This centre has developed a world-renowned business support model which is now available to clients throughout the UK. Since 1987 it has provided security and flexibility to its tenants through highly-sought accommodation and free advice from an experienced team on a wide range of business issues. The centre acts as a catalyst in promoting technology regionally, nationally and internationally and, as a result of its engagement with university departments and government bodies, its success in helping entrepreneurs access funding and its contacts with the business community, tenants boast an exceptionally high survival rate when compared with the immediate locality and the rest of the UK