INNOVATION Helena Jevons, Head of Sales and Marketing at Sussex Innovation, shares details of how the University of Sussex business incubator has continued to back its community of growing companies through the lockdown
MEMBERSHIP OF SUSSEX INNOVATION
PROVIDING REAL VALUE BEYOND THE WORKSPACE Back in March, none of us were expecting that, come Christmas, we would still be largely working from home with all the challenges that brings to businesses. It’s been a year of huge change, and it’s been wonderful to see the way our business community has pulled together and supported each other through the ups and downs. I’m particularly proud of the way that our consultancy and support teams at Sussex Innovation have responded, continuing to deliver great work for our members and clients while adapting to remote working, unfamiliar technology and asynchronous schedules. There’s sometimes no substitute for the close relationships you can have while working face to face with start-ups and scale-ups in the real, physical world, and it was great to see some familiar faces from the Sussex Innovation community – from a safe distance of course – during that all-toobrief period when the country started to open back up. We’re remaining open for business and providing a space for those companies who simply can’t keep doing their work from home, but
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our centres are far from their usual busy hive of activity. Luckily, we have a whole lot more to offer than being simply a space. We’ve been working hard to create meaningful value for businesses across the South East during the second lockdown and have an exciting new offering to support your business at this time. Become one of our co -working members, and while you can’t physically join us for the moment, you can still access our powerful network remotely, and receive more than $100,000 in benefits. As an accredited university incubator, we have three exclusive deals with
leading platforms and cloud technology services which you, as a member, can access through us: n Up to $100k Amazon Activate credits, enabling your business to improve your cloud infrastructure through Amazon Web Services and be able to effectively add scale without adding cost at this critical time n Up to $20k Google Cloud for Startups credits, providing access to their Spark package of Cloud and Firebase credit, access to Google engineers and in-depth 1-on-1 architecture reviews n 90% off Hubspot for Startups fees for your fi rst year, enabling you to maximise your marketing communication and touchpoints with your customers, increasing leads and conversions from your CRM data That’s an immediate return of more than $100,000 in benefits for your business, when you become part of our community for around £1,000. If you want to join us and claim one or more of these incredible deals to drive your business forward, you can call me on 07719 305796.
