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About shuttleworthbusiness

One of the ten key priorities in the East of England’s Draft Rural Strategy was “to encourage enterprise and innovation within new and established businesses, and to provide an excellent infrastructure to support this.”

Shuttleworth College, whose success was founded on a rich heritage of entrepreneurship, was keen to help deliver this strategy and submitted an application to develop such an enterprise centre at Old Warden Park.

The application was successful and funding provided from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) to create shuttleworthbusiness, central for innovation and enterprise in mid-Bedfordshire.

Facilities at shuttleworthbusiness include:

Three dedicated, flexible training rooms with access to up-to-date IT and video conferencing equipment for course delivery and hire by commercial clients
Facilities for large group training activities, including team building
Incubation ‘hot desk’ facilities for new entrepreneurial business
On-site business advisors and facilitators from BRBS (Beds Rural Business Support), ADER (Agricultural Development in the Eastern Region), Business Link and other local and regional groups

Our team is dedicated to promoting an entrepreneurial culture within Bedfordshire by increasing the number of local adults utilising business start-up assistance and advice, boosting existing businesses through training and bespoke events and strengthening business networks throughout the county.

Other useful links:
Shuttleworth College
Shuttleworth Trust