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Sci-Tech Daresbury has released its annual line-up of strategic organisations that will offer the campus’ high-tech SMEs first class business support, expertise and services in the coming 12 months. David Antrobus Marketing, Guardian People Management, IBM, Marks & Clerk, Michael Page, RTC North, Slater Heelis, University of Liverpool, and Vista Insurance will continue to serve …
A new fund will support the development of Parkside and will focus on reinvestment in the borough. The Parkside Freeport Investment Fund has been approved by St Helens Borough Council’s Cabinet which will focus on a number of different areas including how the business rates will be used to support the project going forward and …
Sciontec Developments Limited (Sciontec), has announced its latest vision for its first new build development at Liverpool City Council’s flagship development site, Paddington Village. Sciontec, which owns Liverpool Science Park and manages innovative workspace at The Spine, has updated its plans for its eco-trailblazer new build, HEMISPHERE, which will now be home to circa 50,000 …
Some of the UK’s top pandemic scientists will gather this September for a two-day meeting hosted by The Pandemic Institute. The UK Pandemic Sciences Network Meeting will take place on the 5th and 6th September 2023 at the Spine. The UK Pandemic Sciences Network (UKPSN) brings together leading universities and pandemic science research teams to support the delivery of …
Calling all ambitious tech startups! Slush’D, the UK debut of Europe’s foremost tech conference, is teaming up with Liverpool City Region Angel Network (LCRAN) to offer an exciting investment opportunity for entrepreneurs. The conference, scheduled for 14th September at Liverpool’s vibrant Baltic Triangle, will feature an event where selected startups will have the opportunity to …
Communities across the Liverpool City Region could be set to benefit from over 4,000 new jobs and a multi-million-pound investment in the life sciences sector as part of the UK’s second Investment Zone. The government has today (26 July 2023) launched England’s second Investment Zone in Liverpool City Region, which could unlock £320 million of private investment and deliver 4,000 …
Slush, Europe’s foremost tech startup event, is coming to Liverpool for the first time this year. The conference – dubbed a “celebration of entrepreneurial grit” – will bring together startup founders and operators, investors and policy-makers at Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle on 14th September. Slush was founded by a group of students in Helsinki 15 years …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Cashplus Bank, the leading digital SME bank, has today announced the expansion of its Liverpool office, with plans to double its presence in the Northwest over the next five years. Based at The Spine in Paddington Village, which sits within the Knowledge Quarter Liverpool Innovation District, the move will create around 150 new jobs in …
