The Story Unfolds
Nottingham as a Core City
Innovation
Led by: Nottingham Innovation Steering Group
The problem:
London and the south - east are the UK's main innovative economies. Consultants commissioned by GNP found that Nottingham lagged well behind. Yet we need innovation to make our companies more competitive, and to develop growth sectors with the high quality jobs that our future prosperity demands. If we don't innovate we will be left with low skills jobs that can be outsourced to cheaper labour markets elsewhere.
The answer:
We must make the most of Nottingham's Science City status, celebrating this success inside the city and using it to attract other innovators. We must capitalise on the work at BioCity, ensuring that companies there can grow into other premises in the Eastside regeneration area, when they are ready. We need to increase the level of commercial innovation by linking business to research at our universities, and by setting up networks to swap ideas and transfer technology.
| Action | Who leads? | Timescales |
|---|---|---|
| Partnership for Science City prospectus | Innovation Group / NDE | Summer 2005 |
| Marketing plan to champion innovation | Innovation Group / NDE | September 2005 |
| Targeted inward investment campaign | City Council for GNP | September 2005 |
| Nottingham Science Park extension | EMPIF / emda | September 2005 for planning consent |
| Jubilee Campus extension | University of Nottingham | Masterplan finalised September 2005 |
| Graduation of BioCity tenants into Eastside Regeneration Area Knowledge Zone | BioCity / NRL | December 2005 |
| Nottingham Micro Nano Technology manufacturing facility | BioCity | Summer 2005 |
| BioScience business advice services | BioCity / NRL | Summer 2005 |
| Innovation business premises, support services and links to universities | County Council | Summer 2005 |
| Proposal for Nottinghamshire innovation fund | NDE | Summer 2005 |
| Links with East Midlands Science, Innovation and Industry Council | Innovation Group | June 2006 |
| Innovation and Leadership programme | NDE | January 2006 |