ONSIDE / INVESTING IN SCIENCE
“Looking around this
whole development gives
an exceptional sense of
place and community as
well as our opportunity
to promote collaborative
working practices and
shared services”
Norman Molyneux
from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills
(BIS) who share our vision and strategy for growth at the
Park.
“The funding is significant for Alderley Park as it supports
the strategy to transform the site from a singly occupied
R&D centre to a thriving multi-occupied bioscience cluster
and MSP will be committing £3m to match the RGF funding.
“The BioHub is a key enabler for the Park and is needed
by many of the potential ex-AstraZeneca start-ups that are
being nurtured in the incubation pipeline. It is therefore
critical for supporting entrepreneurship amongst scientists
who are not relocating to Cambridge, and whose skills and
expertise would otherwise be lost to the region.”
And as Norman acknowledges, these kind of projects, like
the presence of specialist investors like Acceleris and the
Seneca investment community create the impetus to attract
new business and retain talent in one of the UK’s key SME
heartlands.
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