Eastern Promise – The Podcast

We’re excited to share that Oxford Innovation Space has launched The Wire – a brand-new digital platform created to connect more than 900 businesses across the UK and Ireland that call our innovation centres home.
As part of the Oxford Innovation Space network, businesses based here at The EpiCentre now have exclusive access to this dynamic online space – designed to help entrepreneurs collaborate, share knowledge, connect with potential partners and access expert-led business advice.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the most talked-about topics in business. The headlines are filled with both promises of transformation and warnings of disruption, leaving many wondering whether AI is a friend, a foe, or simply another over hyped fiction. To make sense of it all, it’s important to look past the buzzwords and examine what AI really means, focusing on real opportunities, genuine risks, and the practical realities of using these tools.

Two innovative occupiers from The EpiCentre in Haverhill took home honours at the Bury Free Press West Suffolk Business Awards 2025, held at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds on Friday night, 10th October.
In a highly competitive category for The West Suffolk Award for Innovation, two EpiCentre-based companies were recognised for their outstanding achievements

A company growing its global sphere of influence from a base in the East of England is helping to develop hi-tech sensors that elicit best practice from a range of industries, such as nuclear, and turn perceived hazard into potential opportunity – not just for engineering teams but also for the health of the planet.