In addition to your creative neighbours within Innovation Centre, your business is surrounded by a wider community that brings all sorts of added advantages.
Simply being based on the Knowledge Gateway itself opens you up to other businesses just like yours, presenting great opportunities to collaborate, socialise and network. The adjoining university campus means not only do you have access to technology research and expertise, but you can also go to the gym, do some shopping or even do your banking in your lunch break.
So, whether you want to pick the brains of one of our own experienced business leaders, or connect with other like-minded entrepreneurs, we’re can make that happen.
The University of Essex’s Colchester campus is a lively and exciting place to be based, offering businesses access to incredible facilities:
The University of Essex’s new £12 million Innovation centre, designed to bolster the region’s emerging science, technology and digital creative industries, has officially opened its doors. As both the University of Essex and Oxford Innovation are key members of the Essex Chambers, we are extremely proud to host a soft launch for our members and ... Read more
The Dwarves of Glistenveld (TDoG) is a 2.5D real-time strategy game that sees the player take control of a clan of dwarves and help them in their fight against goblins. The game is being launched in early access on Steam at 6pm during the launch event. This is the first game released by Nysko Games, ... Read more
Innovate UK, the Knowledge Transfer Network and the Enterprise Europe Network are hosting a briefing event for the second of two Open innovation loans competitions in the extension of the award-winning pilot programme, which is currently open for applications here.
Ventura Digital are a team of strategists with over 10 years’ experience delivering social media strategy and campaigns. On 3rd December Ventura Digital are running a free workshop at Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway on how to get more value out of social media for your business, with the ultimate goal for you to generate sales ... Read more
This the second meetup by the Essex cloud computing team run in the Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway Colchester. Join us on the 9th December for more informative details on all things cloud computing. Main speakers TBC....
Discover why brand matters for early-stage businesses, and how to build your brand quickly and effectively.
The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning to the field of health represents a major opportunity for the UK. AI is a powerful tool that can be applied across industry sectors to solve specific challenges. The application of these tools in Health requires a mutual understanding between the AI and Health communities. The ... Read more
Entrepreneurial leadership starts with an ability to absorb an environment and explore the opportunities that exist within it. It is more than being aware of your own industry it is about being aware of what is happening within business.
Every Friday our breakfast event is served in a relaxed environment with the region's hottest techies, entrepreneurs, developers, designers, start-ups and business people sharing their expertise with the local tech community and interested people wanting to find out how tech can transform their business. Enjoy a light breakfast whilst networking, followed with a lightning ... Read more
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Leadership to lead your business into the next level
(In light of the COVID-19 situation we are looking at how we deliver events over the coming period. For now all physical attendance has been stopped. We are attempting to deliver some of these events virtually. Please keep an eye on the website for updates) Every Friday our breakfast event is served in a relaxed ... Read more
