Bruntwood SciTech teams with Thermo Fisher to lift lab offering
Bruntwood SciTech and Thermo Fisher Scientific have agreed to collaborate to improve the co-working laboratory offering for life science start-ups across the UK.
The partnership will predominantly focus on the Alderley Park campus in Cheshire, which is home to more than 250 science and technology businesses. Thermo Fisher Scientific will provide Bruntwood SciTech occupiers that use the park’s Open Access Lab facilities with industry support and access to a wide range of Thermo Scientific equipment.
The Open Access Lab – a co-working laboratory and shared equipment space – is designed to support start-up life science companies by providing access to specialist lab equipment and bench space for businesses working in research and development. The addition of new equipment will help start-ups to carry out scientific work without upfront capital costs.
Bruntwood SciTech and Thermo Fisher Scientific have agreed to collaborate to improve the co-working laboratory offering for life science start-ups across the UK.
The partnership will predominantly focus on the Alderley Park campus in Cheshire, which is home to more than 250 science and technology businesses. Thermo Fisher Scientific will provide Bruntwood SciTech occupiers that use the park’s Open Access Lab facilities with industry support and access to a wide range of Thermo Scientific equipment.
The Open Access Lab – a co-working laboratory and shared equipment space – is designed to support start-up life science companies by providing access to specialist lab equipment and bench space for businesses working in research and development. The addition of new equipment will help start-ups to carry out scientific work without upfront capital costs.
Alderley Park’s Open Access Lab also offers access to equipment on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Elsewhere, tenants on Bruntwood SciTech campuses such as Birmingham Health Innovation Campus, Citylabs in Manchester, and Melbourn Science Park in Cambridgeshire, will now have access to a nationwide enhanced Fisher Scientific New Lab Start-Up programme.
Kath Mackay, chief scientific officer at Bruntwood SciTech, said: “This agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific will provide hundreds of businesses across our campuses with the best possible tools to succeed and represents our latest investment in the future of the life sciences sector.”
John Brear, European sales director for biotech at Thermo Fisher Scientific, said: “We are pleased to be able to formalise our relationship with Bruntwood SciTech at a time when it is taking on new investment and increasing its commitment to the future of innovation in the UK.”
Founded by Legal & General and Bruntwood in 2018, Bruntwood SciTech recently secured £500m of additional investment and added Greater Manchester Pension Fund as a shareholder. The joint venture aims to create a £5bn, UK-wide portfolio that can support 2,600 businesses by 2032.
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