The Baird Government will grant the clean-tech start up firm Eighteen04 $300, 000 to kick-start Newcastle's "digital precinct".
The funding will allow the business "incubator" to move from Mayfield to a new home on Parry Street, which will create 218 jobs.
The "digital precinct" in Newcastle's City Centre will include free public Wi-Fi, high-speed broadband and an innovation hub aimed at attracting new industries and jobs to the Hunter.
Eighteen04 co-founder and director Andrew Mears says the company provides work space for "liked-minded" start-ups that could "create a community".
"Now that we have this new space, we are opening our doors, and if there's any entrepreneurs who are looking to develop a new technology start-up business in the clean-tech and smart-city space, then we'd love to hear from you," he says.
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| The "digital precinct" innovation offers free public Wi-Fi in Newcastle (Source: Around You) |
