Digital Innovation Farm Tech Box Park

FREE Business Support for Innovative SMEs

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Your field station to grow

Providing a path into, and growth within the agricultural industry for innovative SMEs.

LOOK AT YOUR BUSINESS IN A DIFFERENT WAY

Have you ever thought about developing your products or extending your operations for the land-based sector? Place your business in the heart of Gloucestershire, 5th largest county in the South West, rich in agricultural heritage, and with 74% of the region's land area used for primary food production, where better to take a deep dive into the world of agriculture and grow your business?

Funding from GFirst LEP’s Getting Building Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust, firmly establishes the next phase of our Digital Innovation Farm 'accelerator' initiative through Hartpury's Tech Box Park, which includes our recently launched Agri-Tech Centre.

To find out more about our FREE Tech Box Park programme and how we can support you, or book a tour of our facilities, please click the Book a Tour button.

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Our funders

Funding for Hartpury’s Digital Innovation Farm Tech Box Park has been provided by the GFirst LEP ‘Getting Building Fund’, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust.

Driving productivity and competitiveness in the agricultural and land-based industries.

Our new Tech Box Park offers dedicated, practical working space and support packages, access to Hartpury's commercial farm, Home Farm and an extended farming network for practical trials and feasibility testing across the county where businesses can explore, test, research and develop new products, or enhance existing ones.

FREE INNOVATIVE WORKSPACE

Each of our five Tech Box units provide an innovative, self-contained working space for desk-based product development and testing.

Our flexible high-tech work and demonstration space offers SME’s a unique environment to launch and demonstrate products to clients both physically and virtually.

The 16ft x 40ft Tech Box Park units have been created using environmentally friendly, repurposed shipping containers clad in cedar wood and compliment the local environment at Hartpury's Home Farm.

Limited spaces available.

Added value services in addition to business support packages:

  • Access to our Agri-Tech Centre
  • Digital Farming Network
  • Invites to specialist events, workshops and networking opportunities
  • Expert advice and guidance
  • Support with marketing and promotion
  • Access to applied research and student engagement

Get in touch

Expressions of interest now being taken.

If you would like to find out more about the opportunities available for your business, we’d love to hear from you:

email: enquiries@DIA-T.Hartpury.ac.uk

tel: 01452 702546

Not sure if the Tech Box Park suits your needs? Fill out this short form below and we will point you in the right direction

Agriculture Expression of Interest Form
Tech Box Park