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Liverpool City Region FinTech Ecosystem report cover

New report highlights significant FinTech capability in Liverpool City Region

A new report published by Whitecap Consulting, in partnership with key regional and national stakeholders, has identified and mapped out a significant and growing FinTech sector in the Liverpool City Region, with key strengths in payments, WealthTech, InsurTech, and accounting. The report is the result of the first ever detailed analysis of the FinTech ecosystem …

Read moreNew report highlights significant FinTech capability in Liverpool City Region

Liverpool City Region Mayor signs landmark innovation deal with South Korea’s second city

A landmark innovation deal was signed today that paves the way for greater co-operation between two of the world’s most famous port cities. Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Park Heong-Joon, Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City in South Korea, aimed at enhancing ‘mutual understanding, prosperity and friendship’. The …

Read moreLiverpool City Region Mayor signs landmark innovation deal with South Korea’s second city
Officials at the opening of the new Glass Futures facility in St Helens

£54 million Glass Futures facility opens in St Helens

Glass Futures, an innovative research and technology centre that will help decarbonise the global glass industry, has officially opened in St Helens. The £54m Glass Futures Global Centre of Excellence will feature a unique experimental furnace and other technology that will pioneer ways of making carbon neutral glass. Learning from the facility could help decarbonise …

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Norman Purvis, Chief Scientific Officer, Head of Research and Development and Robert Henry, President and CEO, Pierian Biosciences

Pierian Biosciences opens second Liverpool laboratory in six months

The scaling diagnostic development and laboratory service provider expands their UK operations, bringing LSP’s lab occupancy to 100%. Having launched its first permanent UK Laboratory in October 2022 at Liverpool Science Park (LSP), Pierian Biosciences has now signed a lease for a second CAT-2 laboratory within the Sciontec Developments Limited (Sciontec) owned innovation centre. Now …

Read morePierian Biosciences opens second Liverpool laboratory in six months

Liverpool’s Life Sciences community teams up for global industry event to boost investment

Leaders from Liverpool City Region’s Life Sciences community join forces to showcase expertise at World Vaccine Congress 2023 in Washington. Industry leaders from Liverpool City Region and representatives from the Invest Liverpool City Region team at Growth Platform are joining forces to highlight the region’s global life sciences expertise at this year’s World Vaccine Congress …

Read moreLiverpool’s Life Sciences community teams up for global industry event to boost investment
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Liverpool City Region wins Government status for Vaccine Discovery, Development, and Manufacturing.

The Department for International Trade and Growth Platform to showcase the Liverpool City Region’s life sciences expertise at this year’s World Vaccine Congress in Barcelona. Growth Platform, Liverpool City Regions Growth Company, and the Department for International Trade (DIT) have launched a new Vaccines Discovery, Development and Manufacture High Potential Opportunity (HPO) in recognition of …

Read moreLiverpool City Region wins Government status for Vaccine Discovery, Development, and Manufacturing.
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Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram welcomes government decision to back revolutionary green network in the region

Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram today welcomed a government decision to back an innovative low carbon and hydrogen energy project for the North West and North Wales.

Read moreMetro Mayor Steve Rotheram welcomes government decision to back revolutionary green network in the region
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Sci-Tech Daresbury first to sign up to LCR Connect for future proof connectivity

Sci-Tech Daresbury has become the first location in the Liverpool City Region to install LCR Connect full fibre, doubling capacity and future-proofing connectivity for more than 150 world-leading science and technology businesses based on the campus.

Read moreSci-Tech Daresbury first to sign up to LCR Connect for future proof connectivity
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Mayor Steve Rotheram unveils radical levelling up plan to drive Liverpool City Region economy and improve lives

Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotheram, has unveiled a radical plan to deliver real levelling up for the region – creating thousands of new jobs and improving life chances for its 1.6m residents.

Read moreMayor Steve Rotheram unveils radical levelling up plan to drive Liverpool City Region economy and improve lives
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iiCON supports Merseyside SMEs to turbo charge regional innovation

iiCON: Infection Innovation Consortium is providing a shot in the arm for regional innovation - supporting Merseyside SMEs to develop 13 new products since launching in September 2020.

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Liverpool's plans for first net zero carbon building

Liverpool sets out plan for city’s first net zero carbon building

The Liverpool City Region Freeport has cleared one of the final hurdles in its development with the announcement of government approval for its outline business case.

Read moreLiverpool sets out plan for city’s first net zero carbon building

Major step forward for Liverpool city region freeport

The Liverpool City Region Freeport has cleared one of the final hurdles in its development with the announcement of government approval for its outline business case.

Read moreMajor step forward for Liverpool city region freeport
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