News
14 Dec Snow business like home for BioCity businesses
The local business community is used to hearing about BioCity's latest developments at its various locations across the UK, most recently with regards its new £30m Discovery Building in Nottingham. However, it seems when not developing innovative new products and services in life sciences, its 200 plus businesses,...
28 Nov A New Player in Stability Storage in Scotland
Roylance Storage have recently opened their 15,000sqft, state of the art Stability Storage facility at BioCity Scotland. The specialist storage company is offering simulation of environmental conditions and will provide a trusted outsourced environmental testing service in their brand new, purpose-built multi-point validated chambers. The Roylance name...
28 Nov metaLinear Ltd secures £255k seed investment for targeted antibacterial research
metaLinear is a start-up biotechnology company founded in 2017, focused on the identification and validation of new drug targets for difficult to treat bacterial infections. The new investment was secured from the BioCity Group Ltd, who manage the Alderley Park Ventures (APV) fund and Catapult...
28 Nov XenoGesis ramps up growth plans with appointment of new global head of business development
XenoGesis has appointed Dr Rachel Hemsley as global head of business development in a drive to support its ambitious growth plans. The Nottingham-based biotechnology company is the UK's largest independent laboratory-based contract research organisation (CRO) specialising in preclinical drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics (DMPK) – enabling it to provide expert...
21 Nov V Formation hires financial journalist to boost corporate PR
BioCity-based marketing agency, V Formation, has hired a senior business journalist to bolster its public relations division. Lauren Mills, most recently deputy business editor at the Leicester Mercury, has been hired by marketing and PR agency V Formation as senior PR consultant. Lauren steps into the...
17 Nov BioCity appointed to run a new accelerator programme in Aberdeen
BioCity is set to further expand operations following its appointment to run a new bespoke accelerator programme in Aberdeen. The accelerator programme is being launched to catalyse growth in Aberdeen’s world-class life sciences cluster by supporting the development of start-ups, spin-outs and growth companies across the...
17 Nov Insignia Technologies to appear on Channel 4 this evening
Dr Graham Skinner of Insignia Technologies will be appearing on Channel 4 this evening on the TV show ‘Food Unwrapped’ at 8pm. Insignia Technologies have developed a smart label which helps reduce food waste at home. The label detects when the package is opened and changes colour to indicate if...
02 Nov All Naturals soaps now available at Boots online
All Naturals soaps are now available to purchase via Boots online store. They are the first company to sell ‘all natural' soaps made using the traditional cold process method. This production method is time consuming, however produces a high quality product and is free from chemicals...