The BIC offers a wide range of accommodation and meeting facilities which are spread out over seven phases that are suitable for businesses of all sizes.

Opened in June 1994 the Business & Innovation Centre (BIC) has helped create and sustain hundreds of jobs by providing superb accommodation to house new and expanding companies and practical help to support those businesses as they develop.

With sizes ranging from 150sq.ft. to 6250sq.ft across the site and including the following types of accommodation:

• Offices
  (includes facilities for a wide range of industry sectors)
• Light industrial
  
• Large industrial
  (12 large scale industrial units)
  
• High Tech offices
  (Anderson House - prestigious offices developed to meet the increasing demand from growing companies for top quality offices)
  
• Bioscience labs
  

  All of our labs include as standard:

  • Fresh/ extract ventilation
  • Recessed modular light fittings
  • Specialist floor covering, skirting and wall finish
  • 24/7 access and security
  • Multiple power and data outlets
  • Trespa Athlon work/draw units
  • Industrial standard sinks
  • Access to broadband, ISP services and digital telecoms
  
  
• Incubation offices
  
• Hybrid accommodation
  (flexible space can be used as an office or storage space/light assembly)
  
  

  
  
  

A typical example of Start Up accommodation available to rent from as little as * £52.00 per week.

As standard the offer includes:

• Rent
• Service Charge
• Heating
• Building Insurance
• Water Rates
• Post In (sorted and distributed to collection area)
• One Broadband Connection (one user only)
• Telephone Line and Handset Rental (excludes call charges)
  

The following incentives are also offered to all prospective new tenants**

• Free licence fee - worth up to £30.00
• Business Audit
• A free IT health check worth £150.00
• An initial free period of meeting room hire and a further 20% discount on any Thompson Suite or Jupiter Centre booking whilst you are a resident at the BIC ( facilities are available to hire on a hourly, half daily or daily basis)
  
  

The following items will incur an additional charge:

• Electricity (metered & recharged)
• Business Rates (payable direct to City Council)
• Post out
• Telephone installation (after 1st user)
• Plus any other of the BIC's services you may wish to take advantage of
  
  

*Calculation based on 140 sq ft office, suitable for 1/2 persons.
** Incubator accommodation is available to rent for up to 12 months. Sizes vary from 150 to 250 sq ft.

 

 

For a tour of the BIC site or for further information please email: accommodation@ne-bic.co.uk