GD24 – Somerset Energy Innovation Centre

Somerset Energy Innovation Centre

The Somerset Energy Innovation Centre is a hub for ambitious businesses seeking to collaborate and exploit opportunities in the low carbon and nuclear energy sectors.   It offers unrivalled business support and low carbon supply chain expertise to identify live opportunities and develop its tenants’ capabilities to secure new contracts and supply the growing sector.

The SEIC has a range of flexible and high quality office space available on a fully serviced basis. The comprehensive service packages can be tailored to tenants’ specific requirements to ensure they have an excellent working environment.

The Centre also has a range of modern, light & stylish rooms perfect for meetings and events, with a variety of rooms to accommodate anywhere from 2-40 people.  All rooms are well equipped with the latest Audio Visual (AV) equipment & high strength WiFi. Clients booking a meeting room have access to in-house catering supplied by Somerset Larder, who bring together the very best of Somerset’s produce and expertise.  The Centre, which offers an unrivalled professional and efficient service, is easy to access, just minutes from M5 J23, in a convenient location with plenty of free parking.

Outputs:

70 jobs up to 2020/21
Create/safeguard 209 jobs over 15 years.
Generate around £14,020,000 of GVA over 15 years

Growth Deal 1 Funding: £6.5m

Total Funding: £13.52m

This project forms part of the Nuclear South West strategy –  a strong partnership between three south west LEPs (Heart of the South West, West of England and GFirst) the nuclear industry, local authorities, academic and skills sectors and business support agencies – generating £55bn of nuclear opportunities over the next decade.

Wath SEIC video here.

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    David Ralph

    Chief Executive

    David Ralph started as Chief Executive of Heart of South West LEP at the beginning of June 2018. Previously, he had spent 5 years as CEO of the Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (D2N2) LEP from 2013 where he oversaw the development of the D2N2 Strategic Economic Plan and sector strategies, 3 Growth Deals with HM Government to deliver a £1billion capital investment programme, securing and implementing £200m ESIF programme, the Derby and Nottingham Enterprise Zone, the D2N2 Skills Deal and Time for Innovation programme, community fund and led the executive team to develop the HS2 East Midlands hub. He was also closely involved in the proposed North Midlands Devolution Deal and one of the key architects in establishing the Midlands Engine, chairing the officer steering group. Whilst in this role David was a NED of the Nottingham Enterprise Zone, and Marketing NG, the Outer Estates Foundation and a Governor of Nottingham College and on the advisory Board of Nottingham Business School.

    Before the East Midlands, David was CEO of the Have Gateway Partnership working closely with local stakeholders including the ports of Felixstowe, Harwich and Ipswich and BT Adadastral Park across Suffolk and Essex and prior to that was Chief Exec of the Barton Hill New Deal for Communities programme in Bristol and the Nelm Development Trust in Norwich.

    David is a keen sailor, walker and trail runner.