Bringing the Vision to Life

Bringing the vision to life Founding Foreword The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (RLBUHT) is one of the largest and busiest hospital trusts in the North The Knowledge Quarter (KQ Liverpool) is important, not just to board the future economic success of Liverpool, but to the rebalancing of England with an annual budget of over £400 million, with 5,600 directly contracted of the economy across the UK. For the North of England to keep staff and over 650 staff in the hosted services pace, and eventually close the economic gap with London and the members or contracted services such as catering. It South East, we need to attract and retain the very best students, provides services across two sites, which graduates, scientists, clinicians, academics and business innovators. contains three hospitals: The Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital It’s no coincidence then that we decided to launch our vision at and Liverpool University Dental Hospital. the home of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). The fact that Liverpool has been chosen by the RCP, one of the UK’s most renowned medical institutions, as their new Northern Centre of Liverpool City Council is one of the largest local Excellence is evidence that we can attract the very best. It is also authorities in the UK. It provides a wide range of proof of the power of city-wide collaboration as a force for change. services including education, social care, leisure, This plan sets out our partnership vision for KQ Liverpool parks maintenance and takes a lead role in the Founded in 1881 as the original ‘red brick’, the and how we intend to establish one of the world’s leading regeneration of the city. Over the next 15 years, University of Liverpool (UoL) is one of the UK’s innovation districts. Creating a place of innovation and discovery the authority aims to deliver projects worth in leading research institutions, with an annual in science, technology, education, medicine and culture. excess of £10bn and build 30,000 new homes turnover of £480 million, including £102 million as the city’s population rises to 497,000 people. for research. Ranked in the top 1% of higher KQ Liverpool is a place where great discoveries are made in education institutions worldwide, the UoL is preventing and fighting infectious diseases, personalised medicine, a member of the prestigious Russell Group. sensor technology, materials chemistry and sports science and this thematic focus is a great fit with the city region’s unique assets in high-performance computing, cognitive computing and visualisation. Founded in 1823, Liverpool John Moores As a place, KQ Liverpool provides a unique environment University (LJMU) has a clear vision to be The Visit Hope Street Community Interest for discovery by combining the arts, culture, education, recognised as a modern civic university delivering Company (CIC), was established in 2009 and science and healthcare in a single eco-system. solutions to the challenges of the 21st century. comprises of some of the key businesses and It is setting new standards in higher education, organisations in and around Hope Street. and recently became the first university to The mission of the group is to promote Hope achieve two commended judgments in the 2016 Street as a great visitor destination in Liverpool. review by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). The group is an eclectic mix of businesses, cathedrals, cultural and educational institutions, united in their passion for Hope Street and Chair, KQ Liverpool working together to develop its future. Vice-Chancellor, UoL

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is the world’s oldest centre of excellence in tropical medicine and international public health. It has been engaged in the fight against Liverpool Vision is the city’s economic infectious, debilitating and disabling diseases development company and works within the since 1898 and continues that tradition strategic leadership of the Mayor of Liverpool. today with a research portfolio of well over The company has three functions; Invest £210 million and a teaching programme Liverpool, Marketing Liverpool and International attracting students from over 65 countries. Festival for Business. Liverpool Vision aims to fuse economic development and business and enterprise support to accelerate the city’s growth and build a sustainable economy.

01 02 The success of the In order to leverage greater commercialisation of KQ Liverpool’s Research & Development Why the Knowledge Quarter Liverpool (R&D) activity and also promote clustering, (KQ Liverpool) in the coming collaboration and knowledge sharing, we plan to work with the city region’s existing five years will be founded agencies to support more start-ups, foster Knowledge Quarter? on the collaboration taking business growth and attract more innovative businesses, including inward investors. These place right now between all new businesses will help to improve our of its partners and advocates. existing commercialised assets and maximise As a team, we occupy the KQ Liverpool’s economic impact for the city. dynamic space between In this document we outline our plans - ambition and delivery. creating a place where great discoveries are With in excess of 54,000 students studying in made - and set out how we intend to achieve the city each year, we essentially have some of We are tasked with defining, this, with some ambitious improvements the world’s best minds right on our doorstep. We intend to support programmes to invest creating and promoting the Liverpool is a city of proposed for this 450-acre urban district. in those young people and support them opportunity, which is why place that is KQ Liverpool. KQ Liverpool is already home to some of the as they move into their chosen specialisms. our vision for the Knowledge world’s most influential players in science, health, This deeper talent pool will be vital to Quarter positions it at the technology, culture and education and with business growth and inward investment. forefront of global innovation. over £1bn of new developments in the pipeline, Ultimately, we want to help and a further £1bn likely in the next five years, We will work closely with Liverpool Health Partners (LHP), a strategic partnership grow the economy and we aspire to increase employment figures, of ten NHS organisations and three create new employment improve graduate retention and attraction rates and establish Liverpool as the home to Higher Education Institutions working within the city region. one of the world’s leading innovation districts. together to deliver excellence in research, education and service delivery, to facilitate a stronger platform for talent.

By finding and presenting ways to create a We believe that the whole dialogue across sectors, bringing complementary is greater than the sum of businesses together in a formal or informal its parts, which is why we setting, we can create leading science, bring together the city’s key biomedical and technology clusters, which will partners, to collaborate in in turn, bring together academics, clinicians a creative environment. We don’t try to do and the private sector and encourage SMEs everything ourselves to work with larger like-minded R&D firms. - we support our partners in delivering the wider vision.

The Knowledge Quarter provides an unrivalled concentration of expertise in science, technology, health, education, music and the arts - all within a city centre location. It’s As a single point proximity to a seaport, a major railway station and two of contact, we can The City Region then international airports, with our major investment plans for respond quickly becomes a focus for to enquiries and innovation and KQ Liverpool the Knowledge Quarter to include a new train station, will opportunities. enables consistent messaging make it the best connected innovation district in the UK. and through the ‘power of place’ fosters clustering and knowledge transfer. Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool

03 04 Liverpool City Region Welcome to Liverpool (LCR) has a population of - a city of opportunity 1.5 million of which almost

The recently published Liverpool City Region Home to Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LCR) Growth Strategy, proposes to grow (LSTM), the University of Liverpool (UoL), 1 million Liverpool’s the economy by capitalising on our strength Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), are of working age. in several sectors. These are health and life Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), sciences, digital and creative, low-carbon Liverpool Science Park (LSP) and the new £28bn economy energy, advanced manufacturing, maritime £429m Royal Hospital, KQ Liverpool is fast and logistics, financial and professional becoming one of Europe’s leading innovation grew by 8% services and the visitor economy. districts and a place renowned for its cultural assets, including Liverpool’s two cathedrals. Within KQ Liverpool and the wider city region in the five years leading up to 2014, and we are investing in Liverpool’s world leading Upon completion of its new hospitals it will Liverpool now has the second highest centres of excellence in cognitive computing, also become one of the largest academic incidence of high-growth firms in sensor technology, digital and creative and clinical campuses in the UK, and due the UK, second only to London. businesses, precision medicine, infectious to its overall importance to the city, KQ disease, children’s health, independent Liverpool is a Mayoral Development Zone. living and eHealth, in a way that is entirely complementary to the LCR Growth Strategy.

Liverpool is a great city in which to do business. We have a highly skilled local workforce manufacturing a range of innovative influenza vaccines. As well as having a strong pool of talent, Liverpool has affordable living and good access to Europe, making it a very attractive city.

Laura O’Brien, Seqirus

05 06 The Knowledge Quarter11 Mayoral Development Zone

Discover our key sites and buildings

1 The University of Liverpool Health & 13 15 Life Sciences Campus, including the Liverpool Bio Innovation Hub and Biobank 2 Paddington Village 3 The Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen 13 University Hospital and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

4 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine N HILL LOW O K 14 5 Sensor City 4 6 The Victoria Gallery and Museum 3 7 Materials Innovation Factory 2 D 4 8 Liverpool John Moores University, J

Mount Pleasant Campus GROVE ST GROVE 9 University of Liverpool, 5 1 The Foundation Building 6 2 10 Liverpool Institute for G

Performing Arts (LIPA) SMITHDOWN LANE 11 City of Liverpool College 12 9 B 12 Liverpool Science Park 8 13 Liverpool John Moores University, 11 City Campus 7 14 Liverpool Life Sciences Accelerator F 12 2 15 Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus

8 I GRINFIELD ST Discover places of interest

A Liverpool Cathedral B The Metropolitan Cathedral 11 11 of Christ the King What is a Mayoral P CROWN ST C The Echo Arena & Convention Centre H E Development D Lime Street Station Zone (MDZ)? E Liverpool Philharmonic F Liverpool One 11 10 There are currently 5 MDZs across the L G The Royal Liver Buildings city, including the Knowledge Quarter.

H Albert Dock GROVE ST These MDZs were identified to strategically I Everyman Theatre focus development activity across the J The Town Hall city as part of the Mayoral constitution. C A K Central Library L China Town In terms of benefits, the zones demonstrate the city’s long term strategic, M Exhibition Centre Liverpool Baltic political and financial commitment N Walker Art Gallery M Triangle to investment in Liverpool. O The World Museum P Unity Theatre

Knowledge Quarter Mayoral Development Zone © Copyright Liverpool City Council

07 08 Infection Personalised Health emerging global revolution, in manufacturing driven by technology advances, merging KQ the digital and physical worlds. Liverpool has had a leading international Healthcare today is moving away from a reputation in infection research, tropical ‘one treatment fits all’ approach and towards medicine and global health for more than ‘Personalised Health’, with therapeutic modalities Liverpool’s 150 years. Key partners including UoL, (drugs, surgery, physical and psychological Sports Science LSTM and LHP, with business relationships therapies) tailored to treat the individual needs through the likes of Seqirus and Bionow of each patient. In Liverpool we are uniquely LJMU’s School of Sport and Exercise leading and wider regional links to Alderley Park. positioned as a leader in the research and Sciences was the first institution in the ‘bench-to-bedside’ delivery (clinical translation) world to host a single honours degree The UoL’s Institute of Infection and Global of Personalised Health with world-class centres programme in sport science in 1975. Health was established to bring together such as the MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science specialisms leading medical, veterinary and basic science and Wolfson Centre for Personalised Medicine. With a world leading reputation for linking researchers from across the Faculty of Health sports science research with public health, and Life Sciences. It also complements The UoL’s current work in this area, and LJMU are currently working with the LSTM, which has a long track record of implementation into the NHS, already benefits International Olympic Committee to create We have defined a number pioneering research in vector biology. the region, thanks to the partnerships and close a global ‘Active Cities’ programme, part of world leading specialisms association with LHP and its ten Hospital Trusts. of a global campaign waged by physical LSTM hosts the largest concentration of medical activity and public health organisations. that, when combined, entomologists in the UK, with a research profile differentiate Liverpool from that spans from functional genomics of disease Materials Chemistry LJMU are also collaborating with the KQ vectors to clinical trials, implementation research Liverpool partners, including The Royal competing cities. There is and the development of tools for the monitoring By using Computer Aided Materials Liverpool and Broadgreen University and evaluation of disease transmission. Their a clear synergy between Science (CAMS) and high-throughput (HT) Hospitals NHS Trust (RLBUHT) to bring state-of-the-art facilities continue to develop new automation, the UoL aims to develop new forward plans for an iconic, global these specialisms, with the drugs, vaccines and pesticides, which puts them approaches to materials science, rethinking sports science and health campus. at the forefront of infectious disease research. collaboration between them applications and bringing it into the 21st Century. The potential that new, and at scale, The proposed new campus will add further crucial to their success. aggregations of automation, control and scale to the existing Research Institute cognitive computing can offer is limitless. for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES), whose activity ranges from working with The UoL’s world-leading research team is British Cycling, through to physical activity collaborating with Unilever to create the in chronic disease prevention research. Materials Innovation Factory (MIF), with plans underway for MIF-D, a new incubator space. This excellence in sports science and health is aligned to Hope University’s studies in sports injuries and rehabilitation and to Liverpool’s other world leading specialisms of sensor Sensor Technology technology, personalised health and high performance cognitive computing, as well Sensors play an important role in our day- as the city’s Commonwealth Games bid. to-day lives; detecting and monitoring change in temperature, light, pressure, sound and humidity, their uses are wide reaching in industry, safety and security, High performance and within our personal gadgets and computing devices. Their usage can only increase as technology advances even further. KQ Liverpool’s other leading specialisms - infection control, materials chemistry, Sensor City (a new innovation centre, which precision medicine, sensor technology and will transform sensor applications across sports science - are further strengthened the world) is a beneficiary of LCR 4.0, is an by the UoL’s research excellence and the exciting new initiative is part funded by the application of high performance computing led European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). by STFC Hartree, especially in materials and infection. This digital excellence, along with It will increase productivity in LCR manufacturing the city region’s key business relationships, organisations through the development of including IBM and Tech North, will be key to smarter products, processes and supply establishing Liverpool’s uniqueness in science. chains. It offers the opportunity for Liverpool to position itself at the forefront of an

09 10 Music is a key part of the KQ Liverpool I can’t understand why people are frightened proposition, with the Liverpool Philharmonic The KQ and the UoL institute of Popular Music of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones. located here but it also plays a much wider role in the city. Earlier this year, Liverpool was recognised as a UNESCO City of Music, John Cage Liverpool due to its extraordinary musical heritage. Musician

The creative and performing arts are Eco-System also at the heart of KQ Liverpool, with Infection the Everyman and Unity theatres.

LIPA, which is located between the two Liverpool is a global brand, cathedrals, is one of the UK’s leading with music, the creative and institutions for the creative and performing arts and includes Paul McCartney and Computing Materials performing arts and sport George Harrison’s old school, as well as the synonymous with the city’s old art school attended by John Lennon.

international reputation. Music and the creative and performing arts are just two of the smaller things Music, One of the things that most differentiates that paint the bigger picture. KQ Liverpool from other innovation Creative & districts is the richness of the culture that Performing People work hard in the Knowledge Quarter but Arts is embedded into the fabric of the place. they also know how to enjoy themselves. The independently owned restaurants on and around The KQ Liverpool Eco-System is fuelled by culture Hope Street offer residents, and visitors alike, - it’s what gives the place vibrancy and energy. some of the best food in Liverpool. These include Sports Personalised The London Carriage Works at The Hope Street Science Hotel, the award winning Art School, 60 Hope Health Street, The Quarter, HOST, The Pen Factory, Moose and Moonshine, Free State Kitchen, Puschka, Frederiks and The Old Blind School.

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11 12 Our activity for the next five years can Exciting be broken down into three themes: times ahead Improving connectivity:

It isn’t just about the physical connection between places, we want to connect people physically, digitally and professionally. Our work will focus on getting the transport right, as well as using events and digital media to build a strong sense of community.

Making the place: Attracting KQ Liverpool offers a unique mix of education, healthcare, science, innovation investment & creating and culture and its success as an innovation district is completely reliant opportunities: on providing a place where people not only want to live, work and play but With countless development and a place where they want to stay. redevelopment opportunities across the district, it’s important that we continue to present key investment sites to the market, whilst growing and improving the commercial assets that we already have. Our plan is to work with partners to attract greater research funding, attract and retain more talented people, help secure vital investment for growing businesses and encourage the commercialisation of academic research.

13 14 The unique mix of science, Another important part of making the place is attracting independent and artisan retailers to Making technology, health, education the new development sites. There is already and cultural institutions, a fantastic mix of coffee shops, bars and restaurants here but we want to see more of combined with the stunning these ventures opening up over the next few a great architecture and its position years. We also want to animate the streets by encouraging retailers to trade out into at the heart of the city, really the public realm. Think European city vibe. place sets KQ Liverpool apart A successful place is a sustainable place from competing cities. and working with the existing Knowledge Quarter Sustainability Network (KQSN), whose Combine the assets of the KQ Liverpool with collaborators include Liverpool Food People, the regenerated waterfront and the exhibition the Friends of St James Gardens and the and conference centres and it soon becomes Canning residents, we intend to support the clear why LCR is uniquely placed and attracts projects that they identify, from improving leading conventions from around the world. the energy infrastructure, to creating green corridors or ribbons running east-west and People make places and our objective is north-south. We will also assist KQSN in to work with the community to create a bringing forward local food growing, ethical unique place to live, work and play. Although procurement, health and wellbeing campaigns the physical borders of KQ Liverpool are and responsible waste management, established, we need to make sure that it’s including the recycling of surplus food. defined as a place that people are not only aware of but a place where they actually A public realm scheme will be devised and want to be. And more importantly – stay. implemented by the KQ Liverpool partners, creating more green space, including better Many of the elements that we need to utilisation of St James Gardens at the Anglican make the area a success are already here Cathedral, new pedestrianised areas, a market but we need to work with the different garden where locals, workers and students partners, such as the Visit Hope Street CIC, can find sustainable produce and introducing the Rodney Street Association and Love places designed to encourage peace and Canning, to bring their ideas to the fore. calm for contemplation or quiet working.

As vital as top of the range buildings and New electric/hybrid car charging points facilities are to the success of KQ Liverpool will be installed throughout the area too, as an innovation district, there also needs making it easier for people to use electric to be somewhere for the doctors, scientists, cars, or for those who prefer to get around students and entrepreneurs to live. Whether the city on two wheels, we will be looking that’s within a few minutes’ walk or a short to extend the current City Bike scheme. commute, we will work to establish the right mix and quality of residential accommodation. Finally, we will provide better illuminated, well signposted parking for evening and weekend visitors who travel into the city to the likes of the Everyman and Liverpool Philharmonic on Hope Street. All of this being important to Liverpool’s continuing success in the visitor economy.

15 16 Although my son is a Scouser, I’m not. This didn’t stop my heart leaping, when I first arrived over 20 years ago at Lime Street Station, because Liverpool, a relatively small city at the time, had a national and international reputation for the creative and performing arts. Too many names, but high on the list were Willy Russell and The Beatles and I was about to create an internationally known institute with the help of Paul McCartney. Today, more international students attend LIPA than any other creative and performing arts institute in the country and not by a little, by a third. Many came from Europe (our students developed a new language: EuroScouse), many from the US and many from Norway (King Harald recently gave us an award in recognition). All in all, students from every continent and 44 countries have and are studying with us. To retain our world-leading status, we recently bought the former Liverpool School of Art and refashioned it, at a cost of £10m, to provide Olympic standard facilities to deliver an activity that speaks many languages, provides enjoyment and touches our hearts.

Sir Mark Featherstone-Witty Founding Principal/CEO, LIPA

17 18 We want to develop an integrated mobility strategy for KQ Liverpool that will inform key infrastructure investments to make this a truly connected place. We believe sustainable transport works when it really is better than using a car on all levels (and not just cost) – it needs to be safe, convenient and consistent. This is our ambition – we want to learn from the best examples around the world and create an urban environment that becomes an exemplar in its own right.

Mushtaq Saleri Ellis Williams Architects

This heat map, part of a study by the UoL on student movements, is the starting point for a larger study. We will be using mobile data as part of a wider public life study, to look at how best to plan pedestrian areas, public realm, green spaces, cycle routes, car parking and public transport across KQ Liverpool. @ The Liverpool School of Architecture

19 20 “The Liverpool City Region is the place where Unilever has some of its most important research and development partnerships. The partnership with the University of Liverpool is At the heart of particularly exciting and visionary. The University’s and Unilever’s co-investment in the MIF will, from 2017, house the largest and most advanced cluster of Robotics for R&D anywhere in innovation the Unilever world. This will transform innovation speed and impact in the years to come.” Dr Jonathan Hague VP, Unilever “The Liverpool Health Campus will be built on the site of the current Royal Liverpool Hospital and will consist of 200,000 sq ft of space, attracting life sciences, biomedical research companies and health organisations. It will generate 5,000 high-value jobs and help Liverpool develop a thriving life science economy and by regenerating the surrounding area will improve the prosperity and wealth of the city.”

Aidan Kehoe CEO, The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

“Our extensive networks with SMEs are part of a wider strategy of Liverpool “We were born out of the city’s John Moores University to engage international success as a port, making with businesses. The ability to attract us part of Liverpool’s diverse heritage, to our campus in the Knowledge while our continued expansion Quarter the Manufacturing Technology ensures our position as a major Centre, part of the UK High Value contributor to its resurgent future.” Manufacturing Catapult supported by Innovate UK, highlights the attractive Professor Janet Hemingway offer in the Liverpool City Region.” Director, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Professor Nigel Weatherill Vice-Chancellor, Liverpool John Moores University

21 22 Connectivity – whether it be There are also plans to extend Lime Street Station, including works to connect it to How will we improve physical, technological or the proposed HS2 line, which will link professional – is important for the city to the region’s two international airports and the South of England. the growth of KQ Liverpool connectivity? and there are several We will also look at ways to improve the cycle paths in the immediate vicinity, making it areas that we will look at easier and safer for cyclists to travel to and over the coming years. from work or into other areas of the city.

One of the unique selling points of KQ Liverpool We want KQ Liverpool to be part of a community is the ability to walk to any part of the City and not operate in isolation, whether that be A Knowledge Centre in a relatively short amount of time. The somewhere nearby like the Baltic Triangle or Quarter train retail district is within a ten-minute walk and an area outside of the city, with a common A the Commercial District and The Waterfront interest, like the STFC Hartree Centre. station can be reached in around 20 minutes. platform for We will also be working very closely with A priority for us is to improve the pedestrian the Visit Hope Street Community Interest networking gateways into KQ Liverpool. We want the main Company to create more events and arterial routes to be modern, clean, well-lit, networking opportunities for those in the have great street furniture and clear signage. health, education, science and tech sectors. That could be anything from cultural events, We will also work with our partners and to seminars or interesting debates. There are The fastest providers to improve digital connectivity countless venues across KQ Liverpool and we across KQ Liverpool. Ubiquitous ultra-fast are keen to find the right type of events and broadband broadband will increase productivity and mix of people to compliment those spaces. speeds in assist with the application of digitisation, recognising that it’s emerging and disruptive Finally, we want to connect people to people. the UK technologies that are shaping our future. This will involve hosting global conferences and exhibitions, both in the Knowledge As announced at the International Festival for Quarter and on the Waterfront, that target Business 2016, we’re going to work with the City future occupiers. It isn’t only about bringing and Merseytravel to bring a new train station new people to KQ Liverpool, we also want to the district. This will be joined to the existing to connect the people that are already here. underground network, connecting people That is why we want to create a networking with the rest of city in a matter of minutes. platform to support business growth and join up existing incubator and grow-on spaces.

Working in partnership with Liverpool Vision’s This focus and concentration of research Equity investment needs to be made available Invest Liverpool team and the LCR Local activity covers all aspects of the life sciences to small and medium sized life sciences and Enterprise Partnership (LEP) we propose research and draws in expertise from other technology businesses. A priority is therefore to employ KQ Liverpool as an attack brand disciplines, such as engineering, chemistry to establish a KQ Liverpool innovation fund, to attract more inward investment from and computer science, to develop the which complements the proposed wider city Europe, Asia and the USA. The strength of next generation of therapies, diagnostics, region offer. This is important to create the right Liverpool’s relationships in China will help medical devices (particularly digital sensors) entrepreneurial environment in Liverpool and us to build on existing Chinese investment and care practices that are transforming KQ Liverpool for science and tech businesses. across the North West. These connections human health care in the 21st Century. Our goal is to support start-ups and existing include Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University businesses with their next stage of growth. (XJTLU), which is an international university These new developments will join existing assets The fund will help these businesses with ‘proof formed in partnership between the UoL and, although introducing new opportunities of concept’ funding, to identify and reduce the and Xi’an Jiaotong University in China. to the KQ Liverpool is important, we need to risks and to accelerate successful innovation. focus on redeveloping some of the existing We’re planning to engage with the American ones. There are three current commercialised Evidence suggests that investment into early stage owners of Liverpool FC and Everton FC’s buildings within the Liverpool Science Park SMEs makes a significant difference in shortening new majority investor to join our inward portfolio and we want to bring these spaces the journey from idea to commercial reality. investment campaigns with their activity up to date and make sure that they have in the US, the middle east and Asia. the best facilities that any other innovation The KQ Liverpool fund will be delivered as equity district can offer. They need to have standout rather than grants and will not only accelerate In order for KQ Liverpool to accommodate unique selling points that set Liverpool apart the growth and development of science and tech these new occupiers and investors we need from other cities, making them the obvious businesses but in doing so it will also create new to provide the right environment and also choice when looking for new premises. jobs and attract new businesses to Liverpool. new spaces for work and research. It isn’t just about the physical look and feel It’s not only investment into start-ups and growing There are already over £1bn of new of these buildings, although that is high businesses that is critical, it is access to the latest developments planned in the Health and Science on the priority list, we also want them to scientific facilities and equipment. We plan to sectors, including the Royal Liverpool Hospital offer a community and a network. A place work closely with the Technology Directorate, (£429m), the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre where businesses can meet, collaborate, which manages the large research infrastructure (£124m), the Liverpool Life Sciences Accelerator share and grow. In order to achieve that we at the UoL. Through its portfolio of academic led (£24m), Materials Innovation Factory (£68m) and need to make sure that the right types of shared research facilities it provides access to the Sensor City (£15m). In the education sector LJMU spaces are there – events space, breakout world class research facilities that are essential in are investing over £100m into their 335k sq ft space, outdoor areas and formal meeting the delivery of cutting edge science. In addition Copperas Hill development and the UoL’s rooms. All are as important as the last. to promoting the highest quality research science new Estate Strategy and Masterplan involves at the University, the Technology Directorate also an equally significant capital investment. provides a conduit for partners outside the university to access its knowledge, expertise and facilities.

25 26 Materials Innovation Factory Innovative workspaces The £68m Materials Innovation Factory is a partnership between Unilever and the UoL and by combining one of the largest research-active companies with the strongest chemistry department in Liverpool Science Park UK, it is set to be one of the most exciting developments of its kind in recent years.

It will become a global leader in computer Liverpool Science Park currently provides over aided materials science and discovery. 120,000 sq ft of high-specification office space and commercial laboratory space in the heart of KQ Liverpool. The newest wing of Innovation Centre 1 opened in March 2014 and houses an additional 40,000 sq ft of space and adds eleven new commercial laboratories, along with fit- for-purpose write-up accommodation, office space and meeting rooms.

With the current buildings running Sensor City at 90% occupancy we intend to work with the LSP management team to Sensor City is a joint venture project between the deliver a business case for a fourth UoL and LJMU which brings together knowledge innovation centre in Paddington and experience in sensor technology and Village with a specific focus on houses and supports high-tech businesses digital technology and healthcare. working on sensor systems and applications. It aims to create 300 start-up businesses and 1,000 jobs over the next decade, as well as foster industry - academic collaborations. Sensor City will include a Technology Development Zone, an Open Innovation Lab, and offer coaching, business mentoring and access to funding. Both universities will support entrepreneurial talent to enable the translation of innovative ideas from bench to revenue, stimulating business growth regionally, nationally and ultimately internationally. Liverpool Bio Innovation Hub

In addition to state of the art laboratory units within the LBIH Bio Incubator, the Liverpool Bio Innovation Hub also houses an SME suite complete with a training room, open access laboratory, and seminar room; and the LBIH Biobank, which offers bespoke and archival collections from any patient Liverpool Life cohort required, including cancer and Sciences Accelerator non-cancer disease types, as well as healthy donors and a number of Located next to the new Royal Hospital and close services, including but not limited to the LSTM, this purpose built Accelerator will to project management, histology have facilities for life science companies and services, and advanced analysation, is intended to support greater collaboration such as next generation sequencing. between the private sector, clinicians and researchers in the NHS. Its location is ideal: Part of this £33m building will soon in close proximity to clinicians to facilitate become the temporary home to the a better understanding of patient/clinician prestigious Royal College of Physicians, needs, and to a clinical setting for testing until their new building completes new devices and medical technologies. in Paddington Village in 2019.

27 28 Paddington Village - Tech Hub will include some residential provision to create the right mix of workspace and amenities in the Places for (Central, North & South) The UK Tech Industry is growing 32% faster day and in the evening and at the weekend. than the rest of the UK economy and Liverpool This £1bn flagship expansion site sitting at is home to the UK’s 2nd fastest growing digital the eastern gateway to the city centre, has cluster (TechNation 2015). The proposed Mount Pleasant the future been earmarked as 1.8m sq ft of science, restoration of the heritage listed Wellington technology, education and health space. Rooms building, next to Liverpool Science Park’s multi-storey car park ic1, will complement the city’s existing clusters. The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) were Our intention is to work with the City, wider KQ Liverpool partners and other interested parties announced this summer as one of the site’s It will provide additional floor space for to update the masterplan for this gateway site, first anchor tenants, taking 70,000 sq ft of start-up creative industries and act as a focal which is adjacent to Sensor City and Copperas space for their new Northern Centre of Clinical point for business networking and innovation Hill, with the objective of bringing forward a Excellence. Also confirmed for Paddington in the magnificent ballroom. Central is Liverpool International College, a development plan within the next five years. partnership between Kaplan and the University of Liverpool. The college will bring 45,000 Centre of Excellence sq ft of education and learning facilities and Haigh building and 262 residential bed spaces to the site. in Infectious Disease Hardman Street Research (CEIDR) At 30 acres, Paddington is a sizeable urban We are speaking to LJMU and landowners village. Inspired by the sense of community CEIDR will bring together scientific expertise Carpenter Investments to help facilitate you’d find in the likes of Greenwich from LSTM and UoL in three pivotal areas: a landmark development; forming a Village, New York, this village will be a anti-microbial drugs, vaccines and insecticides Southern gateway to the LJMU campus, with great place to live, work and socialise. for eradicating diseases. Potential locations associated public realm improvements. This for this new centre of excellence include would create a link from Hardman Street the land near to the Liverpool Life Sciences through LJMU’s Mount Pleasant site into Accelerator and Paddington Village. the heart of the Knowledge Quarter.

Materials Innovation London Road and Factory 2 - Digital (MIF-D) Islington Regeneration Zone The creation of MIF-D, linked to the UoL Discussions are now taking place with the Leverhulme Centre for Functional Materials City Council and key strategic land-owners Design, to combine the in silico discovery and to bring forward mixed use schemes, adding design of new materials using high powered creative workspace to the existing residential computing with robotic automation would proposals for the regeneration of the area. allow established companies to co-locate with new or growing SMEs in a purpose built incubator. This in effect being the next step Liverpool Science Park ic4 after the defended research-hotel contracts Liverpool Science Park’s fourth Innovation provided by MIF itself. Furthermore, MIF-D Centre could, on realisation, provide a would enable the design, testing and validation dedicated facility for businesses working on the of new materials using digital infrastructure, commercialisation of new health technologies. which would extend beyond fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) to energy, healthcare and the communications sectors. Students now have the opportunity to live in superb accommodation, Residential places conveniently located within KQ The close working relationship between the City, Liverpool, with fantastic facilities the Universities and private sector residential on their doorstep. Our vision developers has been critical to KQ Liverpool becoming a place for people to live and play. is for Liverpool’s reputation to blossom as a magnificent Through our partnerships we will provide place to study, work and live. continued support to ensure that people are offered the very best places to live in an environment designed to cater for all ages and Laura Irving groups. It is envisaged that Paddington Village Haus and Liverpool Student Lets

29 30 Scoring goals The Liverpool Alcohol Research Alliance, a part of Liverpool Health Partners, has pulled together clinicians, for Liverpool basic researchers, sociologists, psychologists, local government, the Innovation Agency and others to provide an environment for exciting multidisciplinary research on this major public health issue. The next stage is seeking capital support for a dedicated Liverpool Institute of Alcohol Research

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore Liverpool Health Partners

Build a Materials Innovation incubator (MIF-D) Create a Centre of Excellence Develop a Further exploit in Infectious Liverpool our leading Disease Alcohol expertise in Research Research Personalised Institute Health

Each of the partners offer Liverpool Hope University is on the northern We will collaborate with Making the place: edge of the Knowledge Quarter and the Life differing areas of expertise, Sciences UTC is to the South West in the nearby our partners across KQ Define and promote KQ Liverpool as a place share the same vision Baltic Triangle. Hope is one of the UK’s leading Liverpool and the wider city Encourage a diverse retail offer, Universities for student satisfaction and a key including artisan traders and are collaborating to part of the city region’s contribution to science, region to deliver this vision: arts and humanities, all of which are central to Promote the cultural offer of Hope achieve the same goals. This Street and the surrounding area the KQ Liverpool proposition. With students Attracting investment & is the key to the success from more than 80 countries, Hope is another Animate Hope Street with road closures of KQ Liverpool and this example of Liverpool’s status as a global city. creating opportunities: for key events, such as graduations collaboration extends beyond Act as a single point of contact for leads Encourage retailers to trade out In addition to what is already in KQ Liverpool, and enquiries in KQ Liverpool into the public realm its physical boundaries. two of Europe’s largest hospitals in their specialist fields, are right on our doorstep. Target and win inward investment Create a green corridor or ribbons running east-west and north-south KQ Liverpool has representatives on the Liverpool Women’s Hospital and Alder Hey Support start-ups, encourage spin- LCR LEP Innovation Board as well as the Children’s Hospital are part of an extended outs and grow existing businesses Improve the energy infrastructure collaboration that stretches across the city. new Health and Life Sciences Board. This Encourage the commercialisation Facilitate and host networking events enables partnership at a strategic level. of academic research We will also continue to forge links with Bid to bring more global science and health We plan to work closely with Sci-Tech Baltic Creative, working with them to Promote KQ Liverpool as an attack brand conferences and conventions to Liverpool for investment into the city region Daresbury, the City Region’s other main grow the city’s creative, digital and media concentration of science and innovation sector through new initiatives. Upgrade our existing science facilities assets. It’s key strengths in high performance and deliver new ones Improving connectivity: computing and big data (STFC Hartree This spirit of collaboration extends across the North West and here in KQ Liverpool Make the technology, equipment and expertise Plan and deliver a new KQ Liverpool train station Centre - the UK’s leading supercomputer within the universities available to other users dedicated to industrial R&D), accelerator we will continue to liaise with colleagues Develop an integrated mobility science (Cockcroft Institute), sensor technology at the University of Chester’s new Science Provide easy access to investment for start-ups strategy for KQ Liverpool and advanced engineering being entirely & Engineering faculty at Thornton Science and growing SMEs through the KQ fund Deliver the fastest broadband speeds available complementary to the assets of KQ Liverpool. Park, where visual computing is a strategic Provide a sub-fund to help with ‘proof of in the UK and more free public WiFi research area as well as Alderley Park concept’ work for innovative businesses The City of Liverpool College has five main sites (BioHub, Antimicrobial Research Centre, Optimise links with SciTech Daresbury Identify and promote development sites, with three located within the boundaries of KQ Medicine Technologies Catapult). and STFC Hartree such as Paddington Village Liverpool. More than a third of Liverpool’s 16-18 Encourage greater collaboration with National partners and collaborators include year olds study here. Modelled on a university Strive for ‘best in class’ residential developments Alder Hey Children’s Hospital system, it’s vibrancy and business links form the Science and Technology Facilities Council a key part of the KQ Liverpool Eco-System. (STFC), Innovate UK, the Smart Specialisation Provide safe well-lit car parking for evening visitors Hub, the Knowledge Transfer Networks Improve routes into and across and Catapults, Research Councils, the LEP KQ Liverpool for cyclist network, the Core Cities, and the N8. Install electric/hybrid car charging points

Following the launch of this vision we will be consulting with partners on the timescales for delivery for each of these priority actions.

Agent Marketing Downtown in Business Invest Liverpool The City of Liverpool College LSTM Sensor City Arup Ellis Williams Architects Kaleidoscope Liverpool Food People Liverpool Science Park Seqirus Baltic Creative Elephant Digital LIPA Liverpool Football Club Liverpool Vision Sheila Bird Group With thanks BDP The Everyman Theatre Sheppard Robson Liverpool Bio Liverpool Health Partners Marketing Liverpool Bionow Good News Liverpool Innovation Hub Liverpool Hope University The Materials Story Bluerow Lettings Grant Thornton Innovation Factory Studio Mashbo The following people and organisations have been Liverpool Chamber Liverpool John Moores consulted in the drafting of this vision and we would like Bruntwood Haus of Commerce University Morgan Sindall Uniform to thank them all for their support and encouragement. CBRE Heseltine Institute Liverpool City Council Liverpool Knowledge Quarter Needlesmart Unilever City Residential Visit Hope Street CIC Liverpool City Region LEP Sustainability Network Ph Creative The University of Liverpool

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