Address: Blue Tower, MediaCity UK, Salford M50 2ST
E-Mail: info@hostsalford.co.uk

FAQs

  • You can apply for an individual or business membership to HOST at any time.

    Openings for specific programmes are announced on the HOST website.

  • Businesses, freelancers and entrepreneurs at every level of development can become members of the HOST community.

    Specific programmes may have other entry requirements.

  • Visit the HOST website.

ABOUT HOST

HOST is an innovation hub and co-working space that supports growth, skills and innovation for businesses and individuals. Visit the website here.

What does HOST offer?

HOST is Salford’s Home of Skills & Technology, an innovation hub at the heart of MediaCity. As a connected destination for founders and investors, the North West is a hotspot for tech growth and international investment, and this growth is showing no signs of slowing. Above all, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive tech community that supports skills, growth and innovation, no matter what stage you’re at.

What sets HOST apart as a tech hub?

HOST Gametech
HOST Gametech is Greater Manchester’s only purpose-built campus for all things esports, learning and live broadcast. We are the driving force for careers in gaming within Greater Manchester, empowering the community forward with us.

With dedicated space for tournaments, training, education, broadcasting and live streaming, the HOST Gametech campus offers a unique support network all under one roof.


Immersive Tech Lab
Supporting the innovation of disruptive VR & AR concepts, our Immersive Lab provides a high-end, versatile suite of immersive tools and technologies, including a wide range of the latest VR and MR headsets, a motion capture suite and a 4K stereoscopic Virtual Reality projection system delivering ‘VR in the room.


AWS Deep Racer Machine Learning Track
AWS DeepRacer gives you an interesting and fun way to get started with reinforcement learning (RL). RL is an advanced machine learning (ML) technique that takes a very different approach to training models than other machine learning methods. Its super power is that it learns very complex behaviors without requiring any labeled training data, and can make short term decisions while optimizing for a longer term goal.


Vodafone Edge Innovation Lab
Edge Innovation Lab showcases Multi-access Edge Compute capabilities, and offer organisations the chance to trial new ideas with support from Vodafone experts.