Birmingham Science Park Aston

Faraday Wharf[3] – the flagship building on the campus – incorporates 70 office suites specifically designed for growing technology businesses.

[6] Within the first nine months of being enrolled onto e4f, the Innovation Birmingham[2] team and mentor base works with the new business founders to create a value proposition, assisting with the process of becoming revenue generating and/or securing investment funding.

[7] A new regional hub funded by Climate-KIC[8] – Europe's largest public-private partnership focused on tackling climate change – was launched by Innovation Birmingham[2] in 2014.

The West Midlands Regional Innovation Centre receives in excess of €2 million of funding per annum, spread across a number of local initiatives.

The Innovation Birmingham team run a year-round programme of events for those working in the gaming or mobile app industries.

The collection of buildings will be among the first within the Enterprise Zone to get underway, enabling future occupiers to benefit from Business Rates relief.

Aston University continue to sit on the board and provide services such as management support and equity capital to firms at the science park.

The science park was opened in 1983 and was designed to overcome the reluctance of London-based firms to invest outside of South East England.

Nicholas Goodison in 1992, Patricia Hewitt in 2001, Digby Jones, Frederick Crawford and former Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek.