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Silverstone Technology Cluster launches BE the Business trailblazer programmes for region’s tech SME’s
A high-profile drive to increase the competitiveness of advanced engineering and manufacturing SMEs across the East Midlands is under way, with the Silverstone Technology Cluster (STC) now actively serving as a Trailblazer Project for government-backed business advice...
New biomaterials can be ‘fine-tuned’ for medical applications
Researchers in the UK and the United States have succeeded in ‘fine tuning’ a new thermoplastic biomaterial to enable both the rate at which it degrades in the body and its mechanical properties to be controlled independently. The material, a type of polyester, has...
Innovators, researchers and experts are turning the ageing process into commercial opportunity in the heart of Newcastle
As its name suggests, The Catalyst – based in the £350 million Helix development, the site of the old Scottish & Newcastle Brewery base in the Gallowgate area of the city – is a melting pot for the sharpest brains in business, innovation and commercialisation...
Member News
Silverstone Technology Cluster launches BE the Business trailblazer programmes for region’s tech SME’s
A high-profile drive to increase the competitiveness of advanced engineering and manufacturing SMEs across the East Midlands is under way, with the Silverstone Technology Cluster (STC) now actively serving as a Trailblazer Project for government-backed business advice...
New biomaterials can be ‘fine-tuned’ for medical applications
Researchers in the UK and the United States have succeeded in ‘fine tuning’ a new thermoplastic biomaterial to enable both the rate at which it degrades in the body and its mechanical properties to be controlled independently. The material, a type of polyester, has...
Innovators, researchers and experts are turning the ageing process into commercial opportunity in the heart of Newcastle
As its name suggests, The Catalyst – based in the £350 million Helix development, the site of the old Scottish & Newcastle Brewery base in the Gallowgate area of the city – is a melting pot for the sharpest brains in business, innovation and commercialisation...
First tenants sign up to ESA innovation hub at £100m Space Park Leicester
The first start-up has signed up to a new innovation hub at the £100 million Space Park Leicester. Dr Nkeiruka Nneti Onyia, who has a PhD from the University of Leicester, and Lensa Etefa Jotte, a PhD researcher at the university, have formed LENKÉ Space and Water...
Leeds’ digital and tech sector set to boost city’s economic recovery in 2021
Leeds’ digital and tech sector continues to thrive, demonstrating its important role in the city’s post-pandemic economic recovery, as Bruntwood SciTech (the joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General) announces four fast-growth companies relocating to...
Knowledge Quarter Liverpool reveals new community referral scheme
Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (KQ Liverpool) has launched KQ Reward, a community referral scheme providing tiered rewards for successful introductions of new customers to KQ Liverpool. Already home to over 100 dynamic technology, science and digital focused businesses,...
Sector News
Airbus UK chief appointed head of government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Katherine Bennett, who is currently senior vice president of Airbus’s UK arm, will succeed Dick Elsy when he retires as chief executive of the HVM Catapult later in 2021. The announcement comes just days after the UK formally left the European Union (EU). Airbus said...
CBI response to extra business support during third lockdown
“The Chancellor has once again moved swiftly to support businesses as circumstances change. It is sorely needed. “More direct grants will provide some relief to eligible companies’ cashflow. “Yet with businesses facing a third lockdown, there are other steps that can...
£4.6 billion in new lockdown grants to support businesses and protect jobs
Chancellor announces one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property to help businesses through to the Spring£594 million discretionary fund also made available to support other impacted businessescomes in addition...
UK manufacturing order books hit 10-month high in December
Order books in the UK manufacturing industry improved to their strongest in 10 months in the lead up to Christmas. The latest CBI monthly Industrial Trends Survey also pointed out order books remain weak by historical standards. By comparison, the improvement in...
Science Minister at the Universities UK Research and Innovation Conference
At an online event, Amanda Solloway (10/12/20) spoke about the government’s ambition for research and innovation, and progress on developing the R&D Places Strategy. She said: Thank you for that welcome, and for inviting me to join you all today. Well – what a...
Further investment secured for The Birmingham Health Innovation Campus
A bid to develop a £210m life sciences campus in Birmingham, which could create 10,000 jobs, has received a new boost. The Birmingham Health Innovation Campus (BHIC) project has received up to £14m from the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership...
Association News
UKSPA Executive Director reflects on the past year and the opportunities ahead
It would be a massive understatement to describe 2020 as "challenging" - it was a year that affected all of us in so many ways. I do hope that you and your family, as well as your colleagues, start the year in good health. For UKSPA, 2020 started positively...
UKSPA Members: discounted entry to IASP World Conference
UKSPA members can now register for the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation virtual World Conference which takes place from 1st -3rd December 2020 This allows UKSPA members to register for the same fee as IASP members. For those...
Jobs today, skills tomorrow
Presenting a call to arms, Martino Picardo and Jim Duvall ask representatives across the sector to join the ‘Schools to Science Park’ movement and convert local skills efforts into a national collaboration. Despite the current pandemic, there is still considerable...
Blog
UKSPA Executive Director reflects on the past year and the opportunities ahead
It would be a massive understatement to describe 2020 as "challenging" - it was a year that affected all of us in so many ways. I do hope that you and your family, as well as your colleagues, start the year in good health. For UKSPA, 2020 started positively...
The EU-UK deal – what does it mean for manufacturers?
The UK and EU have announced that they have provisionally agreed a Trade & Cooperation Agreement that will determine the framework for a new UK-EU relationship. Whilst the trade deal negotiated by the government falls short on the trade benefits we previously...
Biotech cleaning product succeeds with R&D Tax Credits
Juggling multiple Research and Development projects can significantly stretch any company’s resources, putting cashflow under significant pressure. This was the situation faced by a leading biotech company when it sought to innovate its cleaning product range.Access...
Laura Gorman, Senior Associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP on letting premises to start-up’s
We recently considered the increasing commercial necessity for landlords to understand a start-up’ priorities. We now look at the first (and perhaps most important) of these: cost certainty. Budget restrictions makes it important for new businesses to plan overheads. ...
Is the property industry really following the science?
‘We are following the science’ has become one of the best used phrases in the media over recent months. We acknowledge that scientists are then quick to point out that the use of such a phrase only demonstrates a person’s lack of understanding of the fundamental...
Letting premises to start ups: what landlords need to know
Start-up companies and entrepreneurs form a significant part of the UK economy. The October 2018 Budget announced a three-year extension of the British Business Bank’s Start-Up Loans programme to make it easier for this sector to harness funding. Research...
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