Case Studies
New ten-year plan to make the UK a global AI superpower
The UK has launched its first National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy to help it strengthen its position as a global science superpower and seize the potential of modern technology to improve people’s lives and solve global challenges such as climate...
World leading Pandemic Institute launched in Liverpool
Liverpool is to headquarter the Pandemic Institute, committed to helping the world prevent, prepare, and respond more effectively to pandemics. The Pandemic Institute is a medical, academic and civic partnership between the University of Liverpool, Liverpool John...
UK manufacturing orders gauge hits record high in September: CBI
A record share of British manufacturers reported rising new orders this month but global supply chain problems and labour shortages held back growth in output, a recent survey showed. The Confederation of British Industry's monthly manufacturing order book balance...
Upskilling, retraining and innovative recruitment will address tech skills shortage says WISE as it launches latest research
Key findings 72% of survey respondents did not have an undergraduate computing degree of which 29% did not hold a STEM undergraduate degree of any kind.Women were more likely to re-train for a job in the tech sector than men; 15% of female respondents had...
SETsquared Bristol’s Breakthrough Bursary returns to support BAME tech founders
World leading technology incubator SETsquared Bristol, led by the University of Bristol, is relaunching its Breakthrough Bursary for the third year, continuing its commitment to promoting inclusion and equal opportunities in tech. The bursary supports BAME...
Plymouth Science Park’s community of health and wellbeing businesses continues to expand
Total Innovations Europe Ltd is the latest health and wellbeing business to expand into premises at Plymouth Science Park. Established in 2014, Total Innovation Europe provides business innovation and support to manufacturers, suppliers and providers in the health and...
International chemicals leader Croda expands presence at Techspace One
Croda International Plc, the company that uses smart science to create high performance ingredients and technologies that improve lives, has expanded its presence at Sci-Tech Daresbury in line with plans to scale up its biotechnology capability. Croda initially...
Blackstone’s BioMed Realty Announces Plans to Double the Size of Its UK Life Sciences Portfolio
Blackstone portfolio company BioMed Realty plans to deliver approximately 800,000 square feet of additional high-quality purpose-built lab space, following the acquisition of two new sites in Cambridge. BioMed, a leading provider of real estate solutions to...
New £50 million NETPark extension gets the green light
North East Technology Park (NETPark) is set to expand significantly following a £50 million investment by Durham County Council, which will create over 1,200 jobs. Plans to expand NETPark in Sedgefield, County Durham, have been given the go ahead by the Council’s...
Eatron Technologies expand at the University of Warwick Science Park’s Innovation Centre
An intelligent-software developer and supplier based in Warwick has more than quadrupled its workforce in the last eight months thanks to a huge increase in demand from companies across the world. Eatron Technologies, based at the University of Warwick Science Park’s...
Sci-Tech Daresbury strikes gold with perfect 10 partners
Sci-Tech Daresbury has named ten strategic organisations that will offer first class business support, expertise and services for its high-tech SMEs in the coming 12 months. Grant Thornton, IBM, Konsileo, Marks & Clerk, Michael Page, RTC North, Slater Heelis and...
Discovery Park names first Reactor Programme winners
Discovery Park has named the successful applicants that will take part in its first ever Reactor programme, designed to supercharge life sciences firms’ potential to scale. Ten companies will each benefit from eight weeks of high-level mentoring and coaching worth...
100 jobs created as Covid-19 testing lab opens
A state-of-the-art former Lighthouse Lab at the Charnwood Campus was officially opened by Jane Hunt MP having been acquired by the global whole genome sequencing company, Dante Labs. The Charnwood lab is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and will deliver...
How the 2021 Spending Review can make the UK a ‘science superpower’
Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) Assistant Director Daniel Rathbone sets out the key asks from the 2021 Spending Review and the rationale behind them. We now know that the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) we have all been waiting for will conclude...
View the presentations from the Science and Innovation Parks Development Conference; partnered by UKSPA
Last week leading stakeholders and influencers gathered for the Science and Innovation Parks Development Conference where the emerging opportunities in the sector were discussed. The event, held in London, highlighted future development activity from park expansions...