Incubation Units For New High Technology Businesses example essay topic

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Anyone who has driven along the top end of Mollis on Avenue recently will have noticed the building work taking place on the old Ramsey Marsh dewatering works. This is Innova Park, the beginnings of an exciting Science and Business Park development which will create many jobs and encourage the growth of high-technology businesses in the area. The reclamation of this land presents an interesting challenge. Although the land was never used for treatment purposes, there is still a great deal of deconstruction and some decontamination work to be carried out. All the concrete and topsoil from the excavation work is to be reused on the site, in an effort to keep works traffic to a minimum.

Other environmental issues have also been addressed. Steps will be taken to prevent future contamination of the watercourse by site traffic, and areas are being set aside for the protection of the rare Marsh Dock which grows on the site. The first company to move on to the park will be the London Lee Valley Business Innovation Centre. The BIC will move into a purpose-built building late in 1998, along with a 60 "incubation units" for new high-technology businesses. Gareth Osborne, MD of the BIC, is looking forward to the move. He says, "provision within the BIC of incubator units flexible to the needs of our clients is the final piece in the jigsaw".

Middlesex University are already involved in the planning stages of Innova Park and, as the project develops, will become more directly involved with Research and Development activities on the site. Innova Park may also offer opportunities for innovative students and graduates who want to start their own high-technology businesses. To find out more: web News in Brief: The University ha recently won two TEMPUS contracts. One, co-ordinated by Andrew Thomas, Director of REDI, will provide technology transfer and telecommunication programmes in Hungary, and the second, co-ordinated by the University of Miskolc, Hungary, provides resources to develop PhD programmes in English for Hungarian Universities. Not only does this provide a significant amount of income for the university, but it allows us to extend existing areas of expertise and use this knowledge and experience to help institutions in other parts of the world. Back to News Index.