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SmartLife increases footprint in Cheshire with new base at Booths Park  

SmartLife, the global provider of wearable garment technology, has established a new headquarters at Bruntwood’s Booths Park in Knutsford. The wearable sensor specialist, which has a development base in Leicester, has recently relocated ten key management personnel to the 220-acre landscaped business centre.

The two-year leasing deal will aid SmartLife’s expansion into the commercial and public sector, as it seeks to increase its channel partnerships and licensee sales. Smartlife’s innovative wearable garment technology helps to read and interpret the signals given off from the human body and communicate this data wirelessly to any smart device.

SmartLife CEO, Andy Baker, said: “As a rapidly expanding, entrepreneurial team we were clearly very impressed with the facilities offered to us at Booths Park – our research, product development and production management teams are growing at an astonishing rate, so we therefore needed the flexibility that the business park offers.

“Booths Park has first-rate access to rail, road and air travel, a range of amenities on site, and a talented employment pool on its doorstep, so moving here was an obvious decision for us.”

Julie Ault, customer services manager at Bruntwood said: “Booths Park, which is now home to over 3,000 workers, is rapidly becoming Cheshire’s premier knowledge hub. It boasts high-quality office space in a stunning setting, which is perfectly placed to accommodate the needs of a diverse range of companies.

“SmartLife is a highly-specialised enterprise which requires a flexible and attractive base for its personnel and we’re looking forward to watching the team grow into next year and beyond.”

SmartLife, which has already started to attract interest from major technology platforms across the globe, is set for a record 2014 having secured significant pre-orders on garment technology and electronics.

Wearable technology is causing hype on an international level with key players such as Google, Nike, Jawbone and Samsung all ready to capitalise on an industry which is predicted to be worth in the region of £4-5 billion over the next five years, according to a recent report conducted by Credit Suisse.

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