1. Clusters Driving Growth
in Oxfordshire
Dr Martin Dare-Edwards
UKTI Business Catalyst Ambassador
10th October 2012

2. Importance of Clusters
• Clustering has a proven basis for leading Economic Growth
• US Silicon Valley!
• Japanese Industrial & Knowledge Cluster Programmes
• Tightly-focused German Clusters (& Fraunhofer Institutes)
• Clusters can create Specialised Local Supply Chains
• Clusters can attract Specialist Service Providers
• Clusters can attract Specialist Academic Courses and Research
• Clusters provide a Fermentation Pot for Innovation, through
Constructive Competition and Collaboration
• UKTI’s Inward Investment Resources focus on Key Clusters
(112,000 UK jobs created from Inward Investment)
• UKTI’s Export Support Resources focus on “Clusters of
Excellence” (particularly supporting SME’s)
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3. Oxfordshire’s “Premier League” Clusters (1)
 Medical Research and Biotechnology
Drug Discovery & Clinical Development
 Cluster Highlights
 Churchill Hospital Site – Co-location of Healthcare & Science
 West Oxon, Oxford Science Park, Milton Park, Harwell-Oxford
 Oxfordshire Bioscience Network; Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable
 SME dominated, including many Academic Spin-Outs
 Advanced Automotive Engineering
ICE Vehicles, Leading-edge Tech, Low Carbon Mobility
 Cluster Highlights
 Volume Manufacturing (BMW Mini – Oxford)
 F1 Teams (Williams/Grove, Lotus-
Renault/Enstone, Caterham/ Leafield, Force India/Silverstone;
Mercedes/Brackley)
 Motorsport Technologies (e.g. Prodrive - Banbury, Zircotec
- Abingdon, Oxford Brookes University)
 Lower Carbon Transport (e.g. Infineum – Milton Hill;
Oxford Yasa Motors – Milton Park)
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4. Oxfordshire’s “Premier League” Clusters (2)
 Space & Satellite Technology
Earth-Observation Satellites:
Control, Data Acquisition & Data Exploitation
 Cluster Highlights
 Harwell Oxford - European Space Agency; UK
Space; International Space Innovation Centre;
RAL Space
 Space & Satellite Applications
 Cryogenic Technology
“Coolest” parts of Oxon’s Global Brightest
& Hottest!
Magnetic Resonance Imaging & Supply Chain
 Cluster Highlights
 Siemens MR Magnet Technology;
LTI Metaltech; Oxford Instruments
 Components & Systems: e.g. ICE Oxford, Thames
Cryogenics, CryOx, Oxford Cryosystems
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5. Oxon’s “Championship League” Clusters
• “Championship League” Clusters
(less self-recognising and/or synergistic, and some lower growth)
Include…
• Digital Information Management;
• Cyber Security
• Publishing
• Green Construction (cf. Eco-Bicester)
• Professional & Business Services (cf. Pro Oxford)
• Tourism
• Culture
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