Pictured: (l-r) Paul Damms, Paul Mallatratt, Phil Boaler outside The Turbine

The Turbine Business Innovation Centre continues to grow and develop its reputation as the place in Worksop for start-up firms and growing businesses to locate.

Seven early stage companies have recently moved in to the Oxford Innovation-managed centre, from various sectors including recycling, fitness training and structural and civil engineering services, taking advantage of the quality office and workshop accommodation available on competitive and flexible terms. There are now forty companies located at The Turbine and they all have access to business support facilities that are included in their letting arrangements.

Proving the centre's success at helping companies expand - with the knock-on benefits of generating high-quality local jobs for Worksop - the list of Turbine 'graduate' businesses that have moved on to their own premises continues to grow.

"It's fantastic to see businesses graduate from The Turbine as they have grown due to our support, but it's also great to see new businesses join us," says Paul Mallatratt, Senior Centre Manager. "We cater for all sectors of business and with our one month rolling contracts, reduce the obstacle of long leases that a lot of commercial offices offer. Along with this, organisations are exposed to a ready-made business community where they can seek advice and networking opportunities with existing businesses in The Turbine."

Tenants of The Turbine benefit from the modern and spacious building with a common reception

Waste 2 Renewable Ltd is one of the new businesses in The Turbine, and has benefited from not only the risk free office space, but also from the flexibility to grow.

"When we were looking for commercial premises, location was important to us, and The Turbine is ideally placed for the road infrastructure being just be the A1 and M1," says Phil Boaler of Waste 2 Renewable Ltd. "We also wanted somewhere with flexible terms where we could grow our business without restrictions, and with The Turbine having a range of different sized premises available, it seemed the perfect place."

Another business that has recently moved into The Turbine is Damms Consulting, a structural and civil engineering company

"Being in the commercial property sector, image was important to us as a business," says Managing Director Paul Damms. "The Turbine is a well thought out building, spacious and has the added advantage of being flexible in room sizes. It ticked all the boxes for us, and was the only business premises that did."

A flourishing recent customer of The Turbine that graduated this year to its own dedicated premises is Red Rock On Site Services, which specialises in recruitment services for the food manufacturing sector. With sites located across the UK, its office at The Turbine was Red Rock's central contact point for two years. Six staff moved into a single office in 2009, and by the time the company moved on it had taken further offices and grown to thirteen staff. UK-wide, Red Rock grew from twenty six to fifty eight staff over the same period.

Craig Buckingham, Red Rock's chief executive, says that it was the flexibility of the accommodation at The Turbine that was most attractive. "We were able to rapidly take an additional two offices as our business needs evolved and we diversified the range of services we offered our customers."

"When a company takes an office at The Turbine it can be trading from day one as all the services required are here already. Our clients don't have to worry about the structure of the building, business rates or utilities, and we look after their phones and internet connections 24/7," says Paul Mallatratt

Through Oxford Innovation Services, The Turbine's clients have access to a wide variety of specialist assistance, including funding and business angel networks. Oxford Innovation has a proven track record in delivering specialist business advice to new and growing companies to help them expand. They manage a network of twenty business and innovation centres across the country, providing office and laboratory space for more than five hundred businesses. There are six centres in the East Midlands region including The Turbine, the Newark Beacon and the Mansfield i-centre.

Nottinghamshire County Councillor, Keith Girling, deputy cabinet member for culture and community, says, "We are delighted that The Turbine has become an entrepreneurial hub and a real success story for Worksop. We are committed to supporting the growth of the companies that are the key drivers of our economy."