About CREST@UCS
CREST@UCS is based at University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS), Shropshire, which was established in 2014 by Shropshire Council and the University of Chester. It is one of four funded business support programmes operating out of UCS and targeting the Marches LEP area.
The Centre for Research into Environmental Science and Technology (CREST) is a £1.2M European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) project set up in partnership with University Centre Reaseheath. More recently, University of Birmingham have joined the partnership. CREST offers support to SMEs who want to reduce their environmental impact, or develop new products or services. Our multi-disciplinary team of experts works closely with SMEs to design, develop and bring new products and services to market; develop processes to save time and/or money; understand markets (e.g. market research, introduction to buyers and suppliers, exploring new markets) and develop successful business models.
We can offer:
- 12 hours of free business innovation support
- The potential for longer term research projects
- Direct support from our team of Business Development Managers
- Themed innovation workshops and masterclasses
- Access to a team of academic experts and state-of-the-art laboratory
- Opportunities to involve students in research projects
- Access to drones and a geospatial service
- Specialised business support
- Links to University of Birmingham ARLI and ATETA business support programmes
Testimonials
“CREST support has enabled us to accelerate product development and the advice given by Dr Andrew Miles has been invaluable.”
“…CREST…advised us on an application we made to the PARSEC Accelerator for funding towards a business idea. Shortly afterwards they identified another potential funder and are helping us with a new bid. CREST provides more than a networking opportunity. If successful, the bid we have made to PARSEC will provide us with the opportunity to generate more business with other local companies. This is in turn could lead to more employment and technological expertise in Shropshire.”
“Thanks to funding from the EA and inspiration from the CREST team led by Vicki Ayton and Dr Anne Wheeler, and the software expertise of Yarrington in Shrewsbury, we are delighted to announce the launch of the first version of the RiverHealthChecker App!“
“CREST has created new leads as they’ve put forward several possible collaboration ideas for our software solution and have offered to put us into networking events with an eye to doing a presentation to hopefully bring in leads from attendees.”
“We thoroughly enjoyed the morning; hearing comments and challenges from the group was extremely useful and has given us some valuable alternative perspectives… [for product development]”
“…benefited from business support from CREST in the form of technical service support to kick start a new service offering around SUDS, which has helped win consultancy work and will underpin growth in the next financial year.”
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CREST@UCS
University Centre Shrewsbury
Guildhall
Frankwell Quay
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY3 8HQ
The Centre for Research into Environmental Science and Technology.