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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...
British Business Bank Backing University Spin-Outs and UK Innovation
The support of the British Business Bank is vital for many of the start-up and growing businesses across the UK’s science park estate. Set up by the government 10 years-ago to provide access to financial support for smaller businesses, the British Business Bank has...
Professor Dame Jessica Corner, Executive Chair Research England – Science Parks at the Centre of Innovation Ecosystems
UK science parks are at the heart of the nation’s innovation ecosystems, the head of Research England has told the UKSPA conference at Warwick University. Professor Dame Jessica Corner is the Executive Chair for Research England, the UK’s biggest research funder and...
Jordan Cummins, UK Competitiveness Director CBI – A Plea for Realism in Industrial Strategy Choices
The CBI’s UK competitiveness director, Jordan Cummins, spoke of the need for realism and prioritisation in his keynote address to the UKSPA 40th anniversary conference. The UK needed to pick its battles in terms of industry and investment, he said. The country’s...
Wow! Stuff wins ‘Most Innovative Company’ at the UKSPA 40th Anniversary Awards
Toy innovation company, Wow! Stuff, based at the University of Wolverhampton Science Park, has been awarded the ‘Most Innovative Company’ at the prestigious UKSPA Awards, held at the UKSPA40 Anniversary Conference on the 17th October 2024. The prestigious award places...
Operations Director at Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst
An exciting opportunity to lead the Operations Team at Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst, an award-winning location for companies to start-up, scale-up and commercialise therapeutic innovations in the centre of the golden triangle. About Stevenage Bioscience...
Sci-Tech Daresbury’s Future Club members AI-Sight secures latest funding round
AI-Sight – the University of Liverpool AI diagnostic technology spin-out based at Sci-Tech Daresbury – has successfully concluded its seven-figure equity funding round from experienced healthcare industry figures and investors. This funding round will...
Innovative Essex Health Projects get Cash Boost
Funding from Anglia Ruskin University is helping small firms' cutting-edge initiatives Virtual reality therapy for people suffering from mental health disorders, using AI to manage demand on NHS services, and technology that listens to a child’s cough to assist early...
Timelapse Shows Construction Progress on Nebula Development
Timelapse footage released recently shows the construction progress on Nebula, the £40m research and development (R&D) scheme at 190–192 Park Drive, Milton Park. With construction due to finalise in Q1 2025 and with finishing touches on external cladding and...
Pioneer Group’s Life Sciences Campuses Host Biggest Ada Lovelace Day Event to Date
Pioneer Group welcomed 425 school children from 29 schools to eight of its sites across the UK last week to mark Ada Lovelace Day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in STEM. The event was the seventh annual Ada Lovelace Day celebration run by...
New Director Appointed to Drive Forward the Vision for Sheffield Innovation Spine
The partners behind the Sheffield Innovation Spine are delighted to announce the appointment of Charlotte Thompson as Project Director. This is a crucial role to drive the delivery of a project that has huge potential for long term impact on Sheffield’s economy, the...
Ten Businesses Embark on Discovery Park’s ‘Discovery Spark’ Programme
In a bid to enable future success and growth, ten entrepreneurial life science and technology businesses have begun the immersive Discovery Spark programme, with a prize package worth over £50,000 up for grabs. Discovery Park is a leading science and innovation campus...
Thames Freeport Secures Over £1 Million in Awards for Skills Fund: Pioneering Workforce Development in the Region
CEME are delighted to have received a grant of £40,000 for our Green Skills Showcase for teachers, parents and children living in the boroughs of Havering, Thurrock, Barking and Dagenham. The programme, run in partnership with Local London, the Teacher and parent...
University of Birmingham Enterprise Annual Review
University of Birmingham Enterprise has now published its Review of 2023-24, a year which has seen a notable increase in demand for the company’s services, funding founds for spin-outs, and the recognition of our place in Birmingham’s innovation ecosystem through...
Scott Brownrigg Designs for Flagship Life Science Campus in Oxford Approved for Planning
Proposals to transform the underused Eastpoint Business Park in Oxford into a new flagship life science campus have been approved for planning by Oxford City Council. Designed by Scott Brownrigg for Railpen, the scheme will bring an additional 200,000 sq ft much...