Physical Development & Services
WICED has already secured ring-fenced investment from Liverpool City Council (LABGI) and ERDF and a loan from Futurebuilders totalling £5m and has secured the site for development, which is owned by Liverpool City Council, on a 125 year term lease.
The new building is scheduled for completion by December 2010.
The WICED will offer:
Physical Space
- Flexi-office space (e.g. by hour; day; week) and hot desking facilities
- Incubation space on flexible terms
- Board, Seminar and Meeting space
- Conference facilities
- Advanced technologies including integrated wireless systems and video conferencing
- Secure and accessible 24 hour provision
- Entrepreneur self storage facilities
- Central Reception
Services
- Enterprise Start Up Acceleration Programmes
- Competitiveness and Productivity Programmes
- Green Business Start-Up and Development
- Advanced Management Programmes
- Diversification and Innovation Mentoring
- International Research and Knowledge Centre
- Export and Internationalisation Hub
- Virtual Office Options
- Employability Hub
- Business Resource Hub
- Shared business resources - administration; telecommunications services; high speed broadband; site managers
- Service Directory
- A second stage development including partnerships and collaborations to establish and connect local, regional and international spokes
Impact
Specific gains will be measured using indicators such as:
- Increased numbers of new women's enterprises
- Greater growth, productivity and sustainability of women owned enterprises
- Increased and more localised job creation opportunities
- Reduction in state dependency and reduction in the levels of family poverty
- Production of a more complete and nuanced research base
