Sheffield Technology Parks

📣 NEWS: New Director appointed to drive forward the vision for Sheffield Innovation Spine. We are delighted to announce the appointment of Charlotte Thompson as Project Director. She joins us and other project partners Sheffield City Council, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University and South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, to unpack what the Innovation Spine will look like and create an actionable strategy to bring it to life 🚀 💡 Charlotte specialises in product innovation, partnerships and ecosystems and brings extensive experience in working with and for start-ups, accelerators, incubators, networks, funders and corporates. She says, “I am thrilled to join the Sheffield Innovation Spine and contribute to such a pivotal project. This initiative has the potential to significantly impact the local economy and innovation landscape and complement and collaborate with existing innovation clusters in the North of England.” 👥 👥 Charlotte and the team are eager to collaborate with innovators, enablers and stakeholders to bring this vision to life; joining in the design and build of the Sheffield Innovation Spine. Read the full story and see how you can participate here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e-QwPb4b #Innovationspine #Innovationdistrict #Sheffield #appointments #leadership #partnerships

Last week we welcomed Phil Turner from unLTD Business to our monthly networking event, where he filled us in on the unLTD Business Awards 🏆 🎉 These awards recognise and celebrate interesting, innovative and successful businesses, just like our occupiers at STP! So, we were really interested in what Phil had to say. The main takeaways... 🚀 They are for SMEs across South Yorkshire 🤩 There are loads of categories ✅ It's easy to enter ⏰ THE DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT TOMORROW! ⏰ ENTER NOW 👉 https://lnkd.in/dVMYYJbp

🥳 A very happy anniversary to Cheribim, who moved into their first office at the Tech Parks 1️⃣ year ago! Katie Steele and team are such valued members of our community and we've loved seeing their office fill, and the business grow 🌱 🪴 🌳 Cheribim was part of the Cooper Project between 2022-23. Now, as a resident of the Tech Parks, this exciting startup is supporting the next wave of founders on our business incubator, through the rent that they pay ☺️ 🔁 It's how our non-profit model works and it's how we're continuing to accelerate tech growth in Sheffield 🚀 🙏 Thank you for the kind words Cheribim, and for telling both your and our story so thoughtfully and enthusiastically in your post👇 Here's to another great year in 204!🚪🥂 🙌

The second annual Sheffield Digital Limited Skills Audit is now live 🚀 📋 This is an important piece of research and the findings help Sheffield Digital influence improved skills provision and policies, addressing the skills gap in our region. It's for digital and tech businesses, and businesses that rely on digital technology. 📢 Please take part by sharing your current and future skills requirements, how well these needs are being met, your recruitment processes and how the economic climate is affecting hiring at your company. ⌚ The survey takes around 20 minutes and your data is kept completely anonymous. Complete the audit now: https://lnkd.in/eVAxghew For more information, read our latest blog post: https://lnkd.in/e5d8ENkC

🤩 So pleased to see one of our Cooper Project alumni, Samson Opaleye part of Sheffield's celebration of Black History Month. You can find him promoting Applatch and Applatch Kids at the Winter Gardens, today and tomorrow.

⏱️ Just a few days left to get your submission in for the unLTD Business Awards, recognising and celebrating the best SMEs in South Yorkshire 🎉 A short application form and a 5 min (max) video is all you need to be in with a chance of being named: 🖥️ Best Tech Company 🌿 Sustainable Company of the Year 💡 Best Startup 👤 Entrepreneur of the Year 🎨 Creative Business of the Year ....plus many more categories ⏰ Closing date for entries: Friday 18 October 2024 👀 More info: https://lnkd.in/gJikTRUB ➡️ Enter now: https://lnkd.in/dVMYYJbp Good luck with your entries 🍀

🏆 Have you entered the unLTD Business Awards? There's just over a week left to enter (which is plenty of time as it's just a short form and 5 min video 🤳) Categories include: 🖥️ Best Tech Company 🌿 Sustainable Company of the Year 💡 Best Startup 👤 Entrepreneur of the Year 🎨 Creative Business of the Year ⏰ Closing date for entries: Friday 18 October 2024 👀 More info: https://lnkd.in/gJikTRUB ➡️ Enter now: https://lnkd.in/dVMYYJbp

How do you travel around the city? 🚶♀️🚴♂️🚙🚍🛴 🧐A team of researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Leeds and Oxford Brooks want to see how those who live and/or work in Sheffield travel around the city and how this affects their physical activity levels and their quality of life 📈 The research team hopes the findings will support local councils in making decisions about e-bike 🚲 and e-scooter 🛴 hire schemes, plus it will help businesses to better support their staff’s travel choices whilst also looking after their health and wellbeing 🩺😌 Can you help with this research by completing a 10-15 minute survey, and be in with the chance of winning a £100 voucher? 💷 The survey is here: https://lnkd.in/e7BURqMd ⏰The survey closes at midnight tonight!

Meet Nicola Kingswell, STP alumni and a founder with an unusual and inspirational story 💫 🚀 In April 2024, she launched LABSKIN LIMITED, leading producers of a lab-grown full-thickness human skin model. Just six months later she has a team of 7️⃣ and is on target to become revenue generating by the end of the year. Nicola recently shared some of her founder journey with us, including: 👩🔬 her involvement at LabSkin in its former iteration; 💷 how she secured investment to re-establish the company; 🙌 how her time at the Sheffield Tech Parks and working with Unicorn Biotechnologies inspired her to take the leap from employee to employer, describing STP as: 'an entrepreneurial arena'. This story is a great reminder that founder journeys come in all shapes and sizes and challenges along the way are almost always opportunities 🌱 We can’t wait to see LabSkin continue to flourish under Nicola’s brilliant leadership 🤩 Find out more on our blog 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezp8SVTC

📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: Scarborough Group and Sheffield Technology Parks join forces to accelerate growth of Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park 📣 🤝 We are thrilled to share our new partnership with Scarborough Group International. We're teaming up to enhance commercial opportunities for innovators in the sports, health and wellbeing sectors at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park. 💡 Our initial focus is on building a supportive business community at Landing Pad, SGI’s dedicated incubation centre for spin-outs, start-ups and scale-ups, with the goal of attracting and nurturing exciting innovators in the sports, health and wellbeing sectors. Tech Parks CEO, Tom Wolfenden, says: “We’ve been able to make real progress over the past years in creating an ecosystem where digital technology companies can thrive 🚀 Now I’m excited to focus on the sports, health and wellbeing industries - an already exciting scene in Sheffield - and create mutual benefit for all parties as we build an even stronger reputation in this area of innovation.” Ian Sanderson, Estates and Development Consultant at SGI adds: "Partnering with Sheffield Technology Parks allows us to tap into South Yorkshire’s thriving tech ecosystem, elevating support for our business community and helping to facilitate the ground-breaking research and innovation in sports, health and wellbeing taking place at Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park." 💫 There's exciting to things come, read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gz3VAPtw