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Surrey Research Park Annual Review 2022: Reflection and Outlook
This has been a positive year for Surrey Research Park (SRP) and our businesses despite a challenging external environment, and we have advanced the SRP agenda on multiple fronts. We continued with high occupancy, averaging 97%, throughout the year. We enabled several...
Tackling Life Sciences Challenges Through Collaboration In 2023
The last 12 months have been challenging on every front, from Covid recovery and soaring energy prices to the slump in investment in Life Sciences, while the Government’s decision on R&D tax credits has been the most recent blow to a sector whose huge potential is...
o2h technology launches the tech kickstarter competition to support seed stage companies with their tech development needs
Pictured: Prashant Shah, Co-CEO and Co-Founder, o2h group o2h technology, a business vertical of the o2h group, is excited to announce the launch of the o2h tech kickstarter competition exclusively for seed stage life science, greentech, and tech/AI companies to help...
BioMed Realty becomes new strategic partner to Babraham Research Campus Accelerate@Babraham Bio-incubator Programme
Pictured: Dr Kathryn Chapman, Science & Entrepreneurship Director, Babraham Research Campus Ltd The Babraham Research Campus is delighted to confirm BioMed Realty’s support for its Accelerate@Babraham bio-incubator programme. BioMed Realty, a Blackstone...
Independent review reveals Roslin Innovation Centre boosts UK economy
An independent review has revealed that Roslin Innovation Centre has delivered economic benefits estimated to be equivalent to £2.86 for every £1 invested in its development. It also concludes that job creation and other associated spill over benefits from the...
New power quality consultancy moves to the Epicentre in Haverhill
Pictured: Jim Bridgeman (Left) and Martin Smithson (Right), both founding directors of PureSine PureSine, a new occupier at The EpiCentre, in Haverhill, is a power quality consultancy that analyses, diagnoses and corrects power quality issues for companies throughout...
Plymouth Science Park tenant Acronyms celebrates expansion in Cornwall
Plymouth Science Park IT consultancy Acronyms has opened its latest office in Roche, expanding its service offering to Plymouth, Bristol and Cornwall. IT support and consultancy company Acronyms have been based at Plymouth Science Park since 2013, and have recently...
Discovery Park announce a newly created Head of Innovation role
HEAD OF INNOVATION Department: Business Development Reporting Relationships: Chief Business Officer Company Background: Located in the East of England’s life sciences cluster, with close links to London, Stevenage and Cambridge, Discovery Park has...
New Year, New Cyber Threats
With the rapid evolution of information technology, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) are continually adapting new ways of working, and 2023 will be no different. As hubs of innovation, science parks house many SMBs where collaborative tools such as Teams and...
United Kingdom Science Park Association Announces New Board Appointments
The United Kingdom Science Park Association (UKSPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Board Directors following its recent Annual General Meeting, which took place during the UKSPA Winter Conference at No.1 Circle Square, Manchester. Announcing the...
Continued growth at Ocean Village Innovation Centre
Five companies and organisations have recently expanded at Ocean Village Innovation Centre. The Centre has 67 offices and is operated by UKSPA member Oxford Innovation Space on behalf of the building’s private landlord. The increased footprints are separate to 12...
University of Birmingham announces ‘all language capability’ for tool to expedite Long COVID research
A validated Symptom Burden Questionnaire™ that will help medical researchers unravel the complexities of Long COVID and develop or test new treatments is now available for translation into hundreds of languages, with support for inclusion on digital platforms, thanks...
Sci-Tech Daresbury announce Violet buildings nearing capacity
Sci-Tech Daresbury have announced that its Violet development will soon be at capacity following phenomenal demand since the three-building complex opened in May of this year. Violet encompasses three buildings (V1, V2 and V3) providing a total of...
Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park launches Nest at Glasshouse
Bruntwood SciTech has announced the launch of Nest - its newest workspace offering for innovative, high-tech companies at Alderley Park Situated within Glasshouse - a £30m development that opened its doors in 2020 and is home to over 60 companies -...
Samsara Therapeutics expands into new R&D lab space at the Wood Centre for Innovation
Biotech start-up Samsara Therapeutics, an early-stage drug discovery company, has expanded into a further 1,000 sq ft of R&D lab space at The Oxford Trust’s Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington, Oxford’s Health and Life Sciences District to accommodate company...