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Cambridge Science Park Expands Leadership Team to Fuel the Next Generation of Breakthroughs
Cambridge Science Park is expanding its leadership team, strengthening its critical role and future ambition at the centre of science and technology innovation in Cambridge and across the UK, as captured within its ‘masterplan’. David McNee joins as Estate...
New Scale-Up Lab Space in Central Bristol to Open in March
Science Creates and the University of Bristol to open OMX this March — 30,000 sq ft of flexible lab space ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 sq ft in Bristol city centre. OMX, a new 30,000 sq ft laboratory and scale-up facility in Bristol city centre, opens this March —...
Pioneering Scientist Opens Lab at Exeter Science Park to Accelerate Groundbreaking Work
A start-up biotechnology company specialising in fungi-based protein production is set to establish its operations in a lab space at Exeter Science Park to support its next phase of growth. The company, HyphaPRO, has been founded by University of Exeter graduate Andy...
UK Startups Face a Funding Squeeze but EpiCentre Founders are Pivoting, Not Pausing
Across the UK, founders are feeling the squeeze. Investors are cautious, politics is volatile and the days of easy capital are firmly behind us. Yet at The EpiCentre in Haverhill, a different story is unfolding, defined not by paralysis but by creativity and...
Alceus Bio Awarded Pioneer Group and AbbVie’s Golden Ticket
Pioneer Group, a specialist in life science infrastructure and venture building, and global biopharmaceutical company AbbVie, have crowned Alceus Bio the winner of their 2025 Golden Ticket programme. The initiative is designed to support breakthrough scientific...
Cambridge Science Park in the Spotlight on BBC Look East
Cambridge Science Park took centre stage on BBC Look East prime time earlier this month, with a showcase of breakthrough science and technology being developed by companies based on the Park. The BBC’s flagship regional programme featured a run of interviews with...
Leading MSP Communicate Technology Appoints New Group CEO to Support Rapid Growth Phase
Communicate Technology, a provider of cybersecurity and IT network solutions, has appointed Paul Bryce as group CEO, as the organisation reveals 102% year-on-year growth – following the successful integration of Blaze Networks last year and investment from private...
Bidwells Completes Merger With Creative Places to Strengthen Science & Technology Offer
Bidwells has completed the merger of Creative Places LLP into the firm, strengthening its Science & Technology capability and further enhancing its expertise in R&D and innovation-led real estate. Creative Places, an award-winning specialist...
Harwell Lights up Oxfordshire Sky as it Celebrated its 80th Birthday on New Year’s Day
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus celebrated its 80th birthday, marking eight decades of world-leading science and innovation with a dazzling spectacle visible across Oxfordshire. The UK’s most powerful display laser shone from the centre of the iconic Diamond...
Celebrating 15 years of Business Growth Support at Ocean Village Innovation Centre
A Southampton hub for ambitious businesses is marking a major milestone - 15 years of helping companies grow, innovate and succeed. Since opening in December 2010, Ocean Village Innovation Centre (OVIC), has supported more than 200 companies by providing flexible...
Green Light for New Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg Public Art Sculptures in Oxford North’s Canalside Park
Oxford City Council has granted permission to Thomas White Oxford, the development company of St John’s College, for a new public artwork commission titled ‘The Length of a Moment’ which will celebrate moths as essential pollinators created by the internationally...
Discovery Park Start-Up Joins £8.2M Research Project to Revolutionise Medicines Manufacturing
Particology, a specialist particle science company based at science and business hub Discovery Park, has been selected for an £8.2M Government-funded research consortium to make the manufacture of medicines more efficient and sustainable. The three-and-a-half...
Launch of the BioEscalator’s 2024/25 Annual Review, People and Partnerships Driving Better Patient Health
The BioEscalator is the University of Oxford’s thriving incubator for fast-growing biomedical companies. In 2024/25 it worked with people and organisations across the local and global innovation ecosystem and it’s delighted with what’s been achieved. Its Annual...
Mission Street and BGO Welcome Orbit Discovery to Oxford West End Innovation District Inventa
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 Orbit Discovery, a leading UK biotech company, to the duo’s purpose-built innovation district...
EpiCentre Impact Report Reveals £150 Million in Investment and 300 Jobs Created in Five Years
The EpiCentre in Haverhill has become a powerful catalyst for business growth, helping dozens of growing companies scale successfully and create jobs for the region, according to its newly published report. The report “Celebrating 5 Years of Innovation, Growth and...