A global software company is to open a new base at Sci-Tech Daresbury, the North West’s leading science and innovation business location.

US-headquartered Flexera Software, which has offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, is to take 4,848 sq ft of office space at Sci-Tech Daresbury’s Vanguard House.

The company is one of the world’s leading providers of innovative solutions to software producers, high-tech manufacturers, businesses and public sector organisations.

It expects to employ around 30 people at its new Cheshire base.

Sci-Tech Daresbury is a private-public joint venture partnership between developer Langtree Property Partners, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and Halton Borough Council.

The site, which has Enterprise Zone status, is home to technology businesses and globally significant science facilities.

John Downes, chief executive of Langtree and Director of the Sci-Tech Daresbury joint venture company, said:

“Flexera is a business operating at the very forefront of innovation right across the world.

“Their presence at Sci-Tech Daresbury is proof of the site’s international pull and is a clear signal that the business and science ecosystem which we offer to tenants is a compelling proposition.”

Andy McGovern, VP, Worldwide Technical Support, said:

“The blend of business and innovation at Sci-Tech Daresbury makes it an attractive location for innovative companies such as ours.

“We are delighted to be joining what is a unique community of like-minded businesses, with opportunities for further innovation and collaboration.”

Over 100 businesses currently operate out of Sci-Tech Daresbury, which recently entered its next phase of development with the start of work on two new buildings which will deliver up to 350 new jobs.

The two buildings will be named Techspace One and Techspace Two and will together provide 56,000 sq ft of speculative Grade A office and laboratory space at the Sci-Tech Daresbury Enterprise Zone.

Work on the developments is expected to be completed by summer 2016.