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Working together can produce spectacular results – that is the message being delivered by members of the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership. Three key sites within the Enterprise Zone (EZ) - Silverstone Park, Westcott Venture Park and Arla/Woodlands have been identified as having synergies providing untapped potential to power future [...]

Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership wishes to commission a business case for a new multi-use facility - the Westcott Disruptive Innovation for Space Centre (DISC) - to be located within the Space Cluster within the Westcott Enterprise Zone. Building on work previously undertaken for a DISC at Westcott, the objective [...]

One of the world’s leading companies in the delivery of complex equipment and instrumentation for Space and large scientific facilities has arrived at Westcott Venture Park. AVS UK  is currently based at the Westcott Innovation Centre for the next two years, while the new facility is developed and the [...]

Small businesses looking to develop their expertise in the space sector are being offered a new funding package. The £500,000 Westcott Accelerator and Incubation Programme delivered by the Buckinghamshire Enterprise Zone is designed to help start up and SME companies to grow and develop at Westcott Venture Park. Firms can apply [...]

A technology company focusing on helping cyclists achieve ultimate performance levels is on track to expansion. Vorteq Sports specialises in the development of aerodynamic skinsuits designed to help cyclists go faster and is growing with the help of ongoing rates relief from the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Zone. Part of [...]

A hi-tech business is expanding rapidly and creating jobs boosted by business rates relief provided by the Buckinghamshire Enterprise Zone as a Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership programme. 3C Test which specialises in Automotive Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing, expanded into new premises in Silverstone Park last year and is benefiting [...]

A company which restores and re-engineers a range of vehicles from refuse trucks to classic cars with state-of-the-art electric technology is going from strength to strength with the help of funding sourced by the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership (Bucks LEP). Lunaz was only launched in 2019 and, despite the [...]

A company which is helping to revolutionise rocket technology has moved to the Westcott Space Cluster. URA Thrusters specialises in the use of water as fuel for rocket propulsion in space and is soon to carry out testing having spent the last nine months refurbishing the old R site [...]

A new Cycling Test Lab designed to help students develop their engineering skills has been launched at the Silverstone Sports Engineering Hub (SSEH).  This is an extension of their aerodynamic test facility and R&D tools and services offered to sports engineering. The project has received £800,000 of Local Growth Funding from [...]