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A FIVE-year mission to cement the reputation of Darlington and the Tees Valley as one of the UK’s centres of bioscience innovation has been endorsed by leading industry experts. The backing came at a bioscience industry workshop organised by Teesside University’s National Horizons Centre, featuring leaders from national and international businesses and organisations. The experts gave their wholehearted support to the centre’s ambitious five-year business plan which aims to significantly grow the skills and capacity of the UK’s bioscience industry. The plan includes the recruitment of 15 senior staff and academics. Senior figures from several leading organisations across the life sciences sector took part in the workshop, including FUJIFILM Diosynth Technologies, Cogent Skills and the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre, among others.
By Alison Wring
The need for laboratory space is soaring, driven by the booming life sciences sector. For developers and landlords hit by declining demand for offices, this provides an opportunity. Aecom’s Alison Wring assesses the cost considerations of repurposing offices for laboratory use and provides a typical cost breakdown
01 / The growing demand for laboratory space
Life sciences is the third most likely sector to see investment grow this year, according to the European Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2021 from the Urban Land Institute and PwC. From a UK perspective, several factors have brought this sector into the spotlight: