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Improving access to public market funding for life science companies UKSPA’s conference at Warwick University saw a discussion chaired by association board member Prashant Shah, CEO of the O2h Group, on funding the UK’s life sciences sector from public markets. It...

The policy backdrop to providing support – in particular finance – for the life sciences sector was the topic of debate for a high-powered plenary session at the UKSPA 40th anniversary conference at Warwick University. The first speaker was Irene Graham, Founder and...

Being good at science isn’t enough to start and grow a business, or to attract venture capital. That was the stark message from a panel of experts at the UKSPA 40th anniversary conference at Warwick University. While venture capital can bridge the gap to take a...

Caution from UK investors is sending many life science start-ups to the USA in search of finance. But the country retains its edge in developing innovative technology. A discussion session at the UK Science Park Association’s three-day 40th anniversary conference, at...

Pictured L-R, UKSPA Chair John Leake; Ebba Lund, CEO of IASP; Richard O’Boyle, CEO of Pioneer Group; Dean Cook, Director for Place and Levelling Up at Innovative UK. The rise of innovation districts and the opportunity for a major funding injection from the UK’s...

Pictured L-R, discussion chair John Leake, Business Growth Director, Sci-Tech Daresbury and UKSPA Chair; Andrew Carter, CEO of Centre of Cities; Christine Doel, SQW; Professor Tim Vorley, Oxford Brookes Business School. What is an innovation cluster? It became clear...

Pictured: Adrian Toutoungi (left), Partner at Taylor Wessing; and Professor Sir Mark Caulfield, Vice Principal Health at Queen Mary’s Faculty of Medicine. Discussions on the state of the UK’s life sciences market proved a major draw at the UKSPA’s 40th anniversary...

Science parks are on the front line of efforts to unlock a new era of growth, prosperity and productivity for the UK, delegates at the UKSPA anniversary conference in Warwick were told. The message was delivered by MP George Freeman. With a strong biomed business...

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...

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...

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...

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...