FOR SPACE TO THRIVE, THINK HERTFORDSHIRE IQ - Herts IQ

FOR SPACE TO THRIVE, THINK HERTFORDSHIRE IQ.

• London Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter
 • Oxford
 • Cambridge
 • University of Hertfordshire
 • BRE Group
 • Rothamsted Research

 Why Hertfordshire IQ?
 An Enterprise Zone developing 3 million sq.ft.
 of new commercial space just 30 minutes from
 London, Hertfordshire IQ is the destination for
 future facing businesses.
 In the heart of the Golden Research Triangle
 between Oxford, Cambridge and London, we are
 constantly connecting tech, talent and research.
Get in touch
To boost your business growth Hertfordshire IQ brings together the brightest With high-quality commercial space
and productivity contact: thinking in modern construction, agri-tech, for up to 800 companies and a business
Cherie Norris | Enterprise Zone Manager bioscience, gene technology, AI, robotics community that’s already thriving at the
 and big data, connecting innovators with neighbouring Maylands Business Park,
WhatsApp +44 (0) 7540 203753 our partners: there’s plenty of room to grow and
 • Construction industry leaders BRE Group everything your business needs to
✉ cherie.norris@hertfordshirelep.co.uk attract and nurture the brightest talent.
 • Agricultural pioneers Rothamsted Research
 www.herts-iq.co.uk
 • Green tech network the Green Triangle
twitter @HertsIQ
 • University of Hertfordshire
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Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter

 M1 M11

 London
 Luton

 For connections to
 Hemel
Hempstead
 M25
 the Capital, think
 Hertfordshire IQ.

 Just 30 minutes from central London, Hertfordshire IQ is also geared up
 London Hertfordshire IQ offers your business to boost business productivity with
 Euston
 space to grow without the Capital’s the best in digital connectivity.
 CENTRAL high overheads.
 M4 LONDON Investment is being secured in
 Take advantage of all the perks digital infrastructure that will
 without paying the premium: a provide businesses with outstanding
 highly skilled and qualified workforce, connectivity across fibre, 5G and
 a great place to live and work and the Internet of Things networks to test
 London Heathrow
 M2 London market - all on your doorstep. and prove smart tech concepts.
 Plus 45 million customers are within Flexible, cost-effective provision
 a four-and-a-half-hour’s drive. and reliable, high capacity
M3 Located on the M1 junction 8 connectivity will help boost your
 and M25 junction 21, with Hemel productivity, making it easy to
 Hempstead mainline station close stay connected with customers
 by, your business will be just: and suppliers, and for employees
 M20 to share and collaborate.
 • A 30 minute drive to central London
 • 25 minutes from Hemel Hempstead
 station to London Euston
 • A 20 minute to London Luton
 International Airport
 • A 30 minute drive to
 London Heathrow

 M23
 3.

Commercial sites
 development timeline.
 Maylands Gateway
 2021 - 2024
 BRE Group Campus BRE Open Innovation Hub
 Rothamsted International experts in building Increased space is planned with a
 Spencers Park
 science and research, and leaders in the new Open Innovation Hub. Offering
 Research Campus 2021 - 2024 development of modern construction 3,000 sq.m. of contemporary, flexible
 2019 methods, BRE has commercial space, ideal office and research space, it will boost
 The Crown Estate for incubation and start-ups, available on collaboration between the research
 its Watford campus. base, large firms and SME’s.
 Prologis Park 2022 - 2032
 (Artists impression courtesy of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.)
 2019
 Rothamsted Growth
 BRE Group Campus & Innovation Hub
 2019 2022 - 2024

 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 to 2032

 BRE Open Innovation Hub
 2020 - 2021

 Maylands Avenue Spencers Park The Crown Estate
 2020 - 2022 This is a prime location site in Hertfordshire Developing 55 hectares of Greenfield land
 IQ and the wider Maylands business area into a brand new business park, The Crown
 with good links to the M1/M25, ideally Estate is providing a range of flexible office,
 suited for B1/B2 uses. This 4.7 acre site is logistics and industrial spaces, perfect for
 owned by Homes England and located to businesses and their employees looking
 the north of the Maylands Business Park. to locate close to the capital.

 Rothamsted Research Campus Prologis Park Maylands Avenue Maylands Gateway
 Rothamsted Research is the world’s Prologis Park Hemel Hempstead is a In the heart of Maylands’ business area The Maylands Gateway site holds a
 longest running agricultural research sustainable and energy efficient logistics 1,200 sqm of new, high quality office strategic location with frontage along
 station, delivering cutting-edge science park with opportunities to secure new space will be created within a mixed the A414 on Breakspear Way. Owned by
 and innovation for 170 years, with strong Grade A industrial and distribution use development, near the junction of Dacorum Borough Council this 16 acre site
 links to research institutes in London, space in an established logistics location, Maylands Avenue and Breakspear Way. has great potential for a range of business
 Oxford and Cambridge. strategically placed on the M1 corridor activities, across the spectrum of B1, B2
 to best serve London and the Midlands. and B8 use classes.
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For space to
thrive, think
Hertfordshire IQ.

Leading new, high-quality Alongside a new high spec office
commercial development over the park, two logistics and distribution
next 10 years, Hertfordshire IQ is parks will be developed as an
creating around 3 million sq.ft of extension of the highly successful
brand new commercial space. Maylands employment area.
This new employment zone will Maylands Business Park has an
provide attractive, contemporary excellent reputation as a location
work spaces, from offices to for logistics and distribution with
warehouse and industrial units, companies like UPS and DHL part of
giving businesses of all sizes the its longstanding business community.
flexibility they need to find the
perfect home.
Set in sustainably landscaped
grounds and boosted with high-spec
digital connectivity, cafés, restaurants,
nurseries, delivery pick-ups, gyms
and shops helping to create a
great place to work.

Image: Artist’s impression (Indicative only)
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Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter

For a greener work
life balance, think
Hertfordshire IQ.

As an Enterprise Zone with a
clear vision for the future and the
generations to come, we encourage
the use of smart and sustainable
transport, a high build quality across
all developments and adoption of
low carbon operations. We also
support engagement with the local
community we live and work in.
We welcome and support
businesses and talent that believes
in environmental sustainability and
innovation, encouraging our business
community to work with, and share,
our sustainable values.
We’ll create new jobs, workplaces
and opportunities, enabling people
to live and work close-by for a
greener work-life balance.

 9.

Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter

 For bringing together
 the brightest minds,
 think Hertfordshire IQ.
 Hertfordshire has a highly skilled Further Education support comes
 workforce with a strong construction, from West Herts and Oaklands
 advanced manufacturing and digital Colleges, empowering the next
 tech skills base. generation of talent, meaning
 A stable local workforce, a growing businesses have access to a skilled
 pool of highly skilled and qualified and educated workforce, now and
 talent, plus graduates from the in the future.
 University of Hertfordshire will Hertfordshire IQ is developing a joint
 help your business thrive. action plan with these partners to
 The University of Hertfordshire boost the education offer and local
 offers a range of support and can skills development so that employers
 help future occupiers with bespoke can rely on the local labour market to
 skills planning. It also has strong links help drive productivity.
 with BRE and Rothamsted Research,
 offering relevant courses that
 support both modern construction
 and agri-tech industries.

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Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter

 For building your future
 in modern construction,
 think Hertfordshire IQ.
 BRE Group leads the national Ideally located for companies
 agenda for the construction wanting to diversify and expand
 industry through the Transforming in modern construction fields,
 Construction Alliance. This will see Hertfordshire IQ also connects strong
 an Innovate UK funded hub develop industry networks and supply chains.
 a digital, manufacturing focused Collaboration could also help
 approach, improving efficiency and broaden the commercial application
 helping companies embrace and of your products across construction
 maximise potential that digital is to the agri-tech sector.
 bringing to the sector.
 Expanding the current incubation
 and innovation space available on
 campus at BRE Group, a new Open
 Innovation Hub is planned for 2020.

12. 13.

For the greenest
 collaboration, think
 Hertfordshire IQ.
 Rothamsted Research has a As part of the Rothamsted Research
 strong relationship with high profile community, your business will have
 research institutes in the Golden access to an extensive network
 Research Triangle of Oxford, of corporate and international
 Cambridge and London, bringing collaborative partners, including
 opportunities for collaboration, agri-tech research institutions,
 product development and access in developing economies and
 to new markets. multinational agri-tech companies
 As pioneers of crop science for working on game-changing
 generations, Rothamsted Research research projects.
 is underpinning the digital Incubation, innovation and grow on
 transformation of the agricultural space is available on the Rothamsted
 sector and the growth in gene Research campus today, with a new
 technology and biosciences. Growth and Innovation Hub planned
 Rothamsted Research is already for 2022.
 home to agri-tech businesses,
 using its world leading agricultural
 science as a catalyst for innovation
 and growth.

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Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter

 For support to grow For a great location,
 your business, think think Hertfordshire IQ.
 Hertfordshire IQ.
 We aim to provide the ideal Business rates relief is also With its competitive costs, market
 environment for business growth, available to businesses who access and international connectivity,
 with a range of premises available can demonstrate low carbon Hertfordshire is an attractive location 3,000,000 sq.ft.
 in Hemel Hempstead for large and credentials, through an for future facing businesses.
 of next generation commercial space
 expanding companies and for those internationally recognised A rich history of innovation,
 outgrowing incubation space at BRE and trusted sustainability investment and a pioneering spirit
 Group and Rothamsted Research. certification scheme.
 Our mission is to create a place Powerful, targeted, impartial and
 sees the county home to the UK’s
 £55m Cell and Gene Therapy
 30 mins.
 where innovation thrives and we completely free business support Catapult, bringing world leading from central London
 offer a tax relief to new businesses is also available from Hertfordshire cell and gene therapies to market.
 of up to 100%, depending on Growth Hub, which helps established
 company size. businesses develop and grow.
 Over 30 major companies are
 already based in the region including
 up to 100% tax relief
 Our sector focus is agri-tech and Sir Robert McAlpine and Glaxo depending on company size
 modern construction, but we Smith Kline. Hertfordshire has
 welcome all businesses operating in well-established sectors in advanced
 environmental technology with the
 maximum level of tax relief.
 engineering and manufacturing, life
 sciences and the film, digital and
 45 mil. customers
 are within a four-and-a-half-hour’s drive away
 creative industries.
 Surrounded by lush green
 countryside yet just 30 minutes
 from central London, Hertfordshire
 offers a perfect blend of easy access
 to the capital and the tranquility of
 countryside living.
 With its vibrant communities and
 outstanding location, Hertfordshire IQ
 is perfectly placed for business.

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Get in touch
To boost your business growth
and productivity contact:
Cherie Norris | Enterprise Zone Manager

WhatsApp +44 (0) 7540 203753
✉ cherie.norris@hertfordshirelep.co.uk
 www.herts-iq.co.uk
twitter @HertsIQ