An IT company involved in counter terrorism work will become the first firm to relocate into the second phase of Plymouth’s £7.6million Oceansgate development.
ESL Group is moving its Space and Defence Solutions (SDS) division to a new industrial unit at . Other divisions of the ESL Group will remain in their headquarters at Plymouth Science Park.
ESL SDS produces solutions for the defence, security and maritime industries and is developing a new product called EMprotect, which provides an emergency response and “counter-terrorism functionality”.
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Formed in 1993, the ESL Group provides IT solutions and services and has delivered numerous global projects and systems. It is organised into business units focusing on three core competencies: smart, cloud and financial solutions.
It will become the first tenant for the second phase of Plymouth City Council’s Oceansgate development, which is on course to be completed in December.
Russ Cole, ESL Group chairman, said: “I am delighted to be taking a unit at Oceansgate which will be used by our Space and Defence Solutions division. From our HQ at Plymouth Science Park we are already establishing key relationships within the local defence sector and anticipate being further involved in the proposed Phase 3 innovation centre.”
Oceansgate is the anchor project for the Plymouth and South West Peninsula City Deal, a pioneering programme covering Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth, Torbay and Somerset designed to bring significant and long-lasting economic growth to the far south west, creating over 9,000 jobs over 15 years.
Oceansgate, covering 35 hectares, has transformed disused Ministry of Defence land into a thriving hub for marine and maritime businesses.
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Phase 2 of Oceansgate includes a new three-storey office building and 15 light industrial units, adding to the mix of offices and industrial units built during the first phase.
The £7.6million project has been funded by the council and a £2.25million grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
The third phase of Oceansgate will see the development of existing docks, offering direct access to deep water for marine businesses.
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Phase 3 will feature three docks – ranging from 84m to 145m long – which are suitable for many marine industry dockside operations and offer marine specialist companies a unique expansion opportunity.
The Endeavour House building, with its eye-catching kinetic wall, marks the entrance of the Oceansgate Marine Industrial Park, and its Phase 1, opened in 2018.
Tudor Evans, leader of Plymouth City Council, said: “We’re delighted to welcome our first tenant to Phase 2 of Oceansgate. We’re really proud of the development – it plays a key role in developing Plymouth’s status as the leading location for marine and maritime industries in the 海角视频.
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“It’s been an extraordinarily difficult year with challenges on a scale we have never seen before and we’re now beginning to implement our economic recovery plan, Resurgam.
“Oceansgate has an important role to play in this, creating jobs, attracting new businesses to our city and offering those that are already based here the opportunity to expand in an environment that has been designed with their needs in mind.”