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Bucks LEP – Getting Building Fund – Open Call March 2021 Applications Received 5th March 2021 Version 1.1 18 March 2021 Applicant Project Name & Summary GBF Amount Total Growth Themes Contacts Initial Executive Recommendation Requested Project Sector Assessment Cost Bucks Broadband Bucks Rural Broadband Voucher Top Up £300,000 £600,000 Digital Digital Lisa Michelson Existing project – Voucher scheme Infrastructure Connectivity Bucks Council potential quick win Voucher scheme ‘Top Up’ to meet increasing Broadband / through project demand – 270 premises to 370 premises 5G James Robinson extension. connected to ultrafast Broadband services Project Manager through existing BDUK framework contract Bucks LEP Proven community with BT. demand, links to Digital Strategy Delivery. European Centre of Excellence for Rocket Engine and £740,000 £1,588,558 Space Innovation Sam Green In line with the Astrotech Limited Flow Tests Facility - (CEREFT) Enterprise long-term strategy Employment Operations for investment in EAL have identified a requirement to develop Director the Bucks and qualify a Centre of Excellence Rocket Tech IOSH, economy, will Testing facility, (CERT) – a “Quick Look” Liquid AIEMA strength our local Rocket Engine Test Facility that will allow quick T: 01296 658570 competitive turnaround testing of Liquid Rocket Engine D:01296 798931 advantage. assemblies up to 450N thrust level in their E: Contribution to development stage. sam@europeana national priority & strotech.com help create There is currently no such facility available in European centre of Europe that can accommodate quick www.europeana excellence. turnaround testing. The intention is that the strotech.com facility will complement the National Rocket Engine Test Facility currently under construction at Westcott. The Quick Look Facility will allow component level development testing at a cost that data indicates will be substantially less than that for the National Test Facility. Robert Bosch Bosch Startup Harbour (UK) £639,467 £662,230 £1,301,697 Enterprise Julie Passey AI / IoT = national Limited and industrial strategy Bosch proposes to launch a Start-up Harbour Innovation Strategic, priority. Local intel Programme based in Buckinghamshire to drive Employment Business suggests that start- innovation in the Artificial Intelligence & Development, ups in this sector Internet of Things (AIoT) local ecosystem. The Solutions and can struggle to Programme, which will focus on early stage Cross Selling attract investment startups, aims to connect startups with Europe (C/SBR- due to investors relevant industry players, experts and partners EU) not understanding in order to validate their solutions and Robert Bosch Ltd the technologies. business models. | Broadwater This project could Park | North help combat that. The programme will be run by Bosch in close Orbital Road | cooperation with Buckinghamshire Business Denham | UB9 Central Pillar of First (BBF). Bosch and BBF will work together 5HJ | UNITED Buckinghamshire to provide holistic support to startups, KINGDOM | Recovery Deal enabling them to tap into industry expertise www.bosch.co.u and local networks, and to receive a rounded k curriculum of trainings. Tel. +44 1895 83- 8962 | Mobile Each cohort of 5 startups will be guided +44 7936 33- through a 6-month programme, consisting of 9341 | 6 weeks of tailored training bootcamps, one- Julie.Passey@uk. to-one coaching and mentoring by industry bosch.com experts linked to their area of business. During the programme the startups will be able to access testbeds to validate and further develop their technology. In addition, each startup will be granted a scholarship to support the participants’ living expenses to ensure the scheme is viable and accessible to all. Satellite Innovation Ecosystem at Westcott £2,609,530 £5,219,065 Space Employment, Usman Niazi Significant develop Applications Innovation, Capture for long growth of catapult Expansion and accelerate delivery of Research and Manager the Bucks additional sector capabilities to support longer Development, economy, will term ambitions and EZ, including three distinct Skills and strength our local proposals including, education competitive advantage. • Westcott Drone Port - £1,399,654 Contribution to • Living Lab - £726,010 Satellite national priority. • In Orbit Servicing & Manufacturing Applications (IOSM) DISC - £483,866 Catapult Ltd Expansion of • Total GBF - £2,609,530 Electron existing project Building, Fermi linked to LIS and These projects will together form an Avenue, Harwell Economic Recovery innovation ecosystem. They complement the Oxford, Didcot, priority sector so existing investment by BLEP and its partners in Oxfordshire, delivery key research infrastructure for growing these OX11 0QR, UK momentum already important sectors of the economy as well as in place. building towards the Space Innovation Mob: +44 (0) Business Park articulated in the Westcott 7741 331 239 Strategic Vision (2020). Email: usman.niazi@sa. The Catapult’s remit to support the catapult.org.uk development of the UK Space sector, and its relationship and collaboration with UK sa.catapult.org.u Government organisations such as the UK k/ Space Agency allows us to contribute and shape the future of the UK’s space ambition. These investment initiatives are recognised by both UKSA and Central government as being enablers of that ambition. IDIADA CAVWAY Autonomous Vehicle Proving £1,980,000 £12,260,00 Advanced Transport David Price Automotive Ground at Oakley Airfield 0 Engineering, Innovation Opportunity to Technology (UK) and Digital and Paul Atkin accelerate Bucks Ltd This project covers the design and Technology Technology Proving Ground capabilities in this construction of a new automotive proving Transport Enterprise and Key Account area. ground to suit connected & autonomous Digital Manager, UK vehicles. CAVWAY is part of a national Employment High Growth sector initiative supported by Innovate UK to position with strong links to the UK at the forefront of these novel Enterprise technologies and will concentrate on highway Programmes at intersections as its USP. CAVWAY will be a T: +44 (0)2476 both Silverstone world leading facility building on the expertise 328 083 and Westcott. gained by IDIADA from its traditional proving M: +44 (0)7769 grounds in Spain and China. The focus on 931525 highway intersections requires a new E: approach – CAVWAY will be the first new paul.atkin@idiad automotive proving ground built in the UK in a.com 50 years. www.idiada.com CAVWAY | Proving Ground | Oakley Applus IDIADA Group The project has been running for 18 months Bermuda and has completed all the design stages for the Industrial Estate new proving ground. Construction is starting St. Georges Way now (as the weather permits) with a stage1 Nuneaton completion target of September 2021. This Warwickshire additional funding will strengthen the CV10 7JS commercial proposition by allowing additional facilities to be constructed throughout this YouTube year. channel: http://www.yout ube.com/user/A pplusIDIADAGro up Facebook: http://www.face book.com/Applu sidiada LinkedIn: http://www.link edin.com/compa ny/applus-idiada Flannery Plant Bucks Operator Skills Hub £750,000 £3,000,000 Construction Skills and Paul Skitt Will help alleviate Hire Limited Skills and Training Skills substantial local Flannery successfully delivered the West Training Employment Development skills shortages and Midland’s Operator Skills Hub in partnership Digital Director help people into with the leading civil engineering contractor in Innovation work. A priority the United Kingdom, Balfour Beatty. p.skitt@flannery identified in the Project aim: plant.co.uk Bucks Local Skills To create a new Specialist Skills Hub located Report. near Bicester to support local training needs P. Flannery Plant and provide upskilling within the plant Hire (Oval) Ltd. Potential to link industry. The focus will be on ensuring local Flannery House, into people can access the apprenticeship Third Way Buckinghamshire program,and take advantage of the training Wembley Growth & Recovery and employment opportunities this hub will Middlesex Deal discussion. provide, including future skill areas such as HA9 0RZ GPS training, virtual reality plant simulators and remote management systems on the most Tel:+44 (0)208 advanced construction equipment. 900 99290 Fax:+44 (0)208 Outcomes: 902 7357 The Skills Hub project outcomes are all driven Mobile+44 by an ambition to create local sustainable (0)7984 745922 employment opportunities in support of regional infrastructure projects such as: HS2 and the East West Rail Network route. The new ‘Operator Skills Hub’ launch (flanneryplanthire.com) Welcome to the Operator Skills Hub - YouTube URA Thrusters TESTA – Novel Test Facility at Westcott £250,000 £544,341 Space Space Alberto Garbayo LIS priority plus Limited technology CEO green element. URA Thrusters is a spin-off company from AVS Innovation, URA | in-space Further strengthen UK with the only goal to commercialise the Enterprise water space cluster. use of water for space transportation and Employment propulsion propulsion. R-site Westcott Phone: +44 1235 Potential to AVS is an international SME and EN9100 56 7095 support through supplier of the majority of worldwide Space Mob: +44 7754 direct EZ Funding primes (Airbus, TAS, OHB, RAFAEL, Virgin 420 592 Orbit, SSTL, CubeSat primes, etc.). agarbayo@urath URA Thrusters is developing a commercial rusters.com range of water propulsion systems (ICE) for Reaction and