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The Surrey Research Park is a large research park in
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Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
. The Surrey Research Park has been planned, developed, funded and managed by the
University of Surrey The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Robbins Report. The institut ...
which operates the park as a wholly owned University Enterprise Unit.


Objectives

The Park was first established in 1981 to meet five objectives which remain as guiding principles for the site. These support the three stakeholders in the site. The objectives for the University include: to develop some independent income for the University of Surrey, raising the profile of the University of Surrey as a centre for scholarship and innovation and supporting technology and knowledge transfer to tenants. The objective set by the Park for tenant companies is to give them a competitive advantage through sharing the risks of starting a company and gaining access to technology, talent and property tenure arrangements that give the businesses flexibility to match their needs as they grow. For the local government, whose involvement was to grant permission for the site on University land, is to support regional economic development. To meet these objectives the Park pioneered business incubation in the Surrey Technology Centre, the first building to be opened on the site in 1984, offers 7,400 sq m of space to start ups and today continues to offer this service with the additional activities of Surrey
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that occupies 240 sq m. SETsquared is a partnership between the Universities of Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. It is a not-for-profit Government subsidised organisation providing bespoke business support for high-tech and/or high potential start-up ventures. Today the Surrey Technology Centre is one of 31 buildings on the site, which collectively provide some 70,000 sq m of space to science, engineering, technology and social science based businesses. These companies include those involved in the computer games, space centered commercial enterprises, bio-medicine, cybersecurity, electronics, chemical engineering, and veterinary medicine as examples. The park operates with around 175 companies on site at any one time, employing some 4,500 staff. It is responsible for some £500m of economic activity each year and is a major financial asset for the University as well as creating a culture of innovation in the region.


Businesses

The Park hosts over 140 companies and organisations with offices on the Research Park including: *
22cans 22cans Ltd is a British video game developer based in Guildford. It was founded in February 2012 by Peter Molyneux, previously of Bullfrog Productions and Lionhead Studios. History Peter Molyneux, who had previously founded Bullfrog Produc ...
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Angle Europe Ltd In Euclidean geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the '' sides'' of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the ''vertex'' of the angle. Angles formed by two rays lie in the plane that contains the rays. Angles are ...
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* BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Ltd * Basemap Ltd * BOC Linde * Earth-i Ltd * Eseye Ltd * Fitzpatricks Referrals * Future Biogas Ltd * Gold I Ltd * Hygiena International Ltd * ID Business Solutions Ltd * Luggage Logistics * Prime Vigilance * Medpharm Ltd * Morpace International *
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Seven League Software Ltd 7 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 7 or seven may also refer to: * AD 7, the seventh year of the AD era * 7 BC, the seventh year before the AD era * The month of July Music Artists * Seven (Swiss singer) (born 1978), a Swiss recording artist ...
* Surrey Satellite Technology Limited * SATRO *
Technology Resourcing Ltd Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...
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*The Whiteley Clinic


Geography

The Park comprises a landscaped area of approximately and includes two lakes. It is situated about from the A3 between Surrey University's Manor Park campus and student village, and the
Royal Surrey County Hospital The Royal Surrey County Hospital (RSCH) is a 520-bed District General Hospital, located on the fringe of Guildford, run by the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in a facility at Farnham Road which opened i ...
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History

The idea was first promoted in 1979 and it was included in Surrey County Council's development plan in 1981. The Research Park was opened by the Duke of Kent and the first tenants arrived in 1985. By 1989 the Research Park hosted sixty-five companies in business. By March 2015, 90% of the Park had been developed with just two remaining sites, known as George Stephenson Place and Faraday Court, undeveloped. There are currently 140 companies and organisations on the Park.


References

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External links


Surrey Research Park Website
University of Surrey Science parks in the United Kingdom