Case Studies
The Next 100 Days: Mitigating Risk
This is the next blog in the series looking at how companies can align their commercial goals with an effective approach to Intellectual Property (IP), using Potter Clarkson’s “Next 100 Days” guide. During times of crisis, it is more important than ever to mitigate...
UKAEA welcomes new funding for Tokamak Energy
Tokamak Energy, the private company based at Milton Park in Oxfordshire, which is working to develop compact fusion power, has recently been awarded £10 million from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, as part of the UK Government’s Advanced...
Six companies shortlisted for £400M Golden Valley development project
Six potential development partners have been shortlisted to work on Cheltenham’s £400,000 Golden Valley Development. One of the UK’s flagship schemes, the Golden Valley Development, will sit on a 200 hectare site adjacent to GCHQ in West Cheltenham and aims to deliver...
Lessons Learnt From A Zero Carbon Laboratory
Four years after completion in 2016 we have been taking the opportunity to review how well the University of Nottingham’s Centre for Sustainable Chemistry is working. The building provides all of the functions required for the operation of the Universities...
Yorkshire leaders sign manifesto to boost innovation in the region
Leaders from across Yorkshire’s local and civic government, universities and research institutions have signed a new manifesto to boost the nation’s regional innovation potential. The signatories – which include Martin Farrington, director, city development at Leeds...
Place Matters: Innovation and Growth in the UK
Produced by Metro Dynamics, on behalf of Bruntwood SciTech, the Place Matters: Innovation and Growth in the UK report explores the power of place.Many of our cities and towns have or have had a key role in the creation of the innovation-based global knowledge economy....
Over £100 million cash boost to manufacture millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine
New state-of-the-art centre to scale up COVID-19 vaccine and gene therapy manufacturing gets £100 million investment. The UK’s capability to manufacture vaccines has received a substantial boost yesterday, as the government announced an additional £100 million to...
CBI reports record drop in UK manufacturing as total orders dip
Hopes of a rebound in manufacturing output in the three months to July have been dashed by figures from the Confederation of British Industry that showed production volumes declined at a record pace and total orders fell at their fastest rate since October 1980. The...
Professor Paul Monks to join BEIS as new Chief Scientific Advisor
The University of Leicester’s Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science Paul Monks is to join the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as its new Chief Scientific Advisor. The Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of College of...
Rob Nixon joins Cambridge Science Park based Qkine as Head of Commercial and Dr Cassie Doherty is appointed to the board strengthening the company’s leadership team
Qkine – a specialist developer and manufacturer of proteins for stem cell, organoid and regenerative medicine applications based at Cambridge Science Park – is delighted to announce the appointment of Rob Nixon as Head of Commercial to its management team and Dr...
Sci-Tech Daresbury business Perfectus Biomed looks to accelerate international growth following merger with US firm Extherid Biosciences
Perfectus Biomed Limited, located at Sci-Tech Daresbury, has announced it has merged with Wyoming based laboratory, Extherid Biosciences. The announcement follows a period of sustained growth that has seen Perfectus Biomed utilise its expertise in order to create jobs...
NETPark business secures €400,000 funding to launch space project
Technology company aXenic is launching a project to develop revolutionary components for the next generation of telecommunications satellites after receiving a grant of €400,000. Based at the North East Technology Park (NETPark) in Sedgefield, County...
Sphere Fluidics and Heriot-Watt University collaborate to develop next generation droplet generator instrumentation
Sphere Fluidics, a company developing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, and Heriot-Watt University, a specialist, pioneering Scottish University, today announced they have been awarded a Knowledge Transfer Partnership...
Bid lodged for £20m to create advanced manufacturing research centre in Derby
A bid has been submitted to secure £20 million from the Government to fund a new advanced manufacturing research centre in Derby. City leaders have lodged a bid to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for the cash to create a permanent home for...
Unilever renew membership with Sensor City to drive innovation
Sensor City will provide Unilever with a bespoke package of technical and business support over the next two years, as part of a joint commitment to drive innovation within Liverpool City Region. Liverpool-based global innovation hub Sensor City has secured a two-year...