Fast on the heels of the announcement of the creation of BioCity Scotland, further evidence of BioCity’s widening geographical reach has been provided by the recent staging of a BioEntrepreneur Boot Camp in Bangalore, India
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Research challenges government to rethink high growth business strategy
Research from Strathclyde Business School – published in Small Business Economics (Springer) – suggests that policy-makers are looking in the wrong places in their efforts to promote more high growth firms – so-called gazelles. Professor Colin Mason of Strathclyde’s Hunter Centre, who co-authored the paper with Dr Ross Brown, is proposing five ways in which the Government could productively intervene to increase the number of high growth firms.
BioCity Nottingham expands in deal with MSD to create new base for life science companies
BioCity Nottingham, one of Europe’s largest bioscience business incubators doubles in size today with the announcement that newly-formed BioCity Scotland Limited has acquired the former-MSD research facility at Newhouse, Lanarkshire. The gifting of the site by MSD (operating in the US and Canada as Merck & Co) to BioCity Scotland will allow the development of a dedicated base in central Scotland for growing bioscience, pharmaceutical, med tech and healthcare companies.
Sygnature Discovery and Cyprotex Extend Successful Strategic Alliance for a Further Two Years
Sygnature Discovery Ltd., a leading provider of integrated drug discovery services to the pharmaceutical industry, and Cyprotex Discovery Ltd., the world’s largest specialist ADME-Tox/PK pre-clinical discovery and development CRO, today announced they have entered into an extension of their highly successful strategic alliance for a further 2 years.
Reaction to the Prime Minister’s statement on the UK Life Sciences Industry.
Dr Glenn Crocker, Chief Executive of BioCity Nottingham, a leading incubator company hosting over 70 early stage and growing businesses operating in the Life Science sector, while welcoming the government measures has a number of caveats to add.
UK Life Science start ups central to an industry in transition
Commercial laboratories across the UK are becoming part of a silent, but significant revolution in the way the life science industry operates. The impact, according to the UK Life Science Start up report published today, is already affecting the way the industry is structured, how and where new start ups come from, and the source and nature of early-stage finance.
SMALL CHANGE MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE
Emmanuel House will launch its ‘Cup of kindness’ Christmas Campaign at 10:30 on Thursday 1st December in Lace Market Square with a reminder to all in Nottingham that many homeless and vulnerable adults could go without a main meal this winter season. The ‘outdoor dinner party’, staged with the help of New College Nottingham and CHC-Land Ltd, sets the scene for the launch which will be led by Emmanuel House CEO Ruth Shelton, supporters and service users.
Inventor glowing with pride as Flashing Goggles make a splash
Carpenter and inventor David Fryett has spent the last six years developing 12 prototypes at a cost of over £20,000 to bring his latest invention to market, but can thank his children for the original inspiration. Now Gogglows could become this Christmas’s must-have stocking filler for keen young swimmers.
Bio-Industry leader Dr Louis J Nisbet leads BioCity forward
New Chairman of BioCity Nottingham Louis J Nisbet DSc PhD assumes his position this month amidst significant changes and challenges in the global life sciences sector.
Variety and Success marks ‘The Year in Industry’ 25 Year Celebration
A small celebratory publication gives an interesting snapshot of careers in the engineering industry over the last 25 years. The charity EDT has published the booklet to mark 25 years of their well known “The Year in Industry” (YINI) gap year programme for engineers and scientists. EDT has gone on the hunt for former students and the book gives a brief outline of some of their careers since their placement year before university. The book is sponsored by The Royal Academy of Engineering and forms part of The Year in Industry’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations sponsored by The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust.