The East of England Be at theheart of the fastest-growing UK region.

1. The East of England
Be at the heart of the fastest-growing UK region
The UK’s No 1 The largest and
location for most successful
commercial R&D biotech cluster
spend – 25% of in Europe
the national total
Millbrook Proving Ground
The largest R&D
ICT cluster in
Europe, at
BT Adastral Park,
Ipswich
Microsoft Research, Cambridge London Stansted
EEI can give you: G Ten universities including Cambridge, Cranfield, Essex,
G Professional and impartial advice Hertfordshire and University of East Anglia (UEA)
G In-depth knowledge of target markets – all with close business ties
G Sector specific expertise
G Introductions to new partners, G Over 30 major research centres across multiple sectors
opening doors to new opportunities
G A thriving regional economy, creating 10% of the UK’s GDP
G The largest venture capital funding base in the UK outside
London, backed by specialist business service providers
G A supportive environment with 19 specialist incubators,
many of which are linked to the region’s universities
G Fast links to Europe: London Stansted serves more
European destinations than any other airport worldwide
G Excellent logistics: our seaports include Felixstowe,
the UK’s largest container port
G Easy access to London without the high costs of a base
in the capital
Business support funded by the
East of England Development Agency
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2. East of England International provides international business support. Our professional
teams offer specialist advice and practical assistance to companies expanding into the
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export markets? use the valuable
services of EEI
• Global network of consulates
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3. Locate in the East of England . . . I would like to thank East of
“ England International, with special
Join our world-class clusters thanks to Jacky Holtby for identifying
Automotive & Aerospace Boeing, Ford Dunton
King’s Lynn as a possible location.
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Dr Wolfgang Palm,
Technical Centre, Millbrook Proving Ground, Lotus, Chief Executive.
Palm Paper invested
Nissan Technical Centre Europe, Rolls Royce University £400 million in
a new paper mill
Technology Centre at Cambridge, Biotechnology, in King’s Lynn.
Healthcare & Medical Devices Amgen, Clement Clarke
International, Genzyme, MRC Laboratory of Molecular
Biology (“the Nobel Factory”), Roche, Unipath, Wellcome “ Dennis McGlynn from East ofaEngland
International has helped us great
Trust Sanger Institute and Genome Campus, Energy & deal in terms of providing recruitment
advice, ongoing support for finding
Environmental Services BRE (Building Research foreign markets and assistance in
Establishment), British Sugar’s bioethanol plant at introducing us to more partners.
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Malcolm Wenborn,
Wissington, Tyndall Centre, UEA’s School of General Manager.
Environmental Sciences, Food & Drink ASDA (Wal-mart), Hitachi Software
Engineering (UK) Ltd
Britvic, Del Monte, McCain, Nestlé, Premier Foods, Tesco, chose Cambridge for
its international
Unilever’s Colworth Laboratory, Financial Services R&D Centre.
Marsh, Moneyfacts, Norwich Union (Aviva), Virgin Money,
Hi-tech Consultancies Cambridge Consultants,
Cambridge Design Partnership, PA Consulting, Plextek, “ EEI were extremely helpful toaccess.
They were able to advise and
us . .
what we needed, including
Sagentia, The Technology Partnership, ICT Amazon, ARM, recommending local law firms with
Autonomy, Broadcom, BT, CAPE (Centre for Advanced specific expertise in negotiating
research contracts with universities, as
Photonics and Electronics), CIP (Centre for Integrated well as helping us network with other
research organisations such as the
Photonics), CSR, Domino, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Microsoft, Institute of Food Research in Norwich.
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Motorola, Nokia, Plastic Logic, Qualcomm, Sony, Frank Wu, Chief Executive.
XiangCam TCM
T-Mobile, Toshiba (Traditional Chinese
Medicine) Research
Centre established its
Specialist support first UK base at Babraham
Research Campus.
Our region has a full range of specialist support, from
financial services firms with sector-specific expertise, to
law firms skilled in protecting your IP. We can introduce you “Contacts and introductions to service
within the telecommunications
industry
to our partners including:
providers were extremely valuable.
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• Artaius • BioLauncher Guiseppe Venturini,
• BRAL • HSBC Managing Director,
VOIspeed
• RBS • SA Law
The region is also home to one of the most active
VC networks in Europe.
For expert help contact:
East of England International
2 Quayside Cambridge CB5 8AB
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)1223 450 450
E: info@eeia.com www.eei-online.com
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