The UK’s life sciences sector is entering a golden period. With an employee base of over 240,000 people, spanning 5,000 companies and a combined turnover of >£70bn - it’s big business and a vitally important cog in the UK’s knowledge economy.
Scientific breakthroughs are increasingly the norm too, underpinned by technology and an ageing population, so it’s an exciting time for this dynamic sector.
Globally, the UK’s life sciences sector has significant competitive advantages:
World-leading universities carrying out outstanding research
A national healthcare system providing valuable datasets
Global strength in the emerging fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital health
It is also at the heart of the government’s industrial strategy and the recently published ‘Life Sciences Sector Deal 2’ sets a clear path for the sector’s growth with significant support for life science occupiers.
Innovation and collaboration continues to be key. It’s the property industry’s job to provide the right environment and infrastructure to enable thriving life science clusters to emerge and develop to their full potential.
With specialists in both distressed property and business assets our team can provide the full spectrum of services required by the Restructuring and Insolvency industry either individually or jointly. Find out more below, or contact one of our specialists who will be happy to help.
Our services
Why LSH?
Our creds
Our services
Our science and technology park specialists provide a comprehensive range of property services and advice to developers, investors and occupiers across the UK, including:
Property Management: delivering expert, ESG-focused property management with local expertise and national reach, ensuring trusted service and sustainable solutions.
Marketing and promotion: creating a vision and brand for the park including re-branding laboratory developments.
Lease advice: our teams have in-depth experience working on both sides of a negotiation, lease acquisitions and disposals.
Planning: right from the beginning of the project, we provide specialist planning and development advice.
Innovation: science and technology parks attract creative, innovative businesses looking to grow, surrounded by like-minded people. We advise on all aspects of design and delivery including innovation centres or incubators.
Sector mergers: our specialists can provide all the due diligence advice you need during mergers and acquisitions within the industry, or with external organisations.
Workplace consultancy: science and technology parks need to provide the right workspace for their occupiers, from lab space to offices; speak to our team about location modelling and workplace design.
Finance: our experts are highly connected within the industry and well placed to advise on the creation of all investment vehicles, including funding and joint venture agreements for science park development.
Why LSH?
We have the best science and technology park experience in the industry, gained over many years of experience conducting significant deals through our local, regional and national network of offices.
The UK’s science and technology parks continue to grow at pace, in both size and number, providing the space that academics and scientists need to push boundaries and make cutting-edge discoveries.
Our intimate understanding of the workings of a successful park has put our team at the forefront of the sector. From our network of regional offices, we offer a science-led approach to targeting clients that will widen a park’s reach and appeal.
Our creds
We know how to find opportunities: our wide UK coverage means that we are the first to know when a new opportunity comes to market or where occupiers are looking to locate.
We understand occupiers: occupiers on science and technology parks are not like other property occupiers; we know how to speak their language and understand what they are looking for.
We have the data: our track record across the science and technology park sector provides us with the information we need to help clients get the best deal and create the most successful facilities possible.
We know how to reach tenants: our marketing campaigns are built on sector-specific targeting that reaches the heart of the industry the park is aiming for.