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Cardiff Innovations

Services

Cardiff Innovations offers flexible workspaces, essential support, and opportunities to connect.

Space and facilities

Our purpose-built, flexible spaces in sbarc|spark, offer everything from hot-desking and meeting rooms to high-spec wet labs. Spanning over 22,000 square feet across three floors, Cardiff Innovations provides:

  • Fully serviced offices (226–1,163 square feet)
  • Co-working and hot-desking space (4,800 square feet)
  • Wet labs with fume cupboards (4,240 square feet)
  • Co-working space for student and graduate entrepreneurs
  • High-spec formal and informal meeting rooms
  • Event space accommodating up to 100 attendees
  • Collaboration zones, breakout areas, kitchenettes and onsite Café
  • High-speed broadband via external provider
  • Central and Cardiff Innovations reception services
  • Preferential access to university services and facilities
  • Connections to wider university experts and trusted professional advisors

The sbarc|spark building is a holistic community of academics, businesses, public sector, third sector, and student entrepreneurs.

It is also home to, SPARK, the world’s first Social Science Research Park. It brings together over 15 research centres and more than 15 partner organisations to tackle major societal challenges – from climate change and social care to the future of the economy and digital transformation. By combining Cardiff University’s world-leading social science expertise with industry, public and third sector partners, SPARK is creating new knowledge, solutions and impact for a wiser, fairer society.

sbarc|spark is located within the University’s Innovation Campus which includes,  CUBRIC, Hadyn Ellis, and Translational Research Hub.

Events and networking opportunities

At Cardiff Innovations, we actively support the growth of businesses through a variety of events, networking opportunities, and industry connections. We host events that encourage networking and foster collaboration, knowledge exchange, and business development.

Cardiff Innovations tenants become members of the Cardiff University Innovation Network (CUIN) — a bridge between academia and industry, unlocking the potential of ideas through vibrant collaborations. Members are invited to free events throughout the year on innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship.

Cardiff University is also a member of SETsquared, an inspiring enterprise partnership between six leading research-led UK universities: Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey. As part of the partnership, Cardiff Innovations tenants can exclusively apply to participate in annual investor and corporate engagement events organised by SETsquared.