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Liverpool City Region Innovation Investment Summit highlights regional scale up potential
This year’s Liverpool City Region Innovation Investment Summit took place at Sci-Tech Daresbury, bringing together a selection of business leaders, investors, policymakers, and advisers from across the region and beyond, all focused on helping scaling businesses...
Accelerate@Babraham 2025 Announces New Cohort
The Accelerate@Babraham 2025 cohort Pictured: Back row (Left to right) Lucy Rowbotham (Sysora Health), Vivian Wong (MabGalaxy), Andy Wood (MabGalaxy), Kevin Chalut (Cycle Therapeutics), Jenny Hirst (Programme Manager, Accelerate@Babraham) Front row (Left to right)...
Oxford North Launches ESG Annual report and Social Value Charter for Shaping a Sustainable Future
Oxford North, the new global innovation district in Oxford, has published its 2024 ESG annual report that has reviewed the progress made against its ESG strategy with an ambition to push beyond conventional practice to deliver a ‘net positive’ development and its...
Plymouth Science Park Welcomes UK’s Largest Construction Contractor, Balfour Beatty
Plymouth Science Park has today announced that they will be welcoming Balfour Beatty, the UK’s largest construction contractor, to its growing community of innovative and forward-thinking businesses. Founded in 1909, Balfour Beatty is a global infrastructure group...
Sheffield Technology Parks Strengthens Leadership with Two Key Board Appointments
Sheffield Technology Parks (STP) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors: Mel Kanarek and Claire Mayfield-Tulip. These appointments mark an exciting point in STP’s ongoing mission to support innovation, drive tech industry...
Investment Network on Diversity Drive to Help it Make Better Decisions and Encourage Business Growth
A Midlands-based angel investment network is beginning its journey to expand its membership and boost the diversity of both its investors and the entrepreneurs seeking funding. The Minerva Business Angels investment network – part of the University of Warwick Science...
“Think Like a Car Salesperson”: What Biotech and AI Start-Ups Can Learn About Selling
An Interview with Gary Jennings, Innovation Director, The EpiCentre Haverhill For many UK start-ups in biotech and AI, selling doesn’t come naturally. Founders are often scientists, engineers, developers or researchers—brilliant at building, but less comfortable with...
Bruntwood SciTech Unveils Reimagined Hub for Manchester’s Innovation & Creative Sectors, Including £6m Transformation of 117-119 Portland Street
Bruntwood SciTech, the UK’s largest property platform dedicated to growing the nation’s innovation, tech and science sectors, has completed its £6 million transformation of the historic 117-119 Portland Street building, situated at the gateway to the city’s...
New Venue Announcement for Cambridge Wide Open Day!
Join us at The EpiCentre for Cambridge Wide Open Day – a celebration of science, innovation, and community! 🗓 Date: Wednesday, 11th June 🕤 Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM📍 Location: The EpiCentre, Haverhill CB9 7LR The EpiCentre is...
UK’s Data Regulator Commits to Manchester’s Circle Square in Landmark HQ Move
The UK’s independent data protection and freedom of information regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), is set to relocate its headquarters to Manchester city centre, having agreed a lease for 20,000 sq ft of high-quality workspace at Bruntwood...
How An Act Of Parliament Has Transformed The Future Of Banana Technology In Norwich
Earlier this month, the House of Lords passed the Precision Breeding Act which has opened up a new world of opportunity for researchers and food biotech companies at Norwich Research Park. The Act allows for the gene editing of plants and crops in England, something...
Mission Street And BGO Sign Xyme At Inventa, West End, Oxford’s Central Innovation District
Mission Street, a specialist investor, developer and operator for the science and innovation sector, and BGO, a leading global real estate investment manager, have signed Xyme, the UK’s leading AI-driven enzyme design company to the first purpose-built commercial...
£250K Investment To Support New Businesses In Heart Health, As 1 In 4 UK Deaths Linked To Cardiovascular Conditions
Discovery Park has launched applications for its immersive business growth programme, ‘Discovery Spark’, seeking early-stage companies in cardiovascular and cardiometabolic health. Partnered with health-specialist venture capital firm Zinc, the initiative offers...
Cambridge’s Success In Fund-Raising For Start-Ups And Scale-Ups Benefits The Whole Region
A new analysis by Dealroom for Founders at the University of Cambridge showed that Cambridge startups and scaleups raised an impressive $2.3 billion in 2024, the second-best year on record and almost double 2023’s $1.2 billion that is great news for the Cambridge...
Why SMEs Are Rethinking Their Marketing Strategy to Grow in 2025
By Helen Earl, Centre Manager, The EpiCentre, Haverhill The marketing landscape has changed significantly in the past two years, and many SMEs are beginning to take notice. For start-ups and growing businesses focused on R&D, strategy, or business development,...