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HARNESSING UNIQUE SKILLS
OF OUR PEOPLE AND PLACE.

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CAPITALISING ON EXISTING
WORLD LEADING CAPABILITY.

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MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE
TO COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

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An international centre of ideas, intelligence and innovation harnessing the unique skills of our people and place.

iSH is an enterprise social value initiative improving social outlooks and outcomes through strong employment prospects driven by a resilient economy. It brings together industry, SMEs, academia, national bodies, research facilities, and community stakeholders into a business cluster focused on real-life problem solving and practical applications. It is creating an ecosystem helping businesses and organisations to grow, strengthening the resilience of the regional economy and creating more than 700 jobs.

Opportunities

For every generation

Solutions

Solving industry challenges

Community

Develop local talent

Join the team

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to regenerate a place is what motivates the iSH team every day. We’re an inclusive, ambitious, experienced team, fully-focused on making good things happen. And we’re growing. Which is why, if you are driven by making a positive difference, we want to hear from you.

Wastwater, Cumbria
Whitehaven, Cumbria

West Cumbria key facts

What is the Industrial Solutions Hub?

iSH is about collaboration – creating the environment where partnerships enable industry, businesses, entrepreneurs, academia, charities and others, to work together to make a positive difference to people’s lives, to the economy and the environment across West Cumbria and beyond.