A Science Park is a business support and technology transfer initiative that:-

• Encourages and supports the start-up, incubation and growth of innovation-led, high-growth, knowledge-based businesses.
  
• Provides an environment where larger and international businesses can develop specific and close interactions with a particular centre of knowledge creation for their mutual benefit
  
• Has formal and operational links with centres of knowledge creation such as universities, higher education institutes and research organisations

The types of companies based at Aston Science Park include:

Software developers
Pharmaceutical
IT Solutions
E-Commerce
Multimedia
Environmental Services
Computer Hardware Specialists
PR & Marketing
Automation
Chartered Accountants
Optic Fibre / Photonics