JWPCreers sets up at science park as part of expansion

JWPCreers, the chartered accountants and business advisers, has also taken on extra premises in Selby close to its existing office in Park Street.

The practice is moving from Foss Islands Road in York to the Genesis 5 building at the York Science Park, which is already home to the city’s Innovation Centre and Smith & Nephew’s group research centre in York.

The move is part of JWPCreers’ drive to find new business opportunities across the UK.

The company is taking on 3,300 sq ft of office space on the York University campus.

Managing partner Nigel Clemit said: “The move and position at the hub of business development around the university Science Park will give us an opportunity to take advantage of commercial opportunities that arise at the new eastern campus. We will continue to forge links with the University of York.”

He said JWP Creers also aimed to establish links with some of the businesses that were already established on the Science Park.

The move to the premises at 16 Park Street, Selby will allow JWPCreers to bring its tax team under one roof together with other accounting services.

The payroll bureau has also been centralised.

JWPCreers, which has offices in York and Selby, has 10 partners and 75 staff and operates across the North of England.

The York Science Park has continued to attract businesses, despite the economic uncertainty.

Last month, Springboard, York Science Park’s new pre-incubation space for start-up companies and entrepreneurs, welcomed six companies.

They included the Big Bang Partnership, a specialist entrepreneurial and innovation consultancy and Insighlytics, which develops software to help organisations obtain “business insights” from social media conversations.

SocialUK, a website which brings together all forms of online and social media information for MPs, has also set up shop in Springboard.

Springboard is based in The Ron Cooke Hub, which has been developed with investment from the University of York and funding awarded to Science City York from the European Regional Development Fund in Yorkshire and the Humber.

In 2009, the European Commission approved a £19.7m investment to nurture hi-tech businesses around York.

By 2014, the project, which is being led by Science City York in partnership with the University of York and The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), is expected to increase the productivity of the region’s hi-tech industries by £37m.

More than £15m is helping to fund the expansion of facilities on the University of York’s Heslington East campus.

The accommodation for fast growing businesses also includes The Catalyst, an on-campus business incubation facility.