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UKTN COLCHESTER: A TECH HUB Connected Creative Contemporary
COLCHESTER:
THE BEST CONNECTED
2
PLACE IN THE EAST OF 3
ENGLAND
Colchester is best known as Britain’s oldest recorded town Gigabit connectivity has been installed in the town centre and over the next few years Colchester
and first city. Today it has a vision to be the best-connected Borough Council and its partners will extend it to the whole of the Borough. This sector guide
place in the East of England and a magnet for the creative, shows how Colchester’s aspirations place it among the best locations for tech investors, startups
media and other technologically innovative industries. and creative businesses.
This guide aims to showcase the scope, scale and
potential of the tech community in and around Colchester,
particularly its strengths in marketing, gaming and digital
media. It will galvanise local tech businesses and strengthen
the sector network stimulating further collaborative working WANT TO KNOW MORE?
and productive partnerships.
Visit: www.colchesterultraready.co.uk/digistrat
With multi-million investment already in place and more planned through
Colchester’s Digital Strategy, there is a real ambition to improve infrastructure and increase Tel: +44 (0) 1206 282915
investment taking place to secure added-value employment. The University of Essex is creating
new talent to build new companies and offers an exceptional research base. Excelling in AI and Email: enterprise@colchester.gov.uk
Big Data, the University provides business support to explore new markets in Colchester. The
context in Colchester is compelling.
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David Rooke, Kathleen Hamilton,
Location Services Director, Board Member,
Invest Essex Creative Colchester
COLCHESTER: LEADING THE WAY FOR TECH IN ESSEX CREATIVE COLCHESTER: AMBITIOUS FOR GROWTH
Colchester is best known as Britain’s oldest recorded town and first city. Today it has a vision to Creative Colchester is a strategic framework for the development of the cultural and creative
be the best-connected place in the East of England and a magnet for the creative, media and other industries in Colchester. Recognised in a recent report by NESTA/Creative England, Colchester has
technologically innovative industries. been ranked 20th out of 47 places in the UK for its creative cluster beating Brighton and Newcastle
for concentration and growth of the creative industries. It was also ranked 8th in the country for
This guide aims to showcase the scope, scale and potential of the tech community in and around creativity and is one of seven cultural and creative hubs in the South East Local Economic Partnership
Colchester, particularly its strengths in marketing, gaming and digital media. It will galvanise local area (Essex, Kent and East Sussex).
tech businesses and strengthen the sector network stimulating further collaborative working and
productive partnerships. Through the cultural and creative industries, we aim to help to deliver the vision that Colchester will
be an even better place to live, learn, work and visit.
The strategy was developed in consultation with cultural and education partners, creative business
stakeholders and major, public sector investors including the Arts Council England and Essex
County Council. Over the next five years, it sets out the ambitions for sector development, focused
Tim Robinson, on six areas of work: including talent development, tourism and community development, providing
Chief Executive, buildings and spaces all to further economic growth.
Tech East
4 A JEWEL IN THE EASTERN TECH DIAMOND 5
gigabit
Colchester is rapidly becoming a strategic location for the tech economy within the East of England
with aspirations to be the next ‘Tech City’ in the UK. As a result of investment in an ultra-fast fibre
network, businesses in the town centre can now access speeds in the top 1% of the UK, making it a key Up to a
node within the Eastern ‘tech diamond’, with Norwich and Greater Ipswich to the north; Cambridge
ultra high-speed
to the west; and London, the world’s 3rd largest tech cluster, to the South. The opening of Crossrail
will shorten journey times to London, making Colchester a tempting location for London tech
companies as they look for affordable grow-on space. Today, Colchester has many of the ingredients
TechEast believes are fundamental to a successful tech cluster: a strong University majoring in
broadband
computer science, data analytics, business leadership and gaming; incubation facilities at Knowledge
Gateway for startups, a Games Hub and a burgeoning creative sector.
providing access to UK and international markets…
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
INVEST Essex
Visit: www.colchesterultraready.co.uk Guiding and supporting data driven and tech businesses through www.investessex.co.uk
every stage of a business relocation or expansion project @investessex
Tel: +44 (0) 1206 282915
Email: enterprise@colchester.gov.uk
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EASY ACCESS TO LONDON & BEYOND A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE
Just 50 miles northeast of London, Colchester With culture, heritage, shops, restaurants,
has a rail service to the capital in under an hour, cafés, bars, sport, leisure and easy access to
making Crossrail very accesible too. countryside and coast; it's a great place to live
There is easy access to the A12/M25 and and work.
COLCHESTER:
A120 to London Stansted Airport 33 miles
west. London City and Southend Airports are
also within easy reach. Harwich International
Port is a 20 mile drive for ships to Holland and CALL US …
THE LATEST TECH connections into Europe.
GIGABIT CONNECTIVITY: THE ANCHOR OF
With affordable space for growth
offering Gigabit connectivity,
Colchester is serious about attracting
DESTINATION ON THE
COLCHESTER’S DIGITAL STRATEGY
World-class connectivity is essential if tech businesses. Colchester town
Colchester is to realise its ambition of centre has faster connectivity than
providing high-quality jobs for its growing 99% of the UK and 89% of the EU and
NATIONAL RADAR
population. It also acts as a vital spur for future can already brand itself Ultra Ready.
investment and regeneration. Interested?
An Ultrafast Broadband network has
been installed in the town centre offering Call +44 (0)1206 282915
subscribers some of the fastest upload and Or email: enterprise@colchester.gov.uk
download speeds in the UK, putting Colchester
Fenwicks: making a multi-million Pound statement on the High Street among the best connected places in the
country. Colchester’s Digital Strategy includes
ambitions to extend the reach of fibre, be a
COLCHESTER IS ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING PLACES IN THE UK WITHIN test-bed for 5G and be a showcase for Smart
EASY REACH OF LONDON. COLCHESTER IS: City innovations.
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COLCHESTER HAS SPACE FOR GROWTH
CONNECTED CAPABLE Space is available at the University of Essex at its
One of only a few places in the UK with Colchester has a rich local talent pool of £10m Innovation Centre and further expansion
Ultrafast Gigabit connectivity. existing employees as well as a pipeline of skills of Parkside Office Village, Colchester Northern
coming through Further and Higher education. Gateway – a new £137m destination for leisure
COST EFFECTIVE and business and West Colchester too.
Just 50 miles northeast of London and with COMMUNITY
significantly cheaper office space, Colchester The following pages showcase Colchester's tech
offers excellent value as a base for business. ecosystem.
CONTEMPORARY CLOSE
COLCHESTER'S KEY GROWTH SECTORS:
With scope for more than 450,000sq ft of office To London, the coast and countryside.
space, Colchester has room for new businesses.
• Creative and digital
Colchester: home • Construction
COMPETITIVE
of Wilkins 'Tiptree' • Financial and professional business support services
Colchester's Digital Strategy sets out our Jams, famous • Advanced manufacturing
ambitions around the infrastructure and throughout the world
• Health and care
investment taking place needed to secure
• Logistics
added-value employment.
• Alternative energy
• Retail
CREATIVE
• Tourism
Colchester is ranked 8th in the UK for
creativity according to a 2016 report from
NESTA/Creative England.
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SKILLS AND TALENT POOL
Paul Coffey,
Essex Skills Board Sector lead for
IT, digital and creative.
Production director, Coast Digital.
HOW THE ESSEX SKILLS The sector action group is made up of Research in the Department of Psychology at the University of Essex looks at the relationship between our
BOARD IS ADDRESSING SKILLS employers and other stakeholders who brain, our behaviour and technolgy.
CHALLENGES IN THE SECTOR want to make a positive contribution to
addressing the skills challenges within Essex researchers to help them develop new
IT, Digital and Creative is a fast-growing the sector. The group works together to technology, services and products.
and fast-paced sector that is key to identify and develop industry-led solutions
Essex's economy. The sector is made up to the skills challenges within the sector. SHARING EXPERTISE, DRIVING INNOVATION
of a wide range of businesses with many The University of Essex is in the top
sharing very similar skill requirements In addition to plans to introduce more IT 10 nationally for Knowledge Transfer
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
and challenges. The Essex Skills Board skills to Essex students through the E&I Partnerships (KTPs) – Innovate UK’s flagship
www.essex.ac.uk
(ESB) has been working to identify STEM programme, this sector is paying programme to embed university expertise and
recruitment behaviours and intentions particular attention to increase the SUPPORTING THE TECH REVOLUTION resource into business.
of local employers to identify current gender split between men and women in The University of Essex is helping startups
skills shortages and understand ways the workplace for digital roles. to grow, assisting tech giants to thrive, and Companies working with Essex on KTPs include
8 to combat these local issues. We are developing the talent of the future for the global brands – such as BT and Leonardo –
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also working closely with local training digital, creative and cultural sector. plus SMEs and high-growth startups.
providers to look at how to make their
curriculum further meet the needs of As part of its key role in establishing Colchester KTP projects include:
local employers, young people and adults. as a hi-tech hub, the University of Essex is
also developing the Knowledge Gateway • Signal Media has won multiple awards
The sector has a number of skills research and technology park at its Colchester and just secured investment of £5.8m in
challenges which include: Campus. This is creating the location of choice its latest funding round for its AI-powered
in the Eastern region for knowledge-based business intelligence platform.
• Further changes in technology will enterprises in science, technology and the
be the key driver of the number of COLCHESTER SECTOR PROFILE 2016 creative sector. • Above Surveying is combining drone
workers needed in this sector, and the technology with AI to monitor Europe’s
types of skills that will be in demand. There were more than: Ranked in the top 20 for research booming solar farms.
excellence (REF 2014) and gold-rated in
• In the UK, the digital and creative • 680 enterprises the Government’s Teaching Excellence • Orbital Media is using machine learning to
sector is projected to need 1.2 million Framework, the University is ideally placed to revolutionise the way patients are treated by
new workers between 2012 and 2022 • 4,800 employees deliver what growing tech companies need. developing an automated online GP service.
– approximately half the level of
current employment. • 25% of jobs had a salary of £20,000- Expertise in cutting edge areas such as artificial • CGEye Ltd is developing a new augmented
£29,000 intelligence (AI), virtual reality, machine reality toolkit to push back the boundaries
• Women continue to be under learning, data analytics, the Internet of Things, of commercial app development.
represented, particularly in hands-on www.essexesb.co.uk/priority-sectors/it- robotics and drone technology is placing the
technical roles. digital-creative University at the forefront of the information • Hood Group is using AI to develop
revolution. Thanks to these strengths, developing FinTech solutions for insurance
businesses are increasingly collaborating with customers
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TRAINING TECH TALENT AT ESSEX accommodating more than 50 new startups
Essex is one of an elite group of universities will follow, including digital and creative space
officially recognised for combining excellence in for startups, freelancers and social enterprise
research with excellence in education. As one of entrepreneurs looking to work alongside
the most international universities in the world, students and academic staff.
it also attracts academic and student talent from
more than 140 countries.
Businesses help Essex develop courses which
deliver high-skilled graduates with tech-focused
undergraduate and postgraduate courses
including computer games, robotics and
networks. Essex is also committed to developing
digital and entrepreneurial skills across all The Mercury Theatre, working with Colchester Institute to offer a Degree in Technical Theatre to address a
disciplines. skills gap caused by the increasing popularity of Summer Festivals
SUPPORTING STARTUPS AND INNOVATORS
In addition, Essex is the first university in the Entrepreneurship is being further fostered suites, dark rooms, high spec PCs installed with
region to launch hi-tech degree apprenticeships, by the University’s Startup Hub at Parkside, current games development platforms, XBOX
combining on-the-job training and academic study which provides hot-desk space and hands-on 360s, PlayStations and retro gaming consoles.
for SMEs through to global brands such as ARM. business support for innovators including
student and graduate startups. Now home to 14 A new £6m STEM Innovation Centre at
businesses, the Startup Hub’s innovation fund COLCHESTER INSTITUTE the College’s Braintree campus enables the
awarded £30,000 this year to new businesses www.colchester.ac.uk delivery of engineering and manufacturing
working on projects ranging from retail programmes in the Braintree District for the
websites to healthcare apps utilising AI. Colchester Institute works in close partnership first time, providing a range of benefits to
with hundreds of local employers, with the support local economic growth.
10 Right next door is the unique, award-winning aim of tackling growing skills shortages and
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Games Hub, providing a hugely successful enhancing apprenticeship delivery in Essex’s The College has worked collaboratively with
training programme for digital creative priority technological industry sectors. employers in the industry to create new
entrepreneurs supported by leading industry courses and facilities, which cater for skills
HOME FOR GROWING BUSINESSES professionals. The College’s new £10m South Wing STEM gaps, including Welding and Fabrication,
The Knowledge Gateway research and (Science, Technology, Engineering and Engineering Processes and Manufacturing.
technology park has been backed by the South Mathematics) Centre, at the College’s Sheepen The specific high-tech workshops are based
East Local Enterprise Partnership to create Road campus, enables Colchester Institute to on local industry needs and prepare students
a home for more than 20 tech savvy SMEs train hundreds of adults and young people for for the workplace. These resources will
including app developers, digital marketeers careers in technology-focussed industries, such enable students, apprentices and the wider
and website designers. as construction, science and engineering. community to engage in training opportunities
within the engineering and technology areas.
The Parkside community also includes Essex In Colchester Institute’s state-of-the-art
Chambers of Commerce, the Haven Gateway workshops, laboratories and classrooms, Colchester Institute also provides a wide
Partnership, the Economic and Social Research students gain skills in disciplines such as range of apprenticeship programmes across
Council’s Business and Local Government advanced manufacturing and design, robotics, the STEM sector, with higher apprenticeships
Data Research Centre and the University’s BUSINESS SUPPORT heating, ventilation and air conditioning, available in areas including Construction,
own Institute for Analytics and Data Science There are so many ways the University can plumbing, and electrical installations. Engineering and Information Technology.
(IADS). support businesses. You can benefit from the Colchester Institute offers a Cyber Intrusion
University’s unique resources in different ways, The College also boasts excellent facilities and Analyst Higher Apprenticeship, ideal for
IADS brings together Essex’s experts in from consultancy to KTPs plus internships industry standard equipment for multi-media employers looking to recruit and train people
analytics and data science to look beyond the and work placements. Speak to its business technologies, including Film and TV Production to detect breaches in network security. The
hype and focus on the real challenges and team about the issue you're facing and they and Games Design, Performing Arts, Music course is designed to provide training for
opportunities of data in society and business. will guide you through the options. Discover Technology and other design industries. typical job roles such as Secure Operations
The next phase of Parkside will be ready everything the University of Essex has to offer Facilities include production and editing Centre (SOC) Analyst, Intrusion Analyst and
in 2018 and a major Innovation Centre at: www.essex.ac.uk/business rooms, television and recording studios, MAC Network Intrusion Analyst.
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By the end of the programme, teams will have
developed a game or prototype and will also have
THE GAMES HUB put together a business plan and pitch presentation.
www.thegameshub.com
Emerging names in The Games Hub include:
The Games Hub is a unique and award- Nysco Games, Arplex Studios, Novo Games,
winning game development studio. We run Flitch Games and Randomly Selected.
Image: Still taken from ‘Geomancer’ (2017) Lawrence Lek. Courtesy of the artist.
a free 40-week programme which is open
to all aspiring games and app developers, As part of our programme there’s expert
from students building their first games mentoring and support from some of the best
to professionals with years of industry people in the business world and in computer
experience who want to try their hand at games development.
developing a game independently.
In the hub’s first three rounds we’ve seen
Based in our shared studio space in the more than 50 people come through the
Knowledge Gateway at the University of programme. Five teams have set up their
Essex, developers work together as part of a own award-winning games development
team to plan and develop a game idea. They companies. We think their work says more
also learn more about games development about the success of the studio than we ever
and the business of gaming.' could.
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Screen Play
at Firstsite
Just two years from Graduating from the Signals BFI Film Academy, Jordan Feemster is now a Trainee with A season of free exhibitions and events
Lucas Film on the set of the upcoming Han Solo movie, a spin off from the Star Wars franchise.
celebrating new art using digital moving image
Originally created by a committed group of
Autumn 2017
filmmakers, Signals became established as
SIGNALS Find out more at www.firstsite.uk/screen-play
a community media and video workshop
www.signals.org.uk
in 1988. Based in Colchester Essex, Signals
Signals is a centre for creative digital learning. developed into a regional resource and Open 10am - 5pm every day
It specialises in film education and uses digital facility for filmmaking and digital arts. Our
production for social, learning and creative community projects enable disadvantaged Firstsite, Lewis Gardens, High Street,
outcomes. groups to work on production projects, giving Colchester, CO1 1JH
participants digital media skills and a voice.
We’re a multi-award-winning arts and We work with groups through the whole
education charity that provides courses, production process helping participants to
workshops and projects across the region. realise their potential and share their stories.
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DIGITAL REFLOW GFM
www.digitalreflow.co.uk www.gfm.co.uk
COLCHESTER'S
Founded in 2013 by developer Dan Mitchell, At GFM we define ourselves by two simple
Digital Reflow comprises a team of marketing words: create and deliver. This includes: ideas,
experts, designers and developers whose passion promotions, games and marketing services
DIGITAL SCENE
for web design and development, combined which build meaningful and lasting connections
with extensive experience in restructuring, between businesses in the travel and charity
improving efficiency and increasing profitability, marketing sectors and their customers to
allows them to solve problems and build better influence brand preference, activate purchase
businesses effectively. Services include both and generate consumer loyalty.
on and offline marketing, including branding,
copywriting, SEO and social media management, GINGER NUT MEDIA
With some 5,000 people working in the sector and a Gross Value Added (GVA – the amount the as well as web design and development. www.gingernutmedia.co.uk
digital sector contributes to Colchester’s economy) of some £332.5m (7.5% of the total), Colchester
is a burgeoning hot-spot for tech in the East. From R&D through development to production the DOTTED FOX Launched in 2011, multi-award winning
breadth of the sector is wide with particular specialisms in gaming and creative and marketing. www.dottedfox.com Ginger Nut Media is an email marketing and
lead generation company that cares passionately
The companies featured below are not exhaustive but are intended to provide a flavour of the tech Dotted Fox provides startup marketing about our clients and our staff and provides
scene in and around Colchester. solutions for micro businesses evaluating the the best level of service. Growing rapidly we
current social media position and tailoring a now work with many of the largest advertising
social media strategy that gets the results for agencies in the country as well as a wide variety
the right platforms for business. Results are of direct clients, consistently delivering on our
COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCIES constantly monitored to ensure that they achieve promise of honesty, integrity and great results.
the right results for business. Specialists in
ALEXONY COAST DIGITAL events management, marketing, social media
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First formed in 1995 as an international Multi-award winning Coast Digital has EASYTIGERNET
event organisation company, multi-award been crafting intuitive user experiences www.easytigernet.com
winning Alexony now employs more than and deploying creative digital marketing
25 people in Colchester and London. strategies that achieve outstanding results Easytigernet produces video content that
Specialising in maritime, web design, since 2002. We create success stories driven works. Video is now becoming a popular choice
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we integrate cutting-edge content management user insight. Our experts in UX, web design, networking.
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experiences that delight users and achieve projects including; graphic design, photography
CAD BUREAU SOUTHERN LTD business goals. and creative project management solutions. Hughes & Co Design is a well-established,
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CREATIVE.COOP charities, shops and startup businesses. communications agency providing brand, digital
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people can add CGI to websites. Great for leading fantasy and digital games specialist alternative to traditional High Street agents.
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for multiple sectors. We’ve also developed an that make up the largest network of fantasy www.mondaq.com
impressive network of over 800 European and prediction games in Europe. ACEVILLE PUBLICATIONS
retailers who can access our two specialised www.aceville.com Mondaq is the leading B2B content syndication
platforms which transforms ‘just browsing’ into SHARK INFESTED CUSTARD solution for professional service firms. The
‘just buying’. www.sharkinfestedcustard.net Award-winning Aceville Publications has more platform holds legal, financial and regulatory
than 35 years’ experience of publishing print information, intelligence and analysis from
GAMES DEVELOPMENT Shark Infested Custard is a rather unique and and digital media in a broad range of areas, leading law and advisory firms from around the
AND PROMOTION award-winning games development studio. We from health, interiors and gardening through globe. With over 785,000 registered users and
developed the Games Hub, a free 40-week, expert- to food and crafts. We publish 35 national solid distribution partnerships with Reuters,
DOUBLEUP GAMING driven programme to enable those who have magazines and 36 websites, seven social media Bloomberg Westlaw and Lexis we help leverage
www.doubleupgaming.com aspirations and a passion to set up their own games platforms, and three video channels creating thought leadership, market commentaries and
company to get up and running or enter the industry engaging, multi-platform, SEO-driven content, social media presence through leading online
Working every day to produce quality content and we are always on the lookout for partners, commanding powerful print and online channels, ultimately helping firms connect with
for the online gaming community DoubleUp experts and aspirational games developers. presence on a global scale. potential new clients.
UKTN UKTNXS ITEMS LTD to turn the giant gap between man and machine value. Our applications are used by a variety of XENACE LTD
www.xsitems.com into a small space between user and product. companies including Sainsbury’s and Electricity www.xenace.com
North-West. The company has won one national
As one of the Top 10 independent sellers on PROCESS SAFETY SOLUTIONS (PSS) competition for an innovative application and Xenace offers a comprehensive array of fully
eBay and with a growing operation on Amazon www.processsafetysolutions.co.uk been finalists in two other competitions, most managed IT support options. Outsourced IT
we offer a unique alternative to traditional recently the 2017 British Institute of Facilities support, proactive security, cloud solutions
salvage. We work in partnership with retailers, Established in 2010, Process Safety Solutions Management Awards. email management, mobile working and
manufacturers, distributors and brand owners is a safety systems lifecycle management website development give you peace of mind
to understand the issues they face with their specialist supporting the oil and gas sector in knowing that no problem is beyond our
‘problem’ stock. We operate a revenue share the UK and overseas. We provide support to expertise. We are your own IT department, but
model so our objectives are aligned with our clients both for onshore and offshore-based without the exorbitant full-time salaries.
clients and we work to deliver the best financial sites, harnessing our expertise and technology
return and manage the brand integrity in to resolve any system issues that arises.
a transparent way for the client’s excess, reality gaming, compete in tournaments, play
refurbished and customer-returned stock. SMART NETWORKED ENVIRONMENTS (SNE) in costumed gaming and play retro games. The
www.smartnetworkedenvironments.com fibre network delivered 350-500Mbps, using 1.3
TECH DEVELOPMENT Terabyte of data over the two days of the festival.
Multi-award winning Smart Networked Future events will bring a brand new 48-hour
CONCURRENT TECHNOLOGIES Environments specialises in the development BYOC LAN party, very limited VIP tickets,
www.gocct.com and provision of location-based solutions for more competitions and prizes, a bigger
connected spaces. Based on our innovative Minecraft Zone, lots more virtual reality and a
Concurrent Technologies designs a range of WAI2GoTM platform, we provide fully ton of new and exciting features!
high performance Intel® processor boards, interactive indoor/outdoor maps with
switches, networking, storage and associated step-by-step navigation and feature-rich NETWORKS AND MEETUP GROUPS
software products for use in embedded information services for use on web, kiosks
applications. These products are manufactured and smartphones. Coupled with its powerful COLCHESTER DIGITAL
22 at our HQ in Colchester to meet the highest data brokering capability and visualisation EVENTS Colchester Digital is a local tech monthly
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level of inspection standards and are supplied tools, WAI2Go can help improve operational meetup group with networking and high
to a global list of flagship customers. All efficiencies when integrated with building and IDM ESSEX - THE #1 EVENT quality talks. Its aims are to serve the local
products are designed and supported for the facility management services. SmartNE has built FOR THE ESSEX GAME INDUSTRY tech community while promoting Colchester
very long lifecycles demanded by the medical, a reputation for delivering imaginative products www.doubleupgaming.com/idm-colchester as a centre of excellence in the digital industry.
industrial and test equipment markets. In and technical excellence using this technology. The group is currently run by: Dean Leigh and
addition, some products are ruggedised for use IDM Essex empowers game developers and Matt Chick and the long term aim is to become
in the challenging environmental conditions SOLVE WITH SOFTWARE creatives within East Anglia by providing them with a Community Interest Company so that funds
that are encountered in defence, aerospace and www.solvewithsoftware.com a platform to connect with new people, develop can be raised to put on larger events.
transportation markets. with confidence and explore unique opportunities.
We create software solutions that work INCUBATORS
INTELLIHUB IOT LTD for business including: office automation, People attend from across Essex to listen to
www.intellihub.io business software solutions, bespoke software innovative talks from highly respected experts in 37 QUEEN STREET SPACE STUDIOS
development, management information the game development industry and leave inspired www.spacestudios.org.uk
Smart building solutions offering real-time systems and reporting, mobile app development and motivated to discover what difference they
diagnostics, analytics and alerts for managing and business intelligence platforms. can make to the video game industry. Opened in December 2016, SPACE Studios at
commercial buildings saving costs, ensuring 37 Queen Street offers 12,000sq ft of creative
compliance and managing environmental impact. STONEHAVEN TECHNOLOGY RAPTURE GAMING FESTIVAL and digital workspaces in a £3.2m conversion
www.stonehaventech.com www.rapturegamingfestival.com of the town’s old Police Station providing a
PLANCK LTD base for more than 40 businesses.
Stonehaven Technology develops and Spring 2017 saw Colchester’s first major test
Planck Ltd is a science and technology supplies highly innovative enterprise software of its new fibre Ultrafast Broadband network SPACE is developing 37 Queen Street as a hub
enterprise involved in research, product applications. Working with our customers, we enabling instant gaming across the world. for emerging creative enterprises in Colchester
development and pioneering in innovative enable through our software a new approach to Some 1,300 gamers flocked to Frager’s Rapture as well as an alternative ecosystem for creative
products such as smart devices, smart operations, delivering wide, cross-organisational Gaming Festival at Charter Hall over two days businesses, including artists, who may
hardware and household electronics. The aim is functionality and achieving significant business to play blockbuster games, experience virtual otherwise gravitate to London.
UKTN UKTNfrom practical, hands-on support and
expertise which will help them to scale up and BUSINESS SUPPORT
succeed, benefitting from Essex’s world-class
researchers, student and graduate talent and
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THE GAMES HUB UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX:
www.thegameshub.com www.essex.ac.uk/business
"GROW ON" SPACE
The new Innovation Centre at the University of
Essex, providing 'grow-on' space for 50 businesses One of the main themes in the The Creative
Colchester Strategy was to develop buildings The Games Hub is a unique and award-
INNOVATION CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX and spaces achieve growth in the creative and winning game development studio. We run
www.essex.ac.uk/knowledge-gateway digital sector. However, there is a need to build a free 40-week programme that is open
on what has already been achieved. to all aspiring games and app developers, In the UK top 20 for research excellence,
Work is now underway at the Knowledge from students building their first games to the University of Essex is perfectly placed
Gateway at the University of Essex to create a There is an ambition to develop Grow-On professionals with years of industry experience to support ambitious companies to flourish
£10m Innovation Centre, providing space and spaces located in strategic sites in the town who want to try their hand at developing a through Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
startup support for 50 companies. to ensure that growth can continue and game independently. (KTPs), consultancy, contract research and
help creative and digital businesses embed other business support services. KTPs are
The Innovation Centre further builds on the themselves permanently in Colchester, leading Based in our shared studio space, developers part of Innovate UK’s flagship scheme to
community of 20+ SMEs who have already to greater job creation and retention of talent. work together as part of a team to plan and connect business with research expertise,
located to the Knowledge Gateway.It is develop a game idea while also learning more and Essex is delivering more than any other
estimated that 400 further jobs could be created A feasibility study is currently in hand about games development and the business of university in the East of England.
within the first 10 years of its development. (Autumn 2017) which will help Colchester gaming.
Borough Council and its partners to The Essex team will pinpoint the expertise
Startup businesses will be able to benefit understand the potential of sites. By the end of the programme, teams will have you need, cost the project, identify funding
developed a game or prototype and will also opportunities if appropriate and help you find
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have put together a business plan and pitch the right solution. And if you are looking to
presentation. improve the skills of your workforce we also
offer executive education modules and our
MBA programme.
SPACE STUDIOS
www.spacestudios.org.uk
COLCHESTER BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE AGENCY (COLBEA)
www.colbea.co.uk
SPACE is a leading visual arts organisation
based in East London. It runs 18 artist studio
buildings across seven London boroughs,
providing affordable creative workspace and
support programmes. This is SPACE’s first
expansion outside the capital and it is a key The Colchester Business Enterprise Agency
part of its long-term strategy to develop a (Colbea) is a not-for-profit organisation
creative industries production corridor linking dedicated to supporting companies with
East London with Essex. business advice from accredited Business
Advisors, free and subsidized training, fully
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for emerging creative enterprises in Colchester
as well as an alternative ecosystem for creative
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