UK Space Agency announces new headquarters and regional offices.(Oxfordshire, England)
| Published date | 25 March 2024 |
M2 PRESSWIRE-March 25, 2024-: UK Space Agency announces new headquarters and regional offices
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The UK Space Agency is opening new headquarters at the Harwell Science Campus' Space Cluster in Oxfordshire, and offices in Scotland, Wales and the Midlands.
The UK Space Agency is opening new headquarters in Harwell, Oxfordshire and regional offices in Scotland, Wales and the Midlands as it works to support the space sector across the UK.
Aligned with the government's Levelling Up strategy, the expansion will enable the Agency to collaborate more closely with the UK's thriving space sector, while promoting regional skills and job opportunities to deliver increasingly ambitious missions and capabilities.
The UK space sector is growing faster than the rest of the UK economy. It's worth over [pounds sterling]17.5 billion per year and employs over 45,000 people, while satellites underpin [pounds sterling]360 billion per year of wider economic activity.
The new HQ at Harwell is due to open in June, while offices at William Morgan House in Cardiff and Space Park Leicester will open in April, with the office at Queen Elizabeth House, in Edinburgh, opening later in the summer.
Andrew Griffith MP, Minister for Space at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, said:
Harwell's Space Cluster is already a hub of collaboration with more than 100 thriving research organisations and 1,400 jobs making it the ideal location for the UK Space Agency's new headquarters.
At the same time our space sector has grown considerably across all parts of the UK and new offices in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Leicester will serve the talented space researchers and innovators around the country while creating more jobs, growing our local economies and strengthening the UK's science superpower ambitions.
Dr Paul Bate, CEO of the UK Space Agency, said:
This is a transformational moment for the UK Space Agency, responding directly to the feedback that the Agency should be embedded in the sector. Our new headquarters, located at the UK's biggest space cluster in Harwell, will connect to regional offices in Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Leicester, and our existing London and Swindon teams, helping us recruit space talent from across the nation and deliver the National Space Strategy.
This will place the UK Space Agency at the heart of the space sector we serve, boosting growth, improving relationships with regional organisations and supporting a...
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