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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 …
Are you visiting Liverpool City Region for Eurovision? Get ready to immerse yourself in the UK’s most exciting city. Whether it’s access to skilled employees, a thriving hub of culture, or world-leading innovation in a place committed to a greener, more sustainable future, you’ll find it all in Liverpool City Region. If you’ve been inspired …
Peel L&P’s flexible workspace concept, ARRIVE, has landed at Princes Dock, Liverpool Waters. The circa £500,000 transformation of the ground floor of No. 10 Princes Dock in to a flexible, managed workspace for start-ups and small to medium enterprises opened to the public yesterday (26 April). ARRIVE’s expansion into Liverpool follows on from its success …
A new project has been announced that will involve the first ever detailed analysis of the FinTech ecosystem in the Liverpool City Region. The initiative will be a collaboration across organisations from the public and private sector, as well as higher education. The project will be led and delivered by Whitecap Consulting, the regional strategy consultancy …
Award-winning development studio, Milky Tea, has todayannounced a new partnership with the video gaming group, Aonic, who have acquired amajority stake in the company. This new partnership will support Milky Tea in developing its own in-house gamingintellectual property, whilst also expanding its operations. After previously working on thesuccessful Apple Arcade launch title, HyperBrawl Tournament, the …
Applications for a new northern-based accelerator, Baltic Ventures, have officially opened for early-stage tech companies to apply for their first programme, ‘Accelerator 2023’. Each successful applicant will receive equity backing and access to unrivalled expert mentoring. In 2022, Beauhurst found that 50% of announced equity deals and 69% of investment was deployed in London-based tech …
