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Southampton Science Park awarded grant funding to advance its Catalyst business accelerator.
Southampton Science Park is delighted to be awarded grant funding by Hampshire County Council to advance its Catalyst business accelerator. Southampton Science Park is delighted to receive funding as part of Hampshire County Council’s ‘Investing in Hampshire’ scheme...
Emergex Vaccines expands at Milton Park
Emergex Vaccines, which focuses on the development of synthetic T-cell vaccines against global infectious disease threats such as COVID-19, Dengue fever, Zika, Ebola and pandemic Flu, has expanded at Milton Park in Oxfordshire, one of Europe’s largest science and...
New data reveals Knowledge Intensive (KI) firms in Cambridge continue to outperform national figures
Information technology and the life sciences are the largest and most dynamic of the KI sectors Medium term data on the growth of the Cambridge economy, right up to the start of the 2020 Covid lockdown, shows persistently higher annual growth rates than the national...
Member News
Southampton Science Park awarded grant funding to advance its Catalyst business accelerator.
Southampton Science Park is delighted to be awarded grant funding by Hampshire County Council to advance its Catalyst business accelerator. Southampton Science Park is delighted to receive funding as part of Hampshire County Council’s ‘Investing in Hampshire’ scheme...
Emergex Vaccines expands at Milton Park
Emergex Vaccines, which focuses on the development of synthetic T-cell vaccines against global infectious disease threats such as COVID-19, Dengue fever, Zika, Ebola and pandemic Flu, has expanded at Milton Park in Oxfordshire, one of Europe’s largest science and...
Sci-Tech Daresbury pre-budget comment
John Downes, Chief Executive Officer of Langtree and Chairman of Sci-Tech Daresbury, said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the fact that cutting edge science and technology is not only crucial to our collective wellbeing, but also a means to create the evenly...
Bruntwood Scitech announces the acquisition of Melbourn Science Park
The 50:50 joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General - announces its expansion into the ‘Golden Triangle’ through the acquisition of Melbourn Science Park in Cambridge, growing its national network of innovation districts and forming a new strategic...
Is your science park MEES-ready?
Since Phase 1 of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 came into force back in 2018, landlords and their solicitors have become accustomed to the practice of providing an EPC to a tenant on the grant of a lease, and to...
Specialist new centre signals continued growth in the South West STEMM sector
An innovative £6.6 million building has opened at Exeter Science Park to meet growing demand for office and laboratory space from South West STEMM businesses. The 20,000 square foot Ada Lovelace Building, just off Junction 29 of the M5, will be let to various...
Sector News
New data reveals Knowledge Intensive (KI) firms in Cambridge continue to outperform national figures
Information technology and the life sciences are the largest and most dynamic of the KI sectors Medium term data on the growth of the Cambridge economy, right up to the start of the 2020 Covid lockdown, shows persistently higher annual growth rates than the national...
To be more sustainable, we must first be more equal
WISE believes that greater equality is essential to achieve greater sustainability. The campaign for greater gender diversity in STEM, is calling on employers to build flexibility into the DNA of their policies to create different routes into STEM roles. The call came...
Sci-Tech Daresbury pre-budget comment
John Downes, Chief Executive Officer of Langtree and Chairman of Sci-Tech Daresbury, said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the fact that cutting edge science and technology is not only crucial to our collective wellbeing, but also a means to create the evenly...
Bruntwood Scitech announces the acquisition of Melbourn Science Park
The 50:50 joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General - announces its expansion into the ‘Golden Triangle’ through the acquisition of Melbourn Science Park in Cambridge, growing its national network of innovation districts and forming a new strategic...
Positive business reaction to government plan for the development of Oxford – Cambridge Arc
Business clusters in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc region have strongly welcomed the government’s announcement today that it will identify the needs to propel the Arc’s innovation-led economy.By developing its Spatial Framework Plan, government will bring together the key...
Leeds Beckett and Bruntwood SciTech team up to boost sustainability and growth of small businesses in Leeds
A new partnership between Leeds Beckett University and Bruntwood SciTech aims to boost the long-term sustainability, growth and success of businesses in the Leeds City Region – supporting them to embed innovation and management skills, access talent and...
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
Is your science park MEES-ready?
Since Phase 1 of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 came into force back in 2018, landlords and their solicitors have become accustomed to the practice of providing an EPC to a tenant on the grant of a lease, and to...
Biodiversity net gain: the benefits for science and business parks
The introduction of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) into the planning process will have enormous implications for development on science and business parks and is something that must be considered from the outset of any development, but what is it? Put simply; it’s an...
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. ...
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