Centrum is open for business
Minister for Life Sciences George Freeman has opened a landmark new building ‘Centrum’in Norwich. The new £11.5M BBSRC funded hub building will be the heart of innovation and enterprise at the Norwich Research Park.
It offering flexible laboratory and office accommodation and a business centrefor the region’s businesses housing bookable meeting rooms with AV/video conferencingat competitive prices plus a drop-in restaurant/café with free Wi-Fi that is open to all.
Centrum will be a hub building for the Park, it will provide commercial space for early-stage, start-up companies in the appropriate sectors looking to locate onto the Park.
Life Sciences Minister George Freeman said: “The Government’s continued investment in Norwich Research Park is helping to create and support a first-class innovation hub in the East of England based on world-leading bioscience. The science community will now be able to share access to this unique and specialist facility that will help to drive growth, foster innovation and support the Norwich, Norfolk and East Anglia life science cluster to create the jobs and businesses of tomorrow.”
Dr Sally Ann Forsyth, Chief Executive Officer for Norwich Research Park said: “With the support of the BBSRC we have been able to create Centrum, a facility that embodies innovation, knowledge exchange and collaboration.”
For more information see: www.norwichresearchpark.com