Welcome to the Eco Innovation Centre!
The Eco Innovation Centre (EIC) Peterborough is a brand new facility and the latest in a network of Innovation Centres spread across the East of England. The EIC has been established to offer specialised support to the fast-growing Environment Goods & Services (EGS) sector both in Peterborough and across the East of England.
The Eco Innovation Centre caters for the needs of start-ups in this field, offering working space and advice, a place to meet and present ideas and solutions. Specifically, it aims to :
- Provide flexible space to grow your business
- Support innovation, enterprise & entrepreneurship
- Enable networking between businesses & other innovative & technological organisations
The Eco Innovation Centre was established through a £300k capital grant from the East of England Development agency (EEDA) and is operated on behalf of the Peterborough City Council (PCC), both of which have a strong interest in establishing Peterborough as a centre of excellence for Eco Innovation – to create jobs and wealth. The project to establish the Centre was formed as a partnership between EEDA, PCC, CSEng, UKCEED and was led by the urban redevelopment company, Opportunity Peterborough.
Anchor Tenants include the Centre for Sustainable Engineering (CSEng), the UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development (UKCEED) as well as Renewables East. CSEng operates the facility, providing specialist advice in the form of surgeries and connecting clients to existing support networks locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Advice ranges from how to set up a business to sources of financing, guidance for patenting ideas, sanity-checks for commercial applications and routes to market. CSEng has extensive experience in this field.
