Case Studies
Plymouth Science Park Welcomes Accomplished Innovation Leader As Interim CEO
Plymouth Science Park has announced the appointment of Dave Hockton as its new Interim CEO. Dave joins the Park with extensive experience in managing and developing technology parks, having previously led MIRA Technology Park in Leicestershire as a high-performing,...
Government Launches New Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF)
Last week (30th October) the Chancellor announced the opening of a new Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) which will provide up to £520 million in capital grants to help UK’s medicines manufacturers grow and innovate. It builds on the success of...
Life Sciences: Translating, Scaling and Manufacturing
Andy Williams, chair of the Oxford-Cambridge Supercluster Board, led a discussion on translating, scaling and manufacturing in the life sciences sector as part of UKSPA’s 40th anniversary conference at Warwick University. He said: “We do have great science and we're...
Venture Capital – Public Markets
Improving access to public market funding for life science companies UKSPA’s conference at Warwick University saw a discussion chaired by association board member Prashant Shah, CEO of the O2h Group, on funding the UK’s life sciences sector from public markets. It...
Geek+ UK Adds 20 UK Jobs Following Creation Of Sci-Tech Daresbury Headquarters
Geek+, a global leader in autonomous mobile robot (AMR) technology, has revealed how opening its new UK headquarters in the Violet development at Sci-Tech Daresbury in 2022 has enabled its rapid expansion in the UK and across Europe and helped create a raft of...
UKSPA Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the MEMBERS of the United Kingdom Science Park Association, constituted as a company limited by guarantee will be held online at 15:00 on Friday 29th November 2024. The AGM will include an address by Chief...
The Policy Backdrop to Life Sciences – Building Finance, Skills and the Regulatory Framework
The policy backdrop to providing support – in particular finance – for the life sciences sector was the topic of debate for a high-powered plenary session at the UKSPA 40th anniversary conference at Warwick University. The first speaker was Irene Graham, Founder and...
Enterprising Students Help The University of Warwick Science Park Tenants Gain Valuable Business Insights in New Placement Scheme
From left: Victoria Lynch, WBS students Tiffany Mi, Alia Ningtias and Darren Kurnia, and Katie Kukla, Assistant Relationship Manager at WBS Enterprising business students have helped tenants at The University of Warwick Science Park gain valuable insights into sales...
Helen Earl Appointed Centre Manager of The EpiCentre
Helen Earl has been appointed the new centre manager of The EpiCentre in Haverhill, from 1st November 2024, taking over from Andrew Bell who is leaving to take up the reins as Head of Meet Cambridge. Earl has many years’ experience in the business centre sector having...
UKSPA 40th Anniversary Conference – Good Science Isn’t Enough to Secure Funding
Being good at science isn’t enough to start and grow a business, or to attract venture capital. That was the stark message from a panel of experts at the UKSPA 40th anniversary conference at Warwick University. While venture capital can bridge the gap to take a...
UKSPA 40th Anniversary Conference – The UK’s Scientific Edge
Caution from UK investors is sending many life science start-ups to the USA in search of finance. But the country retains its edge in developing innovative technology. A discussion session at the UK Science Park Association’s three-day 40th anniversary conference, at...
Barwood Partners With Gen Two To Acquire And Create Life Science Techbio Hub In South Cambridge For £12.8 Million
- Leading UK-based real estate investment and development firm, Barwood Capital (“Barwood”) has partnered with Gen Two Real Estate (“Gen Two”), a specialist life science investor and developer, to acquire laboratory space and industrial units in Whittlesford, South...
International Trade Growth Sees Logical Biological Expand At Discovery Park
Logical Biological, a leading provider of biological critical materials for diagnostics, therapeutic research, and IVD reagent manufacture, has settled into larger, upgraded laboratory space at Discovery Park, marking its third move within the science and innovation...
New Occupiers Create A Hive Of Activity At Bee House
Milton Park has announced a trio of life science biotechs, Physiomics, Outrun Therapeutics and Oxehealth, as the latest occupiers to move into Bee House. Oxehealth, a global leader in contactless patient monitoring for inpatient mental health, has moved into three...
Midlands Entrepreneurs Took Business To ‘Next Level’ After Support Of Incubator Programme, Networking Event Hears
Three entrepreneurs have described how the support from a business incubator programme helped them to move to the ‘next level’ at an event in the region. The University of Warwick Science Park’s Ignite Alumni network held its latest meet-up at the Venture Centre on...