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The pharmaceutical firm’s investment will boost the UK’s Life Sciences sector. Today (6 March) pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has outlined plans to invest £650 million in the UK – helping boost the UK’s world leading Life Sciences sector and grow the economy. This significant investment will enhance public health protection and pandemic preparedness. AstraZeneca intends to …
Funding for Liverpool City Region’s Life Science Investment Zone is to be doubled to £160m and its benefits extended from five to 10 years, under revised plans to be discussed by the Combined Authority. The Investment Zone is due to start operating in spring next year and is expected to double employment in the life …
Associates of Cape Cod, Inc. (ACCI), a renowned global biotechnology company specialising in Bacterial Endotoxin and Glucan detection technologies, has chosen Academy Business Park in Kirkby as its new base of operations in the UK. ACC has been a global leader in endotoxin & (1→3)-ß-D-glucan detection products and services for almost 50 years. Today, a …
Mayor Steve Rotheram is to lead a high-level delegation backed by the British Embassy and the UK’s Department for Business and Trade to forge closer political, trade and cultural links between the Liverpool City Region (LCR) and the Hamburg city state. Over two days of tours, presentations and talks, senior officials, politicians and policy experts …
A UK-first Green Automotive manufacturing Hub, which will significantly reduce supply chain emissions in the North-West, has been launched in Merseyside by Peel Ports and Suardiaz. The £10 million facility – which is the first of its kind in the UK – was officially opened in a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday (14 November) as it …
Tritax Symmetry have completed the off-market acquisition of a 221-acre site in St Helens, in the Liverpool City Region and have plans to bring forward a circa 2.5million sq. ft logistics scheme and a new strategic rail freight interchange project (SRFI). Located within the Liverpool City Region’s Freeport zone on Junction 22 of the M6, …
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 …
