between three islands on [...]

School children were given a fascinating insight into the world of space during a visit to Westcott Venture Park. The students from five local secondary schools met experts from businesses who gave demonstrations of the latest developments taking place at the Park’s space cluster. School’s included St Hugh’s School [...]

Students from across the UK came together for the ‘Race to Space’ competition where they set an unofficial world record for the number of different hybrid/liquid rocket engines hot-fired for the first time on one site in one week. The students’ rocket engines all underwent their maiden test firing [...]

Directors of a start-up firm which helps with manufacturing in space are celebrating after being the first business to benefit from a new funding and development initiative. Growbotics Space has joined the Westcott Incubator and Accelerator (WIA) Programme aimed at encouraging start up and SME companies to grow and [...]

With all the excitement of this weekends (7 - 9 July) Grand Prix at Silverstone, it is easy to forget there is far more going on at Silverstone than just Formula 1. Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership’s (Bucks LEP) Silverstone Enterprise Zone, next to the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit and [...]

Growbotics and Techwerk have joined the Westcott Space Cluster to take advantage of new funding available through the Westcott Incubator and Accelerator (WIA) Programme. They will become part of the fast-growing ecosystem of space companies situated at Westcott Venture Park. Funded through Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership and managed by [...]