Global innovation in the centre of Newcastle A landmark 24-acre quarter built to transform quality of life with new products and services 01 The Helix is Newcastle’s flagship development and the only city-centre quarter of its kind in the UK. Hundreds of innovators, businesses and progressive homeowners living and working side by side, along with great food, drink and entertainment venues and three beautiful new public spaces. But it’s so much more than a collection of cutting-edge buildings. It’s a 24-acre testbed and collaborative ecosystem for public and private bodies. We have carefully brought together world-class researchers, buzzing startups and international brands and actively help them collaborate to bring brilliant innovations to the marketplace. Newcastle Helix is a hub for businesses and academics at the leading edge of data science, urban science and life science. Together, we’re transforming the quality of life for families, communities and cities around the world. And that’s what living better is all about. Explore Newcastle Helix 02 0003 One of Europe’s most exciting innovation districts Newcastle Helix comprises 10 world-class buildings covering 500,000 sq ft, united by our vision for better living. It’s a unique ecosystem, purpose-built to enable the commercialisation of your company’s new ideas. By providing access to on-site corporates, SMEs, research hubs, National Innovation Centres and Newcastle University, the Helix helps accelerate your products and services to market. It’s the only city-centre ecosystem of its kind in the UK, with a catchment of complementary specialisms to support the full breadth of data, life, and urban sciences. Two buildings are already open: The Core** is home to a range of SMEs tackling challenges for the future of cities and the multi-award winning Urban Sciences Building has shown new ways for researchers, businesses and technology to come together. And with a committed long-term investment from our three partners, Newcastle City Council, Newcastle University and Legal & General, you can trust the vision will be delivered in full. Computer Generated Image of Newcastle Helix Explore Newcastle Helix 04 05 Explore The Biosphere The Catalyst A home for ambitious Grade A accommodation in a companies within life science collaborative co-location facility Newcastle Helix and innovation, research and that is home to two National development. A 90,000 sq ft Innovation Centres. purpose-built facility with both The National Innovation commercial laboratory and Centre for Ageing office space. Bringing together world-leading businesses, the public, scientists The Lumen and innovation experts to Pitt Street A flagship office building of improve quality of life as exceptional quality, providing we age. Wellington Street accommodation over seven floors to cater for the flexible The National Innovation demands of modern business. 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A car park and transport hub, centrally located and with electric vehicle charging points. Explore Newcastle Helix 06 07 How we can help you Life Science innovate National Innovation Centre for Ageing. Accelerate products to market to help the ageing population. Including access to latent product testing community. VOICE Global is an organisation based at the National Innovation Centre for We want to talk to interesting companies, large Data Science Ageing, looking to understand what and small, from every sector to see how our citizen priorities are and to co-develop ecosystem can help you. products and services with businesses National Innovation Centre for Data. And no matter what your business, we can that meet them. offer a great employee lifestyle, including Improve your competitiveness and grow your business by unlocking the planned cafés, restaurants, and a hotel – and SME access. Collaboration and huge potential for innovation offered Urban Science with the city centre just eight minutes away investment opportunities with high by the explosive growth in digital data. on foot. We have on-site conferencing facilities growth companies. for you to hold events and talks right here, National Centre for Energy Systems EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training saving you time and effort. We also provide Centre for Life. Collaborate with Integration. Access to energy research in Cloud Computing for Big Data. incubator schemes, co-working spaces, and world-class medical science expertise and a network of partners Improve decision making and networking events for collaboration across researchers and allied services. including Ofgem, BEIS and National Grid. all our site specialisms. productivity. Grid-connected energy storage test Explore civic tech, Open Lab. bed. Experiment at scale, on site. and diversity and equality in the digital economy. Digital Creative Rapid charge EV filling station. Next generation tech to charge vehicles in Siemens MindSphere Lab. just a few minutes. National Innovation Centre for Data. Design, develop and test Internet Working on collaborative projects to of Things products, including Siemens MindSphere Lab. Design and get the skills your organisation needs for manufacturing and building develop Internet of Things products to obtain insight from data. management. and applications in cloud and cyber- physical environments. Developer culture. Newcastle’s tech Work side by side with industry sector numbers over 2,800 businesses, An on-site culture leaders. The Urban Observatory. 18,000 data employing over 27,000 people. encouraging collaboration and streams and almost a billion data investment opportunities. points revealing the complex systems Social networks. Such as Digital Union, behind cities. Dynamo North East and Creative Fuse. Explore Newcastle Helix 08 09 With 230,000 sq ft of space available, we can help your business find its perfect home Ideal for larger businesses Built for life sciences A collaborative working environment An inspiring working environment The Lumen The Biosphere The Catalyst The Spark A brand new flagship office space, designed A specialist facility offering high-quality biology Home to the National Innovation Centres A cutting-edge workspace designed to to cater to the flexible demands of modern and chemistry laboratories, Grade A offices and for Data and Ageing, The Catalyst provides provide a connected, flexible and sustainable businesses, whether it be an international conference space. Leading the way as a home commercial facilities alongside flexible, environment; combining the latest technologies brand or a start-up pioneer. The Lumen will for ambitious companies within life sciences, collaborative spaces with active, in-house to accommodate both headquarters and be home to the new North of Tyne Mayor and research and innovation.* support for networking, exhibitions, events and growing entrepreneurial businesses alike. Combined Authority. prototype demonstrations. At a glance At a glance At a glance At a glance – 106,000 sq ft of Grade A offices – A floor of Grade A offices – 100,000 sq ft of flexible Grade A office space – 106,000 sq ft of Grade A offices arranged – 5,000 sq ft incubator-accelerator space – 90,000 sq ft of fitted laboratories – A 20 seat boardroom with panoramic views over 12 floors – Flexible floor plates and write-up space across the Newcastle skyline – Top floor terrace with iconic views – A bespoke programme of business – 180 seat theatre and over 380 sq m over Newcastle support, including expert advice and of exhibition and workshop space – Large open floor plates industry knowledge – Access to collaborative spaces and – Conference space for up to 80 people meeting rooms – Large-scale prototyping and demonstration facilities Explore Newcastle Helix Computer generated image produced by GSSArchitecture 10 11 Case study: 90,000 sq ft state-of-the- art facilities dedicated to The Northern life