The Liverpool innovation hub Central Tech has secured seven additional tenants and is now over two-thirds full. The facility, which occupies the former Sensor City building on Copperas Hill, spans 27,000 square feet and was launched by Sciontec in May. Sciontec is owned by Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Liverpool, Liverpool City Council, and Bruntwood SciTech.
The hub offers expertise in health, life sciences, technology, and digitalisation, supported by the LCR Connect broadband network. The new tenants have occupied various spaces, including bespoke private office spaces, dedicated single desks, and co-working areas.
One of the new arrivals is Genetix, which employs gene sequencing methods to provide verified evidence regarding the health risks of mould and damp in properties across the UK, supporting enhanced safety legislation. The Liverpool-based firm’s new headquarters, located in a premium office on the first floor, will support its existing laboratory in Nottingham and its client work throughout the UK.
Innovation skills and training company IN4Group has taken a space on the second floor, which it will use to co-ordinate its digital education programmes across the country to improve fair access to technology.
They are joined by Inventya, which offers support to innovation companies in areas such as funding, finance, and R&D tax credits to help them bring their products and services to market in the UK and internationally. Product design and development specialist Butters Innovation, which helps businesses to quickly progress their innovation ideas, has also joined the Central Tech community, alongside the architectural venture Bond Bryan:Fairhursts.
Leanne Katsande, head of commercial at Sciontec, which also manages Liverpool Science Park, commented: “When we reimagined Central Tech, we deliberately created a wide range of different-sized spaces that would suit companies at various stages. The flexible Sciontec AI model that we first developed at The Spine is a really important part of that mix as it gives organisations a chance to take a single dedicated desk, co-working space or something more prominent.”
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