Essex Technology & Innovation Centre
What is the Essex Technology & Innovation Centre?
The Essex Technology & Innovation Centre is the centre piece of ExDRA’s delivery of the Essex Innovation Strategy.
Opened in November 2005, it exists to develop emerging and early stage innovative businesses that have high growth potential, offering a stimulating working environment with a variety of on-site support. The Centre is the ideal solution for individuals and small scale collaborations taking their first steps in starting or developing their business.
Occupying a pleasant location in rural Essex, just outside Ongar, with convenient access from the M11, Chelmsford, Brentwood and Harlow, the Centre is ideally located. But it’s not just about floorspace - businesses have access to a wide range of expert advice as well as academic and commercial contacts, that will provide all the necessary support to encourage growth and ensure the success of the business.
Providing 30 modern high quality self-contained office units on flexible and competitive terms, together with conference facilities and access to a network of professionals that could support you and your business idea, the Essex Technology & Innovation Centre is a unique solution that ExDRA is proud to be providing.
So, if you have a great business idea why not give the Essex Technology & Innovation Centre a call – we’ll be only too happy to help.
Latest news from the Centre and events taking place there are shown below.
Designers Network - Design Blueprint
Date: 29 September 2008
Book: Click here to book this course
Design Blueprint:on September 29th 5:00-7:30 p.m.
at ExDRA, Aquila House, Waterloo Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1BD
Find out from the Design Council how their Design Blueprint will give designers access to a range of professional tools, information and advice, which aims to improve professional skills and career development and better prepare design students for the challenges they face when entering the industry.
The Speakers:
Lesley Morris
Lesley spent 18 years in design consultancies, working on commercial interior design and architectural projects and then in higher education for eight years, leading the MA Design Leadership programme at Middlesex University and teaching professional practice on undergraduate design courses.
Lesley joined the Design Council in 1997 as a senior manager in the Education team and has recently led the development of the Design Skills Blueprint, a UK-wide strategic programme to help improve design skills and professional development.
The Design Blueprint has been developed as an action plan for the recommendations first set out in the High Level Skills for Higher Value report published last year. This report identified the need for designers to have access to better professional information services and advice on continuing professional development. It also recognized that design students must be better prepared for the rapidly evolving challenges of the industry.
The central action set out in the design blueprint is the formation of a design skills alliance, which will co-ordinate the drive for industry and government sponsorship, and take forward the delivery of the programmes.
Lesley will be talking about the Design Blueprint, focusing on designer development.
There will be light refreshments and time for networking
The fee for the event for Members is £5 and Non-members £10, to include buffet and refreshments.
So join now and save money e-mail Sally Brazier sally.brazier@designersnetwork.co.uk for information and a form.
Please bring either cash or a cheque to the event (Payable to Designers Network LTD).
Cancellations will be accepted if notified two working days in advance, however if you book and do not attend we will invoice you, as we need to cover our costs.
