Sector News
Lab Innovations 2022 to drive innovation and sustainability
Lab Innovations, the UK’s largest trade exhibition for the laboratory industry, will bring together the industry’s leading professionals, scientists, researchers and more to drive innovation and sustainability. This year’s show, taking place on November 2 and 3 2022,...
ARC JOINS CaSE
Helping CaSE to keep science and engineering at the heart of the UK’s future. ARC has today announced that it has joined the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), the UK’s leading advocate for science and engineering. CaSE represents over 115 scientific...
Brookfield launches life sciences property platform
ARC (Advanced Research Clusters) (ARC), a next generation science, innovation and technology real estate platform, was launched with an initial portfolio that includes Harwell Science and Innovation Campus and sites in London, Uxbridge and Oxford. ARC...
UKSPA supporting Bidwells’ ‘Creating a Scientific Superpower’ Conference
Following the publication of Bidwells’ recent repot ‘Radical Capital’, UKSPA are proud to support their upcoming national conference, ‘Creating a Scientific Superpower’ taking place at the QEII Conference Centre in London on the 20th June 2022. The UK government has...
UKSPA elect John Leake as new Chair
The United Kingdom Science Park Association (UKSPA) is pleased to announce the appointment of John Leake as its new Chair. John takes over the mantle from outgoing Chair Patrick Bonnett, Chief Development Officer at the UK’s National Innovation Centre for...
The value of community
On the back of the pandemic, life sciences are riding high. The speed at which vaccines have been developed and supply chains built has shown the potential and agility of this sector. Last year the UK’s biotech industries attracted £4.5bn in funding – a rise of £1.7bn...
2022 National Accelerator & Incubator Survey: help shape the future of our sector
UKSPA is partnering with The Centre for Entrepreneurs, Founders Forum, COADEC, NACUE, The Entrepreneurs Network, The Scaleup Institute, Beauhurst, Capital Enterprise and several other key organisations to conduct the UK’s largest survey of Accelerators and...
Norwich Research Park announces new CEO
Anglia Innovation Partnership (AIP) LLP, the organisation that manages Norwich Research Park, has announced its new CEO. Roz Bird will take up her new position on 1 May. Roz has had a very successful career managing urban regeneration projects, science parks and...
UKSPA announces publication of its definitive guide
UKSPA (The United Kingdom Science Park Association) has today announced the publication of the fully revised and expanded third edition of The Planning, Development and Operation of Science Parks - UKSPA’s definitive guide to the creation and management of innovation...
Levelling up requires an end to policy churn
Stronger links between civil servants and R&D would help local economies, says Patrick Bonnett No-one could argue with the profound need to level up the UK. We are one of the most geographically unequal major economies in the world, and inequality has worsened...
The UK government’s Levelling Up white paper, outlines plans for three new ‘Innovation Accelerators’.
The new Silicon Valley-style ‘Innovation Accelerators’ will aim to create new jobs and boost regional economies across Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and Glasgow. The three new centres for innovation, research and development will be backed by £100m of...
Howard Group expands team with key science and technology appointment
Award-winning sector specialist Jeanette Walker joins property investment and development company Cambridge-based property investor and developer Howard Group is delighted to announce the appointment of Jeanette Walker as Interim Director – Unity...
UK energy tech startups find it 200% harder to succeed than tech startups, new report by Harwell and Tech Nation finds
Experts at Harwell Campus are calling for an increase in ‘later stage’ investment and smarter support for scaling energy tech organisations to prevent ‘pilot-itis’ and to tackle the global climate challenge. The call has come after a new report from Harwell...
Becoming a ‘Science and Technology Superpower’ requires HMG to keep its foot on the R&D accelerator
The autumn saw the Chancellor unveil the Budget and Spending Review 2021, critical for resourcing and implementing the government’s Innovation Strategy which was launched in July and signalled the government’s intention to place science, technology and innovation...
New Chief Executive appointed at UKSPA
James Chaffer has been appointed as Chief Executive of the United Kingdom Science Park Association (UKSPA). James will join UKSPA on 4 January 2022 following the retirement of Jim Duvall who leaves after fourteen years at the Association. James is currently...