Our partnership with BCU

What is the STEAMhouse incubator? 

Situated in the heart of Birmingham in the extensively redeveloped Belmont Works, Birmingham City University’s STEAMhouse incubator offers state of the art co-working space and high quality business support. It forms part of STEAMhouse, a large-scale collaboration and maker space set up to support local start-ups/ spin-outs from ideation through to implementation.

STEAMhouse is an organisation driving innovation and research for major long-term growth across the West Midlands region. Set up in early 2018, STEAMhouse supports students, graduates and local start-ups to develop exciting new ideas and products, bringing amazing new ideas to life.

Why are we collaborating with the STEAMhouse incubator? 

  • To support and be part of an organisation driving innovation and research for major long-term growth across Birmingham, a region with which we have a particularly strong connection.
  • STEAMhouse is driving innovation, bringing inventors, entrepreneurs, businesses and craftspeople together to develop exciting new ideas and products; an initiative that closely aligns with our forward-thinking values.
  • We see this as an ideal match, with both ourselves and STEAMhouse focused on offering advice and support that is clear, straightforward, and easy to put into practice.

Webinars in partnership with STEAMhouse

What is a business incubator?

Also known as start-up incubators, they offer people the support they need to turn their business idea into a reality.

Business incubators provide access to facilities, leading business expertise and opportunities to network and build new contacts. They provide personal workstation, digital connectivity, expert guidance, business mentoring and a company address.

Some start-up incubators give you access to business workshops, additional training and introduce you to small business funding opportunities.

STEAMhouse Incubator building

James Madill and Richard Scutt, Head of Growth and Incubation at STEAMhouse

Take a look at the plans for Belmont Works

Key stats about STEAMhouse

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a team of 3 dedicated to the STEAMhouse incubator

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% of BCU’s student base is located in the Birmingham travel to work area, driving regional economic growth.

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£M invested in Belmont Works

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square feet of space across five storeys at Belmont Works

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