Fledgling firm takes
50th slot
Marketing enterprise has secured pole
position
An ambitious new marketing firm has
moved into Technopole as the centre's
50th
tenant. Market Makers is hoping to
secure new business in the wake of its
move
into the flagship £4m complex.
The firm, started by two businessmen who
met at school in Portsmouth - is
just
three weeks old. Managing director
Paul Thomas said: "we moved into
Technopole because it was very flexible
- we can expand or contract easily
if we
want to. And the facilities we need
like broadband are already here -
we don't need
to worry about them."
Market Makers offer marketing expertise
to small and medium sized forms,
through
mail shots or telemarketing. Mr. Thomas
said the firm was unusual
because it charged
on results - such as through the
number of sales secured. The
22-year old
who used to work for Waterlooville firm
Thomas Sanderson, set up
Market Makers
with Henry Braithwaite, who is also 22.
The pair became friends at
Horndean Secondary
School and South Downs College.
Portsmouth Technopole in Kingston Crescent
opened in April 2002 and has
offices ranging
in size from 200 sq ft to 2,000 sq ft.
It is owned by Oxford
Innovation and has
been supported by Portsmouth City Council,
the University of
Portsmouth, and the
South East England Development Agency
(SEEDA). The
authorities were keen to
see the centre built because they want
it to spawn
dozens of hi-tech start up
firms that will expand and move out of
the Technopole
into the local area -
creating good quality jobs.
Technopole manager Frankie Owens, 29,
said: "The number of companies that
have signed up shows confidence in the
Technopole and the economic climate in
Portsmouth".
Centres help traders flourish
Experts say that firms that begin their
lives in science parks or business centres
are three times more likely to succeed
than those that don't. They say
the
experience of working alongside like-minded
outfits increases discipline and
allows
ideas to be shared. Julian Ingleby, development
manager for Aston Science
Park in Birmingham,
said: "There is a lot of mutual
support in centres, with
companies helping
each other to solve problems. It is a
well tested idea that
began in the early
1980s and proved successful."
"We moved into the Technopole
because it was very flexible"
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