The Canterbury Innovation Centre not only offers clients a modern office to work in with ample facilities, but also an environmental sustainable design.
The centre itself is set in 500 acres of greenery, overlooking the historic town of Canterbury in Kent. With all these encouraging factors, who wouldn’t want to work in an office like this?
The centre was designed to appeal to start-up businesses as well as small to medium sized organisations. The centre has 2500 square metres of office space available ranging from 9.3m sq to 76.9m sq. The range of facilities on offer, include:
Along with resources listed above, the centre offers something very unique and innovative. The building has been built to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) standards, which is committed to environmental and economical solidity. The features include:
The centre cost £7.3 million and was funded by SEEDA, but was a joint venture between them, the University of Kent and the East Kent Spatial Development Company (EKSDC). Lee Amor, Executive Director of Development at SEEDA said, “Canterbury Innovation Centre will provide an ideal environment for businesses to establish themselves and grow, making the most of the knowledge and skills that the local universities are generating. Transferring knowledge into successful innovative businesses is key to driving the South East’s economy out of recession.”
The Canterbury Innovation Centre is managed by Basepoint Centres Limited, which was established in 1995. They specialise in providing affordable office space to small and medium sized businesses around the UK.
The building has been open since November 2009 and with the originality of the building’s environmental aspects, it has already attracted many different kinds of organisations such as; Ackland Webb, BSL Consulting and Speech Link Multimedia Ltd to name a few. With the chance to help the environment as you work,movehut feels this centre offers a valuable place in today’s society as Debbie Spalding from EKSDC expressed, “The Innovation Centre will have such a positive effect on economic development in Kent. The prospect of attracting enterprises to the area, working alongside our local businesses, proves how ambitious Kent is in driving innovation in the region.”
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