SQW Group acquired by its management in a deal led by CEO David Crichton-Miller

SQW Group, one of the UK’s leading firms specialising in economic and social policy, innovation management and services to support scale-up SMEs, has been acquired by its management in a deal led by CEO David Crichton-Miller.

Comprising SQW, Oxford Innovation, Oxford Innovation Services and Oxford Investment Opportunities Network (‘OION’), the Group’s origins are in Britain’s two ancient university cities: Oxford, through Oxford Trust founders, Martin and Audrey Wood, and Cambridge, through SQW’s work in producing The Cambridge Phenomenon.

It now employs over 250 people across regional offices in London, Oxford and Edinburgh.  With sites from London to Belfast, via Oxford, Bristol, and Manchester, it is the leading innovation centre operator in the UK. It also provides business support to over 4,000 entrepreneurs and small businesses each year, raises investment capital for early stage innovative companies and is a leading provider of consultancy to local and national policy makers.