Sector News
Royal Commission Boosts UK Research & Development with Fellowships Linking Academia and Industry
Our Industrial Fellowships provide funding toward fees and salary for an individual to study for a PhD while working, linking cutting edge academic research with industrial scale to create new products and services. They offer everything that a conventional PhD does,...
Barclays partners with Engine Shed for its Bristol-based Eagle Lab to boost start-up ecosystem in the West of England
Pictured: L_R-Matt-Corbidge-Mike-Paton-Ben-Shorrock Eagle Labs at Engine Shed launches at Bristol Technology Festival 2023Eagle Labs supports start-ups and entrepreneurs to scale and grow Barclays announced its first Bristol based Eagle Lab during Bristol Technology...
Legal & General, Bruntwood and Greater Manchester Pension Fund invest half a billion
into the UK’s science, tech & innovation economy
Local government pension funds to support high-growth innovation sectors and regeneration of towns and citiesInvestments deliver specialist infrastructure and support, and world-leading lab and office space for businesses across the countryPatient capital crucial to...
Cambridge and Manchester launch new cross-UK innovation cluster to boost growth
A progressive new partnership between the innovation clusters in Cambridge and Manchester aims to boost investment in both cities and across the UK. The link-up will draw on the strengths of both cities to help them accelerate the scale-up of businesses and create new...
New International Investment Atlas Expression of Interest..Deadline Approaching
The new Oxford to Cambridge pan-Regional Partnership is seeking to identity the most impactful and innovative investment opportunities to profile to global audiences. The Projects could be included in the region’s first Investment Atlas and prospectus being created...
Weiss Technik UK Appoints Brett Green as Managing Director
Weiss Technik UK are very pleased to announce the appointment of Brett Green as Managing Director from 1 August 2023. Brett joins the team with over 30 years’ experience in the manufacturing and technology industries, bringing with him a wealth of...
Nominations Open for Prestigious WISE Awards Celebrating Outstanding Women in STEM
WISE (Women into Science and Engineering) is thrilled to announce the opening of nominations for the 2024 WISE Awards - an esteemed awards ceremony dedicated to recognising and honouring exceptional women in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and...
Remember, remember the 30th September …
Now seems an opportune time to remind those science parks and innovation centres that provide “virtual tenancy” services – offering an accommodation address for business where the business does not have a regular physical presence – that they need to verify whether...
Two Exciting Job Opportunities at UKSPA
The United Kingdom Science Park Association (UKSPA) is looking to appoint two new team members - an Events & Marketing Manager and a Membership Administrator. The position of Events & Marketing Manager is an exciting and high-profile new role at UKSPA, that...
How can we design, deliver and operate sustainable buildings that can stay the distance?
The recent UKSPA Summer Conference saw park managers, investors, developers, consultants, suppliers and construction contractors converge at York Science Park to share experiences and ideas on everything from sustainability best practise to campus collaborations, and...
Pioneer Group and King’s College London to deliver first-of-its-kind incubator partnership
Pioneering partnership will see the delivery of 95,000 square feet of incubator space on the South Bank of LondonSplit across two sites, the life sciences facilities will help incubate early-stage companies spun out of King’s College London in a boost for UK life...
Early Bird Discounts for IASP’s 40th Annual World Conference
Our international colleagues at IASP are holding their milestone 40th Annual World Conference in Luxembourg this autumn, and UKSPA is proud to be promoting this as official media partners. Taking place from 12th-15th September 2023, IASP’s 40th World...
Biomanufacturing Fund open to expressions of interest
This fund is to support commercial-scale vaccines and biotherapeutics manufacturing projects that will improve the UK’s health resilience for future pandemics. The Biomanufacturing Fund (BMF) will provide up to £38 million in capital grants to incentivise investment...
Keele University invites market interest in supporting expansion of its high growth Science and Innovation Park
Keele University has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) inviting early market engagement from potential strategic partners to support the continued growth of its Science and Innovation Park. One of the longest established...
Cambridge Wide Open Day to drive inclusive collaboration
o2h group, the creators of innovative SciTech communities, has launched the Cambridge Wide Open Day, offering a unique insight into the city best known as the ‘UK Centre of Science & Technology’. The inaugural event will take place on Wednesday 14th June 2023,...