Sector News
Bruntwood Scitech announces the acquisition of Melbourn Science Park
The 50:50 joint venture between Bruntwood and Legal & General - announces its expansion into the ‘Golden Triangle’ through the acquisition of Melbourn Science Park in Cambridge, growing its national network of innovation districts and forming a new strategic...
Positive business reaction to government plan for the development of Oxford – Cambridge Arc
Business clusters in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc region have strongly welcomed the government’s announcement today that it will identify the needs to propel the Arc’s innovation-led economy.By developing its Spatial Framework Plan, government will bring together the key...
Leeds Beckett and Bruntwood SciTech team up to boost sustainability and growth of small businesses in Leeds
A new partnership between Leeds Beckett University and Bruntwood SciTech aims to boost the long-term sustainability, growth and success of businesses in the Leeds City Region – supporting them to embed innovation and management skills, access talent and...
West Yorkshire Innovation Network launches first Innovation festival for the region
Week of virtual events 15-19 March will bring together businesses, experts and support to showcase role of innovation in pandemic recovery Businesses across the region will have the opportunity to learn to become more productive, efficient and resilient, with the...
Subsidy control: designing a new approach for the UK
A new UK-wide system for providing more flexible and tailored financial support to businesses has been set out under plans by the Business Secretary on Wednesday 3 February. The consultation on the proposed approach closes at 11:45pm on 31 March 2021...
AMRC to collaborate with The Alan Turing Institute on AI adoption in manufacturing
The AMRC and The Alan Turing Institute have signed an MoU that will draw on their research and development skills across manufacturing, data science, machine learning and AI (Courtesy AMRC) The Alan Turing Institute, British Library, London, UK, and the Advanced...
Kadans adds The Science Quadrant Abingdon, to its Pan-European science park portfolio
Kadans Science Partner has added The Science Quadrant, Abingdon, Oxford to its Pan-European science park portfolio. The asset was acquired from Addington Capital . The Science Quadrant comprises four terraces of office and laboratory buildings totalling 75,316 sq ft....
Rosalind Franklin Institute reaches key construction milestone
Mace, the international consultancy and construction company, has successfully handed over the Rosalind Franklin Institute on the Harwell campus, on behalf of the Science and Technology Facilities Council. The Rosalind Franklin Institute will now commence specialist...
Airbus UK chief appointed head of government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Katherine Bennett, who is currently senior vice president of Airbus’s UK arm, will succeed Dick Elsy when he retires as chief executive of the HVM Catapult later in 2021. The announcement comes just days after the UK formally left the European Union (EU). Airbus said...
CBI response to extra business support during third lockdown
“The Chancellor has once again moved swiftly to support businesses as circumstances change. It is sorely needed. “More direct grants will provide some relief to eligible companies’ cashflow. “Yet with businesses facing a third lockdown, there are other steps that can...
£4.6 billion in new lockdown grants to support businesses and protect jobs
Chancellor announces one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property to help businesses through to the Spring£594 million discretionary fund also made available to support other impacted businessescomes in addition...
UK manufacturing order books hit 10-month high in December
Order books in the UK manufacturing industry improved to their strongest in 10 months in the lead up to Christmas. The latest CBI monthly Industrial Trends Survey also pointed out order books remain weak by historical standards. By comparison, the improvement in...
Science Minister at the Universities UK Research and Innovation Conference
At an online event, Amanda Solloway (10/12/20) spoke about the government’s ambition for research and innovation, and progress on developing the R&D Places Strategy. She said: Thank you for that welcome, and for inviting me to join you all today. Well – what a...
Further investment secured for The Birmingham Health Innovation Campus
A bid to develop a £210m life sciences campus in Birmingham, which could create 10,000 jobs, has received a new boost. The Birmingham Health Innovation Campus (BHIC) project has received up to £14m from the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership...
UK medicine manufacturing to receive funding boost
Funding of £20m will be provided to improve medicine supply chains in the UK and help to create thousands of new jobs. The money, which is being distributed as part of the Government’s new capital investment fund,...