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Westcott Venture Park is marketing a unique opportunity for a local café operator to manage a new restaurant at a flagship facility at Buckinghamshire’s largest business park. This unique proposition allows operators to run a 96 cover restaurant from a state-of-the-art development of 8,800 sq ft at a prime location within the Park. Westcott owners, PATRIZIA Hanover Property Unit Trust is seeking a partnership agreement with an operator to run and manage the facility, offering a flexible and attractive arrangement for potential businesses. This partnership agreement would see operators collaborate with PATRIZIA in designing and developing the interior fit-out [...]

For this unique event held last November, innovative advanced engineering businesses from the Silverstone Technology Cluster and the barrier-breaking companies at Westcott Venture Park came together to learn about the latest technologies, find new suppliers and customers and network with like-minded business leaders. Here's an overview of the event, as seen through the eyes of our speakers and guests:

Construction is underway at Westcott Venture Park on a cutting-edge £16m flagship project at the 650-acre business park located between Aylesbury and Bicester. The scheme, extending over 65,455 sq ft, will offer a range of state-of-the-art facilities for space research, advanced manufacturing and testing, shared workspaces as well as modern office units, a conference centre and a café. The development will get a £5.9 million boost thanks to UK Space Agency funding and is a result of a successful collaborative bid led by Westcott based URA Thrusters and Buckinghamshire Enterprise Zone, Buckinghamshire Council and Skyports Drone Services. Together, they [...]

Silverstone Technology Cluster and Westcott Space Cluster teamed up to bring a unique event looking at opening up new doors and presenting new opportunities for businesses across both Silverstone and Westcott. Held on the 12th November at Westcott Venture Park, the event brought together innovative advanced engineering businesses from the Silverstone Technology Cluster and the barrier-breaking companies at Westcott to present an unrivalled opportunity for companies from both clusters to learn about the latest technologies, find new suppliers and customers and network with like-minded business leaders. Matt Peachey, Head of Enterprise Zone Development at Buckinghamshire Council, said: “We were [...]

Silverstone Technology Cluster and Westcott Space Cluster are teaming up to bring a unique event looking at opening up new doors and presenting new opportunities for businesses across both Silverstone and Westcott. Held on the 12th November at Westcott Venture Park, the event will bringing together innovative advanced engineering businesses from the Silverstone Technology Cluster and the barrier-breaking companies at Westcott to present an unrivalled opportunity for companies from both clusters to learn about the latest technologies, find new suppliers and customers and network with like-minded business leaders. Matt Peachey, Head of Enterprise Zone Development at Buckinghamshire Council, said: [...]

Westcott based European Astrotech has achieved another significant milestone by successfully fuelling the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera mission on behalf of OHB Germany. The fuelling took place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in coastal Florida, leading to the launch on October 7th. This marked the 23rd and final launch for this particular Falcon 9 first stage booster, which previously launched Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23, IXPE, Transporter-4, Transporter-5, Globalstar FM15, ISI EROS C-3, Korea 425, Maxar 1, ASBM, and 10 Starlink missions. The Hera mission is a crucial planetary defence initiative aimed at studying the impact of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) on the [...]

This is an exciting new fund available to start ups, SMEs, and large businesses. Buckinghamshire Enterprise Zone and Buckinghamshire Council, supported by Satellite Applications Catapult and partners, are delighted to announce the new Westcott Launchpad Programme. This is an exciting new fund available to start ups, SMEs, and large businesses, which will support innovation, new products and services at Westcott that will drive growth of the space sector. The scheme provides grants for support and access to a range of industry expertise and facilities at Westcott, through delivery partners, to help businesses develop and grow. The aim is to [...]

An exciting event designed to provide an insight into the future of the space industry and highlight the success of space-related industries at Westcott, has been hailed a major success. The Westcott Showcase attracted over 200 delegates and representatives from over 100 companies and organisations who discussed the next exciting developments in rocket propulsion, sustainability in space and the fast growing drone sector, under the theme of ‘accelerating space innovation’. The Showcase, held on 19 September at Westcott Venture Park, also highlighted the achievements of companies operating on-site alongside their pioneering products and services and their bold vision for the future. This [...]

An exciting event designed to provide an insight into the future of the space industry and highlight the success of space-related industries at Westcott, is being held on 19 September. The Westcott Showcase, themed around accelerating space innovation, will highlight the achievements of companies operating on-site alongside their pioneering products and services and their bold vision for the future. This year’s event, organised by Buckinghamshire Enterprise Zone, Buckinghamshire Council and partners, offers attendees a unique opportunity to listen to informative talks from industry thought leaders, explore cutting-edge on-site capabilities, network with key players in the field, and delve into topics such as [...]