Major development set for NMITE's Skylon Campus

Funding has been secured for NMITE's Skylon Campus and the creation of 100 jobs.

The Centre for Automated Manufacturing (CAM) has been awarded an additional £1.6m of funding by the Marches LEP as part of a multi-million-pound investment across the region by the Government's Getting Building Fund (GBF). 

Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, President and Chief Executive, NMITE comments: "NMITE warmly welcomes this further funding which will be used to accelerate the construction and will result in over 100 local construction jobs. The CAM itself will impart the skills required for the delivery of Industry 4.0 or the 'fourth industrial revolution', intended to boost manufacturing output and digital connectivity. Through its work with partners and businesses we anticipate that the CAM's legacy will be to enhance automation capability through skills, training and applied research." 

Cllr David Hitchiner, Leader of Herefordshire Council, said: "It is great to see NMITE's Skylon Campus moving towards fruition. The new jobs this will create, as well as the cutting-edge learning opportunities for future learners is great news for our local economy which, like the rest of the country, is still working hard to mitigate and overcome the impact of Covid-19."  

Andrew Manning Cox, Chairman of the Hereford Enterprise Zone, and a Marches LEP Board Member, said: "NMITE's new centres will be based next door to the newly transformed Shell Store business incubation hub, developing a dedicated campus combining learning, skills and enterprise leading to the creation of jobs. We're delighted to welcome NMITE to Skylon Park and to be supporting the development of the project through the LEP directed funding."   

NMITE's plans for Skylon Campus are due to be completed in 2022 when the three Centres will start their lives as specialised learning spaces.