NORWICH, England, August 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The NRP Innovation Centre at the Norwich Research Park (NRP) in Norfolk (UK) opened for business this month (August 2010) following a GBP5m investment in brand new laboratory and office facilities for expanding science and innovation businesses.
The NRP Innovation Centre is the first phase of the Norwich Research Park's ambitious plans to create 5000 jobs in the next 10 years. Over 30 office and laboratory units have been constructed and fitted out in a totally refurbished and customised 4,215 sq m three-storey building, located on the NRP. The facilities have been designed to attract businesses working in science and science-related disciplines looking to grow in a world class science cluster.
The Norwich Research Park is Europe's leading centre for research in food, health and environmental sciences. Nearly 3000 scientists are already based on the NRP in science research institutes, which include the John Innes Centre, Institute of Food Research, the Sainsbury Laboratory, the Genome Analysis Centre and the University of East Anglia, as well as a number of science and innovation businesses.
NRP Innovation Centre project chairman, Alan Giles, said: The NRP Innovation Centre provides a first class working environment in one of Europe's top science parks and we are looking to attract tenants from all areas of science throughout the UK, Europe and further afield.
This month, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to move its microbiology service to the NRP Innovation Centre, in a development that strengthens the city's European expertise in microbiology.
Medical director Krishna Sethia said: The Norwich Research Park is already home to Europe's largest concentration of microbiologists but a missing part of the jigsaw has been expertise in medical microbiology.
The NRP Innovation Centre complements the NRP-based Norwich Bio-Incubator (NorBio) that already provides laboratory and office facilities for start up businesses, including national award winning companies, in a number of disciplines including forensics, ecology consulting, pharmaceuticals, genetics, science related publishing and other supporting services.
NRP Innovation Centre project co-ordinator, John Irving, addedd: The NRP Innovation Centre provides us with the strong foundations for positioning the Norwich Research Park as one of Europe's first choice science parks for science entrepreneurs.
The NRP Innovation Centre's website is at http://www.nrpic.com.
Press contacts: NRP Innovation Centre Peter Treglown, FOUR public relations, E: peter@fouragency.co.uk, T: +44(0)1603-627294
SOURCE: NRP Innovation Centre
CONTACT: Press contacts: NRP Innovation Centre, Peter Treglown, FOURpublic relations, E: peter@fouragency.co.uk, T: +44(0)1603-627294, M:+44(0)7768-176622
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