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Our open, welcoming approach, spacious communal areas and regular breakfast meet-ups make sure that your place of work is so much more than just a place to work. With lots of like-minded entrepreneurs all under one roof, new opportunities are just around the corner. Our support team can also help you find advice, funding and training to suit your business model. Our flexible workspaces have been adapted to help customers stay apart whilst working together.

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We’re a team of talented and enthusiastic therapists, providing the highest quality speech and language therapy for children throughout North West England.
No matter your situation, we’re able to provide a bespoke therapy solution to meet your child or school’s needs. Our passionate team of experienced therapists will capture your child’s interest.
Solution and project focused, Kast Energy provide commercial energy reduction solutions to a wide range of sectors including Housing, Manufacturing, Facilities Management, Education, Retail, Sports & Leisure.
Op-tec Systems helps manufacturers and the process industries increase productivity and profitability through better use of control and automation technology.
Hello! I’m a friendly freelance website designer and developer who builds high-quality websites for the good people of Stockport, Manchester and beyond!
I have helped more than 50 clients with my professional web design and custom WordPress development services. I also run training workshops to help you improve your online presence.
Your International Freight Management
Freedom provides you with the advantages of having a fully experienced team of international logistics professionals
At Right at Home Stockport & Didsbury, our aim is to make a positive difference to the lives of those we care for.
Information Technology and Services – Collaboration · Analytics · Technology · Healthcare · Healthcare · HL7 · FHIR · Integration · openEHR · Interoperability · Digital Health · NHS Digital
We are a specialist in chemistry staffing. We work with clients in the UK, our home, and also Worldwide in finding skilled chemists for the fine-chemistry and various life sciences markets. Our work is centred on Analytical, Commercial, Formulation, Production and Synthesis staffing.
Shop Local Club Card enables businesses of all sizes to digitally connect with their customers through a completely customised rewards program tailored to the personality of each business. Our innovative solution allows businesses to drive customers back more often, establish social connections to increase engagement, encourage customer feedback, target new customers in their local area and gain valuable analytics on local trends.
A trusted digital partner, providing custom Web Design, mobile-friendly Web Development, Perch CMS specialist.
As a multi award winning fireworks display company we deliver professional fireworks displays that set people’s pulses racing. We guarantee that awe-inspiring “WOW” factor every time.
Keeping you compliant, saving you tax and helping you prosper. We support SME businesses and self-employed individuals.
BCM Law is a dynamic, ethical and innovative legal practice, offering our clients an expert service in advocacy, employment law, motoring offences, personal injury and litigation.
Working across the UK and beyond, we provide grease, odour and smoke control systems that blend cutting-edge technology with the best of traditional techniques.
For the past few years we have solely concentrated on domestic new build projects. Our business is acquiring land, obtaining planning consents and building the highest quality homes in places people aspire to live.
We offer a complete solution to engineers worldwide for new and used test equipment, EMC equipment, cables, RF components, waveguides, microscopes, hipot testers, sound level meters and much more.
Op-tec Systems specialise in process controls and automation, working with clients in the manufacturing, food, and petro-chemical industries to reduce downtime and increase productivity.
We specialise in personal and business contract car and van hire, arranging suitable finance for private individuals, business or even large fleet customers where required.
We are able to provide a range of street furniture products, video bicycle and vehicle detection equipment, radar detection products for traffic signals, traffic counters, and Blutooth journey time monitoring systems.
FilmMyMatch provides professional filming, editing and broadcast services for sports teams and organisations from grassroots to elite level.
A Bariquin is a plus-size mannequin training aid. ‘Barry’ as the original is known, is a bariatric training mannequin that weighs 25 stones (350lbs/159kgs), yet it is easy to disassemble to move or store by one person.
This organisation works with local voluntary youth clubs, providing positive activities for young people and training, support, advice and networking for volunteers.
HR Heroes manage and support the needs of over 100 small businesses across the UK, dealing with aspects of Employment Law and staffing issues that arise.
LFX Events are a multi-disciplinary Events, Production & Risk Management consultancy, providing specialist on & off-site event services to clients.
Plasma Clean are an innovative and research-led UK technology company. They provide air purification systems that blend cutting-edge technology with the best of traditional techniques
Transport for Sick Children is a unique volunteer driver scheme, set up to help children with a health need living in Greater Manchester to access essential health care.
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Case studies
FORESIGHT Mobile Ltd based at our Merchants House Centre
Gareth Reese, founder of FORESIGHT Mobile Ltd saw that there was a lot of demand for technical co-founders with real-world experience, so decided to take the plunge and set up his company to provide CTO services and software development for new tech companies.
BCM Law
BCM Law moved into their office here at the centre in November 2018. They all wanted to run their own law firm, however, it’s obviously a huge step and they had never until last year felt the time was right.
HR Heroes
Caroline Wood and David Coulter, HR Heroes founders, were disillusioned with working for corporate companies and decided to take control of their own destiny!
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"It is fantastic being part of the innovation centre community. The team really do go above and beyond the call of duty. Thanks to the regular coffee mornings, we are now collaborating with a business located elsewhere on the Culham site"Stuart Butterfield
Co-founder and Technical Director CanaryREAD THEIR SUCCESS STORY