Virtual Tenancies: Process, Compliance and Opportunities
29 July 2021 12:00-13:15
The webinar will look at how members deliver their own virtual tenant programmes and the opportunities that these offer to engage with existing businesses as well as connecting with a potentially new group of entrepreneurs.
UKSPA Business Members Directory
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Sci-Tech Daresbury praises government’s innovation strategy
John Downes, chief executive officer of Langtree and chairman of Sci-Tech Daresbury, said: “I would like to congratulate the government on its new innovation strategy, which commits to an increased annual spend on R&D. “The strategy’s overall aim of the UK...
UK Innovation Strategy: Leading the future by creating it
The strategy sets ambitions for an innovation-led economy Increasing innovation will enhance productivity across the economy, and in turn bring jobs, growth and prosperity to all parts of the UK. The whole system of businesses, government, R&D-performing...
New plans to put UK at front of global innovation race
New Innovation Strategy sets out plans to cement the UK’s position as a world-leader in science, research and innovation. New plans to boost private sector investment to put the UK at the front of the global innovation race have been set in a new Innovation Strategy...
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Sci-Tech Daresbury praises government’s innovation strategy
John Downes, chief executive officer of Langtree and chairman of Sci-Tech Daresbury, said: “I would like to congratulate the government on its new innovation strategy, which commits to an increased annual spend on R&D. “The strategy’s overall aim of the UK...
Taking a lease on a science park? How to overcome financial pitfalls. The second blog in the series from Giorgia Clements, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
In our first blog addressing financial pitfalls in leases, we focused on rent review. Here we will explore two more common areas within commercial leases that contain potential pitfalls: service charge and dilapidations liability. Service charge When letting only part...
Discovery Park Reactor launches to drive development of life sciences firms
UK companies invited to apply to intensive growth programme with leading mentors Discovery Park, the Life Sciences Opportunity Zone for ambitious and growing life sciences companies, is pleased to announce the launch of its first Reactor programme to drive the...
Maidstone Innovation Centre set to welcome it’s latest tenants
The Maidstone Innovation Centre (MIC) which features world-first technology, top of the range specification and enviable facilities is set to welcome management training provider, the Centre for Regional International Development (CRID) and digital agency, Tilt...
BES grows team in response to demand for design services
Following a sustained increase in demand for design projects over the past financial year, BES, the specialist in delivery of complex projects for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, has increased its design team with 14 new roles. The move follows a bumper...
14-hectare science and innovation park planned by Legal & General and University of Oxford
Legal & General is to fund and deliver a new innovation district with the University of Oxford, extending the existing Begbroke Science Park across an adjacent 14-hectare site. The first phase of the scheme will bring forward new teaching facilities for the...
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UK Innovation Strategy: Leading the future by creating it
The strategy sets ambitions for an innovation-led economy Increasing innovation will enhance productivity across the economy, and in turn bring jobs, growth and prosperity to all parts of the UK. The whole system of businesses, government, R&D-performing...
New plans to put UK at front of global innovation race
New Innovation Strategy sets out plans to cement the UK’s position as a world-leader in science, research and innovation. New plans to boost private sector investment to put the UK at the front of the global innovation race have been set in a new Innovation Strategy...
14-hectare science and innovation park planned by Legal & General and University of Oxford
Legal & General is to fund and deliver a new innovation district with the University of Oxford, extending the existing Begbroke Science Park across an adjacent 14-hectare site. The first phase of the scheme will bring forward new teaching facilities for the...
GSK unveils plan for one of Europe’s largest life science campuses in Stevenage
GSK has announced that it has formally started the process of seeking a development partner to transform land within the company’s existing 92-acre Research & Development site in Stevenage into one of Europe’s largest ‘clusters’ for biotechnology and other...
Industry group delivers UK testing megalab in response to COVID-19 pandemic
Mace, the global consultancy and construction company, together with design partners WSP and HOK and technical partners Hoare Lea and GMP, supported the delivery of one of the world’s largest, most innovative diagnostic facilities—the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory—as...
UK Government releases 10-year strategy for Life Sciences sector including £1bn investment programme
UK Life Sciences Vision sets 10-year strategy for sector to solve some of the biggest healthcare problems of our generation, including cancer and dementia. The remarkable response of the UK’s world class life sciences sector to COVID-19 will be used as a...
Association News
UKSPA announced as the official partner and supporter of the Science and Innovation Parks Development Conference
On Wednesday, 8th September some of the leading stakeholders and influencers will gather for the Science and Innovation Parks Development Conference where the emerging opportunities in this thriving sector will be discussed. The event, held at Kensington Town...
Grassroots R&D is a foundation for building back better
Close-to-market innovation across the UK can drive recovery, say Patrick Bonnett and Steve Yianni in a recent article first published in Research Professional News The Chancellor’s budget in March marked a shift in plans to support economic growth through investment...
UKSPA Survey – returning to in-person events – your views are important to us
As the easing of lockdown restrictions continues as part of the government’s four step plan, final restrictions on social contact are potentially set to be lifted on 21 June. As a UKSPA member we are looking for your feedback and input regarding your views...
Blog
Taking a lease on a science park? How to overcome financial pitfalls. The second blog in the series from Giorgia Clements, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
In our first blog addressing financial pitfalls in leases, we focused on rent review. Here we will explore two more common areas within commercial leases that contain potential pitfalls: service charge and dilapidations liability. Service charge When letting only part...
Where are the UK’s most powerful Innovation Districts and Hubs? Bruntwood SciTech delve into where these innovation hubs and districts are, why they’re so important
Innovation Districts: ‘’Geographic areas where leading-edge anchor institutions and companies cluster and connect with start-ups, business incubators and accelerators. These innovation hubs are physically compact, transit-accessible, and technically-wired and...
Taking a lease on a science park? How to overcome financial pitfalls
If you have or are about to take a lease at a science park, your mind will no doubt be focussed on the financial impact of that lease, especially around headline rent and service charge. But leases contain a plethora of lesser-known financial obligations or pitfalls....
Oxbridge’s life science arc-celeration
If Covid was a storm, it’s fair to say the life sciences sector has not only weathered it, but is well on its way to curing it too. Pre-Covid (yes, such days did exist), the life sciences sector was already flourishing but the global pandemic has undoubtedly...
What is the role of the science park in supporting businesses?
Sarah Slaven, Interim Managing Director of Business Durham and the North East Technology Park, on what makes a successful science park. Moving an idea from concept to commercialisation is one of the biggest challenges a business can face. There will inevitably be...
Cities as crucibles for innovation
One impact of gigabit connectivity and enhanced processing power deriving from the digital revolution is that algorithm-led innovation is increasingly driving the global knowledge economy. This technology requires less physical aggregation than 20th Century...
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