UKSPA Member Webinars
UKSPA has hosted an extensive programme of webinars over the last six months across a broad range of operational and strategic issues facing the sector.
Covering topics such as:
- Adapting Space: Office to Lab
- Looking to the future: The new office after lockdown
- Looking to the future: Building the new laboratory
You can view the webinar recordings along with the accompanying presentations at the link below
Featured Member: Norwich Research Park
The Latest News
Britishvolt plan new global HQ at MIRA Technology Park
Britishvolt, the UK’s foremost investor in advanced battery technologies, has announced the intention to site its new global headquarters in the West Midlands. The new facility, sited in the heartland of the UK automotive industry, will spearhead the development of...
JLL advises on largest life sciences corporate acquisition in Europe
JLL acted as exclusive M&A and real estate advisor to AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets (“AXA IM - Real Assets”) on the corporate acquisition of Kadans Science Partner (“Kadans”), a leading pan-European life sciences business. Kadans is a market leading...
Oxfordshire healthtech company will help NHS cope with increased pressure
Healthtech company, Visiba, has set-up its UK headquarters at Witney Business & Innovation Centre (Witney BIC) and is poised to play a pivotal role in helping the NHS free-up clinician time in addition to offering a streamlined approach to rolling out the COVID-19...
Member News
Britishvolt plan new global HQ at MIRA Technology Park
Britishvolt, the UK’s foremost investor in advanced battery technologies, has announced the intention to site its new global headquarters in the West Midlands. The new facility, sited in the heartland of the UK automotive industry, will spearhead the development of...
JLL advises on largest life sciences corporate acquisition in Europe
JLL acted as exclusive M&A and real estate advisor to AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets (“AXA IM - Real Assets”) on the corporate acquisition of Kadans Science Partner (“Kadans”), a leading pan-European life sciences business. Kadans is a market leading...
Oxfordshire healthtech company will help NHS cope with increased pressure
Healthtech company, Visiba, has set-up its UK headquarters at Witney Business & Innovation Centre (Witney BIC) and is poised to play a pivotal role in helping the NHS free-up clinician time in addition to offering a streamlined approach to rolling out the COVID-19...
Silverstone Technology Cluster to become a national ‘trailblazer’ project for Be The Business
The government backed, business advice network, Be The Business, has selected the Silverstone Technology Cluster (STC) as a national ‘Trailblazer’ project.STC Chair Roz Bird commented: “We have been talking with Be the Business throughout 2020. Their role, supported...
‘Rapid science’ makes custom-fitted facemasks for NHS workers
A company working with experts from the University of Birmingham and King’s College London has been awarded funding by Innovate UK to produce custom-fitted, reusable, medical grade facemasks that will fit all people regardless of age, sex or ethnicity. ...
Helicates meet Rotaxanes to create promise for future disease treatment
A new approach to treating cancers and other diseases that uses a mechanically interlocked molecule as a ‘magic bullet’ has been designed by researchers at the University of Birmingham. Called rotaxanes, the molecules are tiny nanoscale structures that resemble...
Sector News
AXA IM enters Europe life science property market via €500m acquisition
AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets has marked its entry into the European life science real estate sector by acquiring Kadans Science Partner in a deal believed to be worth half a billion euros. The €102bn real assets manager said, on behalf of clients, it has...
How groundbreaking testing project has helped flatten covid curve in Norwich
The team behind the UEA Covid testing initiative. From third left, Professor Neil Hall, Earlham Institute; Dr Nick Goodwin, Anglia Innovation Partnership; Dr Kirsty Culley, Anglia Innovation Partnership; and Mark Hitchcock, UEA Health & Social Care Partners; with...
5G to give UK manufacturing £5.2bn economic boost, research says
The UK will benefit from £14.8 billion in additional economic growth from the potential of 5G networks to businesses. This is according to an independent report from research firm Analysys Mason. The study, commissioned by Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies, provides...
Survey reveals impact of the pandemic on future growth plans, but says more than two thirds of start-ups in Yorkshire remain confident about the next 12 months
A new survey reveals the impact of the pandemic on future growth plans for Yorkshire businesses, but shows that more than two thirds of start-ups in the region remain confident about the next 12 months. Commissioned by Nexus, the innovation hub at the University of...
New smart factory innovation hubs launched
The High Value Manufacturing Catapult and Made Smarter, the UK’s manufacturing digitalisation movement, have announced a new Factory Innovation Hubs pilot to help businesses test quick-fire projects and early-stage technologies. The Innovation Hubs...
DiversIT Charter to launch to tackle the lack of women in tech in Europe
A new charter committed to increasing the number of women in tech roles in Europe will be launched on 26 November by the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS). The DiversIT Charter, which has been developed by CEPIS’ Women in IT group, will be...
Association News
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...
UKSPA Chairman Dr Glenn Crocker MBE on how science and innovation is central to future economic rebuilding…
My last article was when the science and innovation sector – and the country – had just begun to enter the first lockdown. Back in the spring, UKSPA held a very well supported conference at the University of Leeds. The following week the Budget announcement was...
Blog
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...
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...
UKSPA Chairman Dr Glenn Crocker MBE on how science and innovation is central to future economic rebuilding…
My last article was when the science and innovation sector – and the country – had just begun to enter the first lockdown. Back in the spring, UKSPA held a very well supported conference at the University of Leeds. The following week the Budget announcement was...
Surplus office space to cutting-edge laboratory: three refit considerations
The Life Science sector is growing and so is the demand for suitable research and development premises, presenting public sector bodies and commercial developers with a golden opportunity to repurpose existing assets into laboratory facilities. It’s fast,...
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