John Leake
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- 1 year 27 weeks
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- Service Provider
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- First Name
- John
- Last Name
- Leake
- Company Name
- Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus
- Job Title
- General Manager
- Company Website
- http://daresburysic.co.uk
- About me
I am the General Manager of Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus which is home to about 1000 high-tech businesses from digital/ICT/mobile technologies to advanced engineering & instrumentation to medical devices adn diagnostics to low carbon technologies. It is also home to the Science and Technology Facilities Council, one of the research councils, responsible for providing large scale science facilities for UK universities and industry.
I lead the team responsible for supporting our business community helping them to identify relevant collaborators, routes to market, sources of equity and grant funding, and connections at target customers. In the 5.5 years we have been running only 8 companies have failed of which 5 phoenixed. Over the last 2 years, sales of the companies at Daresbury SIC and investment innto these companies has doubled.
- Personal Blog
- http://newshub.daresburysic.co.uk
- Post Code
- WA4 4FS
- My Wants
Connections to funding sources, relevant high-level business development expertise in an active not consultancy capacity, connections into blue chip companies, commercially-strong companies looking for at or near to market technologies.
- My Offers
A strong network of several hundred high-tech SME businesses, strong relationships into blue chip companies such as IBM, Cisco, BAe Systems, Unilever, Boots etc, business location for companies looking at how their premises can add value to their business in terms of access to markets, funding and expertise
- My Interests
- I provide services to technology companies
- Category
- High-tech business community
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Wed, 2011-03-16 15:56
- John Great IBM event at DaresburySIC to learn about smarter plant programme and how to use IBM tech in your business http://tinyurl. 3:56pm#
Sat, 2011-03-12 17:00
- John RT @WorkFoundation: Look out for our new report on "manu-services" - a vital force for the #UKmanufacturing revival. O 5:00pm#
- John RT @STFC_B2B: From MRSA to alternative fuels: I-TAC demonstrates clear benefits for high tech business and society in first 12 m 4:58pm#
Fri, 2011-03-11 20:15
- John Great to have UKTI Innovation tour to #DaresburySIC. Strong partnerships needed to get investment into UK http://tinyurl.com/4ag 8:15pm#
Thu, 2011-03-10 19:26
- John RT @Unilever_Press: Unilever betting on innovation to grow http://t.co/C0JiSHt via @AddThis 7:26pm#
- John RT @STFC_Matters: RT @stfc_b2b: A bright future for three new businesses at @ITACdaresbury. Find out more p13, Fascination newsl 7:26pm#
- John RT @McrSciParks: RT @corridorconnect: 'Green' growth finance scheme launched by Siemens and the UK Carbon Trust http://bit.ly/hu 7:25pm#
- John RT @skyscanner: News on British digital media companies at @WebMission2011 in San Francisco http://bit.ly/g3m4wP #wm11 7:24pm#
- John RT @research_uk: BBSRC: TSB, BBSRC and other partners launch Nutrition for Life competition: The Technology Strategy Board, the 7:23pm#
- John RT @NuclearAMRC: EDF Energy: South Yorkshire manufacturers perfectly placed for nuclear new-build - http://bit.ly/hHOsXr (Yorksh 7:23pm#
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