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Tremough Innovation Centre

The Tremough Innovation Centre (TIC) is a state-of-the-art three storey building with a rentable floor space, providing high quality, flexible managed workspace and business acceleration support for start-up and existing businesses particularly in the creative, media, eco and environmental sectors that have high productivity, ambition and the potential for growth.

The Centre is located next to the Combined Universities in Cornwall main campus near Falmouth. It can house up to 70 businesses with offices of varying sizes, four shared meeting rooms, break out spaces, a shared workspace area (Formation Zone) to support the development of early stage businesses and a modern conference facility with cutting edge video conferencing facilities.

It has been designed to provide flexible accommodation with units ranging in size from 12m² up to 62m² to meet individual business needs. In order to enhance collaboration and networking within the building, all central services including reception, meeting rooms, conference facilities, breakout areas and kitchens are shared.

Like its partner in Pool, TIC is a low carbon building and will use significantly less energy than a conventional office building. It will also achieve a BREEAM excellent standard one of the highest levels of environmental accreditation available for new buildings, ensuring that the Centre's environmental impact was low during construction and will also be during its lifespan.

The Centre is managed by Plymouth University on behalf of Cornwall Council with support from the Cornwall Development Company. Investment has been provided by the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) Convergence Programme and the South West Regional Development Agency.

What are the benefits to me/my organisation?

  • Space - access to 68 units ranging from 12m² - 62m² on an affordable and flexible basis. Ranging from pre-incubation office
  • Support - supportive and collaborative environment with business mentoring and advice clinics, peer-to-peer support and direct access to business support organisations
  • Profile - presence in a prestigious business address to increase the profile of your business
  • IT - access to full fibre ICT infrastructure which enables superfast connectivity and state-of-the-art telephony solutions
  • Resources - use of Centre facilities such as a postal service, telephone facilities, reception service, car parking, out of hours security and meeting and conference facilities with preferential rates
  • Events - opportunities to network with other businesses, potential clients, customers and partners and to attend Centre events
  • Environmental - an extremely low carbon address with the added value of a clear environmental statement
  • Venue - TIC is an ideal venue for business meetings, training workshops or for bespoke conference requirements and has a variety of conference and meeting rooms with state-of-the-art technologies

The conference room can accommodate up to 100 delegates in a theatre style configuration and 28 in standard boardroom layout. In addition there are two meeting rooms that can seat up to 30 delegates in theatre layout and 16 in boardroom layout, as well as an additional two smaller meeting rooms accommodating up to six delegates.

How much will it cost?

Office rental rates are negotiable and will be priced according to the requirements of each business. Our conferencing and meeting rooms are also competitively priced. Please use the contact details below for a full price list or to enquire about booking some space.

Am I eligible?

The Tremough Innovation Centre is suitable for those wanting to start or develop a business based in Cornwall. All applicants should be at ideas stage, early business stage, or can be an established business with a new product or service to develop. The Centre will also consider businesses keen to refocus and develop their offer in order to become sustainable, and is looking We are looking for applicants that demonstrate innovation, passion, commitment, high standards and potential for growth. Our The conferencing and meeting facilities are available to everyone so please get in touch to discuss your requirements.

How do I find out more?

For further information visit www.cornwallinnovation.co.uk/tremough-innovation-centre

Contact a member of the Plymouth University Enterprise Solutions team


Innovation Centres are part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund Convergence Programme

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