SoftBank Robotics has joined forces with Cambridge Cluster avatar pioneer SKC Studios to target opportunities in the lucrative Middle East market with unique AI innovation.
Paradox Business Consultancy, a tax advisory service, has opened an office at The EpiCentre.
The consultancy is run by Stephen Bunting, together with his partner Hannah Tilson who runs their Kent office in Gravesend. Both had previously worked at accountancy firm BDO Grant Thornton, the seventh-largest global accounting network.
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.
The HoverAid Trust, a Christian humanitarian charity that brings aid to remote communities in Madagascar using hovercraft and other means, has moved its offices to The EpiCentre.
SKC Games Studio, headquartered at The EpiCentre, has won the AI Innovation Category at the 35th Anniversary Business Weekly Awards, held at Queens’ College, in Cambridge on Tuesday 15th September 2025.
IDJR Care, a facilitator to the healthcare sector, has opened an office at The EpiCentre in Haverhill, focused on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare and residential care services through its own “DJR Care Model”.
In the ever-changing business landscape, the need for practical, relevant, and immediately applicable business support is more pressing than ever for UK SMEs. In May 2025, a group of SME leaders from across the East of England came together for a workshop series titled Strategy, Sales, Solutions, led by Gary Jennings, Innovation Director at The EpiCentre, Haverhill
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Update – 11 August 2022
Our Innovation Centres remain operational and accessible, and provide a safe environment for our staff and customers. We continue to assess the risk of COVID-19 alongside the latest guidance from government. In the meantime our Innovation Centre remains COVID-19 Secure and fully open for business. Our detailed risk assessment can be found here.
