February 2021
Strength in adversity
Our voice of business this month is: Philippa Batting, Managing Director of Buckinghamshire Business First It’s certainly been a very strange year. The world has been fighting the worst pandemic seen for generations. Lots of established ways of doing [...]
Bucks based Satellite Propulsion Test Facility to propel UK into new space age!
Based in Bucks LEP’s Westcott Enterprise Zone, the new national rocket test facility is a key step towards delivering a world-leading hub for the space sector in the heart of Bucks, which opens up the next stage in [...]
December 2020
Small steps…
Our voice of business this month is: Professor Gavin Brooks, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University, and Chair of Bucks LEP Skills Advisory Panel. As we approach the festive period, this is an opportunity for me to [...]
Silverstone Enterprise Zone driving growth
Silverstone Park Enterprise Zone, the heart of a world leading High Performance Technology Cluster, is in pole position with over 35,655m2 of high-quality employment space brought to the market over the past few years. Demand for the new premises [...]
October 2020
One of the highest performing Skills Hubs in the country boosted by new appointment
Our voice of business this month is: John Browning, Workforce Skills Manager, Bucks Skills Hub. I joined Bucks Skills Hub at the end of August as Workforce Skills Manager. I was born and raised in Bucks and I have lived [...]
New world-leading hub for the space sector takes off
The UK space sector took a significant step forward with the opening of a new state of the art Innovation Centre at Westcott in Buckinghamshire, thanks to £3.2m funding from Bucks LEP. Situated on the Aylesbury Vale Enterprise Zone, [...]
