A short walk from Nottingham city centre, this former Boots R&D centre has been transformed into floors of flexible lab and office space perfect for life science startups and scaleups. The site is made up of four buildings all with their own personality and quirks. The newest addition ‘Discovery’, 50,000 sq ft scale-up space, is donned with an award-winning sculpture, which lights up the night sky using live activity from the surface of the sun, taken from NASA satellites. Companies based here enjoy complimentary yoga classes, on site bike storage and modern co-working space with a pool table.
Easy-in, easy-out lab rental
Scaleup your space without the risk of lengthy leases. Take on new labs with just one month’s notice with the option to scale back with only three months’ notice. The flexible and modular lab space is perfect for life science startups and scaleups, including Class 1 and 2, GCP and GMP life science labs with fully extracted and recirculating fume hoods.
Shared facilities
- Daily lab rental
- Autoclave
- Glass wash
- Washing machines/dryers
- Cold rooms
- Gas and waste solvent stores
- Ice machine
- Water purification system
- Group purchasing schemes on lab consumables
- Clinical waste store
- -80’C freezer storage
Make it your own
Layout not quite working for you? With our in-house engineers, get the essentials like benching, data points and storage just right for your team and the way they work.
Sample Analysis
Choose between three tiers of PAYG sample analysis. No contracts, no lengthy agreements, simply choose what works best for you.
Analytical services: in-house
- NMR
- Mass spectrometry
Analytical services: extended
- Powder X-ray diffraction
- Single crystal X-ray diffraction
- GCMS / LCMS / HPLCMS
- Direct mass spec
- UV-Vis spectroscopy
- Thermal gravimetric analysis
- Digital scanning calorimetry
- ICP-OES (inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry)
- Karl Fischer titration
- Infrared spectroscopy
- Elemental analysis
Equipment rental
Benchtop equipment and lab furniture so you can hit the ground running.
Essential
- Daily lab rental
- Autoclave
- Glass wash
- Washing machines/dryers
- Cold rooms
- Gas and waste solvent stores
- Ice machine
- Water purification system
- Group purchasing schemes on lab consumables
- Clinical waste store
- -80’C freezer storage
Specialist.
If you need it and we don’t have it, we can purchase specialist equipment on your behalf (typically at a preferential rate) and rent it to you over an extended period of time, to lessen the capital expenditure.
Events
Enjoy weekly social events such as complimentary yoga or join us for a ‘Wise Words, In Conversation with…’ salon-style event. Industry leaders share their thoughts, experiences and most importantly, the lessons learnt over a beer or two with our invited audience of BioCity business leaders. Learn from the best and connect with the community.
Industry perks
The cluster effect of BioCity attracts benefits and opportunities not typically available to startups. Invitation-only pitching competitions, investment opportunity roundups, unique collaborations and trade visits are regular features for BioCity based life science startups.
The Kitchen
We are lucky enough to have two cafes at BioCity Nottingham. The Kitchen at BioCity (for BioCity based companies only) has comfy seating, a pool table, family-size tables and a relaxed atmosphere. The Kitchen is the perfect spot to take a break from work. The Mini Kitchen at BioCity (open to the public) has a seasonal menu made fresh in-house with locally sourced ingredients, taking you through from breakfast to afternoon pick-me-up. One thing that never changes is the quality of coffee, with beans sourced from award winning local roastery, 200°.
AMENITIES
Café – The Kitchen
Unique Common Areas
Pool table
Bike Storage
Exhibition Space
Meeting and conference rooms
Fitness studio
Shared outdoor space
Showers and hair dryers
On-site Parking
Good transport Links
Fully accessible
High Speed Internet
Cleaning Services
Printing
BioCity Nottingham
Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham NG1 1GF
