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Enterprise Hub for Canterbury

July 16, 2003

SEEDA (South East England Development Agency) has approved a grant of £250,000 to the University of Kent following a bid in partnership with Canterbury City Council to establish the Canterbury Enterprise Hub. This will include a Business Support Network hatchery and incubator space for new businesses in the area. The focus will be on innovative companies working in health, information and communications technologies, capitalising on the research strengths of the University, particularly in biometrics and security and non-invasive medical imaging.

Enterprise Hubs are a major SEEDA initiative designed to improve the start-up and survival rate of knowledge-based companies. Professor Phil Davies, Pro- Vice Chancellor for Research & Enterprise, says, 'the Canterbury Enterprise Hub aims to develop a thriving specialist economy in Canterbury and the region. Entrepreneurs with a business idea can use the knowledge and services of the University, benefiting from intensive business mentoring as well as specialist advice such as finance, marketing, and technology transfer. It will provide support to people setting up new companies by encouraging networking and collaboration with other businesses, agencies and higher education institutions at local, regional and international level.'

Jeff Alexander, Director of Business & Inward Investment at SEEDA, said 'we are delighted to be establishing a hub at what we consider to be a major knowledge base for the region. Canterbury will be SEEDA's 15th Enterprise Hub'.

Canterbury City Council has been a key partner in this initiative and has identified a site in its Local Plan for new high-tech businesses on the university campus. Deputy Leader of Canterbury City Council, Cllr Ron Pepper, said, 'This is a really exciting opportunity for our community to start to improve the quality of local jobs. Higher Education institutions are an important asset for the district, but we need to think of new ways they can help regenerate our community and diversify our economy to bring in these new jobs. This award is a good example of the city council and the university working in partnership to achieve this aim.'

Vehicle Intelligence Ltd is the first start-up company to operate out of the Canterbury Enterprise Hub and supplies software and consultancy services in the niche market of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). Vehicle Intelligence was set up by Jon Carroll and Paul Jarvis, former Kent Police officers who worked on Nexus, the recent Canterbury ANPR scheme that resulted in 70 arrests. Jon Carroll says, 'being on a university site means the opportunity for synergy with other departments including the Computing Laboratory, Biosciences and the Kent Law School. We will be able to provide opportunities to retain the best graduates as well as feeding the latest knowledge into local enterprise. The campus is easily accessible and a wonderful environment in which to work.'

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