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Serco runs the world-renowned National Physical Laboratory (NPL) for the UK's Department of Trade and Industry
NPL is a world centre for measurement, science and standards

Serco

we enable trade and improve the quality of life through the work of our scientists

Science

Serco is a world leader in managing both science-based organisations and the process of developing, transferring and applying knowledge.

We are involved in the delivery of more than £300 million of Government science, technology and business support programmes each year.

Operating leading research and development organisations

Serco is Europe's principal operator of government owned-contractor operated (GOCO) science and innovation centres - covering the management of organisations that employ more than 2,000 graduate or PhD-qualified scientists and engineers.

  • We operate the National Physical Laboratory (Please note: this link will open in a new browser window) a public private partnership with the UK Department of Trade and Industry. It is our responsibility to maximise the positive impact of NPL's mission in measurement standards and science, for business and government.
  • Serco is a one-third participant in the consortium that manages the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment (Please note: this link will open in a new browser window). Here we develop the sophisticated materials, quantum physics and modeling vital to the safe and effective maintenance of the UK's nuclear deterrent.
  • We are also the manager of innovation centres focused on regional economic development in the UK,  such as the Centre for Advanced Software Technology (Please note: this link will open in a new browser window) in North Wales.             

Bringing knowledge to use

  • The development and application of knowledge for practical benefit is the process that invigorates our business. We are the UK's largest knowledge transfer contractor, focused on taking scientific, technical and managerial knowledge and making this accessible and useable for Government and business - as a basis for generating wealth and quality of life.
  • Our Serco Technical and Assurance Services business draws on decades of research in science and engineering to offer safety and risk management expertise - in markets ranging from nuclear services, to transport and homeland security.
  • Our knowledge transfer specialist team TTI (Please note: this link will open the page in a new browser window) specialises in taking complex government messages to business. They run the knowledge transfer for the hugely successful Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs national Envirowise (Please note: this link will open the page in a new browser window) programme - offering free, independent environmental advice to UK business; and has recently won a major contract with DTI to deliver web-based information services for small businesses via Business Link (Please note: this link will open the page in a new browser window).       

To discuss your requirements, contact us at our main office on 01256 744105.

Last Updated: 02 November 2009