What we do

Enterprise Works is different from most other Incubation Centres because we become very involved with our clients’ businesses. We believe that in their start up phase, businesses have to concentrate more than ever on cash flow. We set out to help them to achieve this by ensuring that they can maximise the time spent on generating income.

Enterprise Works owns and manages 22,000 square feet of good quality refurbished factory space in Newhaven which is available to accommodate manufacturing companies who are in the early stages of development. Enterprise Works will help them to grow by providing:

• Rent free factory space, with free use of facilities (meeting rooms, first Aid room, catering point, parking, 24/7 access

• Light and heat, power and compressed air, dust and waste extraction and removal

• Administration, full accountancy services and payroll, health and safety management, and equipment maintenance

• IT infrastructure (Internal network with Broadband access)

• A support structure for each client company that includes an independent experienced business mentor

• An environment designed to encourage manufacturing ventures to work along side and support each other

• Motivation to drive client companies hard towards success and business disciplines

• Access to a vast business information resource service (provided by telephone or email in conjunction with RTC North).

There is no cost for space occupied, but businesses share in the running costs of the unit on an equal basis. The cost, targeted at well under £20,000 per year, is equivalent to a supervisor’s salary. In line with our mission, we realise that some companies will be too small to bear even these modest costs, and in such cases arrangements will be made that recognise their growth potential and their targeted ability to ‘pay later’.

"Enterprise Works enables ambitious business owners to accelerate their growth through intensive hands on support, ideas and advice from a team of experienced business mentors.  By taking away resource-consuming administration we create time to focus on the development of the businesses and to maximise potential.”

Peter Hewitt, Director Enterprise Works Ltd.

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Statistically, five out of six new start businesses fail in their first few years. Our objective for our client companies is to achieve five successes out of every six that join us.

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Newhaven is a small industrial enclave under the green Sussex Downs in desperate need of economic regeneration. Major initiatives have

• Restarted the port and ferry service to Dieppe

• Estabilshed a state of the art business and training centre

• Revitalised the fishing industry

• Developed new housing in a community on the West Quay

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