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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...
UKSPA 40th Anniversary Conference: Science Parks – Looking to the Future
Pictured L-R, UKSPA Chair John Leake; Ebba Lund, CEO of IASP; Richard O’Boyle, CEO of Pioneer Group; Dean Cook, Director for Place and Levelling Up at Innovative UK. The rise of innovation districts and the opportunity for a major funding injection from the UK’s...
UKSPA 40th Anniversary Conference: Lively and Informative Debate on Innovation Clusters and Hotspots
Pictured L-R, discussion chair John Leake, Business Growth Director, Sci-Tech Daresbury and UKSPA Chair; Andrew Carter, CEO of Centre of Cities; Christine Doel, SQW; Professor Tim Vorley, Oxford Brookes Business School. What is an innovation cluster? It became clear...
UKSPA 40th Anniversary Conference: Big Pharma Looking for Big Returns from Obesity and Alzheimer’s Treatments
Pictured: Adrian Toutoungi (left), Partner at Taylor Wessing; and Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, Vice Principal Health at Queen Mary’s Faculty of Medicine. Discussions on the state of the UK’s life sciences market proved a major draw at the UKSPA’s 40th anniversary...
George Freeman MP – Science Parks Play a Vital Role in the UK’s Innovation Future
Science parks are on the front line of efforts to unlock a new era of growth, prosperity and productivity for the UK, delegates at the UKSPA anniversary conference in Warwick were told. The message was delivered by MP George Freeman. With a strong biomed business...
Professor Paul Monks, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Energy Security and Net Zero – Science Parks a Cauldron of Innovation in Drive Towards Net Zero
Science parks play a critical role in achieving net zero emissions, serving as hubs for research and development of renewable energy technologies. That was the conclusion of Professor Paul Monks, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Energy Security and Net...