Oxford Innovation

Colin Sanders Innovation Centre is based in Banbury and provides start-up companies with a professional infrastructure and image to grow their business, along with a range of business support services needed during the first vital years of operation.

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  Conference room

Tours accurate at time of creation.

Colin Sanders Innovation Centre was opened in 1999 and is named after Colin Sanders who founded Solid State Logic in 1969, and subsequently started a number of technology-based companies whilst being an active investor in several other high-growth start ups. A grant from the Souldern Trust, formed by Colin Sanders, was a key factor in establishing this centre.

With just under 11,000 sq ft of office space and office sizes ranging from 83sq ft up to 1,800 sq ft, Colin Sanders Innovation Centre can provide a home to up to 27 start-up and growing companies. The centre is located close to Banbury town centre and has on-site parking facilities, with conference and meeting rooms facilities for up to 50 delegates.

Colin Sanders Innovation Centre is located in the town of Banbury, one of the best known towns in England due to the nursery rhyme ‘Ride a Cock Horse’. The Innovation Centre is situated near the town centre and the site of the infamous cross. Today Banbury is an expanding market and industrial town experiencing growth as a direct benefit of its proximity to the completed M40 motorway linking London to Birmingham via Oxford.

Centre Services

Colin Sanders Innovation Centre provides start-up companies with a professional infrastructure and image to grow their business, along with a range of business support services needed during the first vital years of operation.

Companies can also benefit from the following services:

• VirtualOffice facility for companies not yet ready for, or who don’t require, a full-time office, but would like a more professional image

• Membership of ICE: the Innovation Centre Extranet, linking the companies within the Oxford Innovation network of Innovation Centres

Typical features include:

• A straightforward licence with one month’s notice period: no long-term commitment

• Central reception and switchboard: a professional image for your company

• Telephone answering in company name: you can focus on running your business

• Photocopying and post handling: you can concentrate on the more important tasks

• On-site meeting and conference facilities with video conference facilities: a professional environment to meet your clients

• Site security and access control systems: 24/7 access and peace of mind

• Free on-site parking
• Kitchen facilities
• Shower facilities
• Broadband internet access
• High speed network cabling (CAT 5) throughout the building

Colin Sanders Innovation Centre provides the ideal location for your business meetings. Whether it is a board meeting, a training session or an event, our experienced and friendly staff will ensure that every aspect is carefully taken care of.

Situated near many major transport links and networks, Colin Sanders Innovation Centre is the complete venue, helping to make your event stress free.

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Directions

From the M40

Leave the motorway at Junction 11, and head for Banbury. At the second roundabout, take the second exit along Hennef Way. When you reach the next roundabout, take the first exit (Reg Vardy Garage) and continue to the traffic lights passing Wickes and Halfords on your left.

Go straight over at the lights, up the hill and through the pedestrian lights to Banbury Cross. Turn right and continue up West Bar and Broughton Road until you reach a roundabout; take the first exit into Queensway. Continue along Queensway to the second turn on the left into Mewburn Road (there is a small parade of shops on your right). Travel along Mewburn Road for approx 150 metres, the entrance to The Colin Sanders Innovation Centre is signposted, alongside Oxford & Cherwell Valley College. The Innovation Centre is the large brick building on your right with parking to the front and rear of the building.

By Public Transport

The Innovation Centre is 10 minutes walk from Banbury station, which is on the mainline from Birmingham to London and the South West of England via Oxford and Reading.

Many of the town’s buses stop 5 minutes walk away from the Centre.

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