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Glaxo
of Stevenage Borough Council said: “I
am deeply proud that Stevenage is
home to a world-leading life science
cluster and welcome plans for a new life
sciences campus. This will cement our
standing as a leading STEM location
within the UK. As we recover from
the Covid-19 pandemic, it is vital
that we create new, quality jobs and
opportunities for our town and our
country. Our shared commitment is to
make Stevenage even better, working
with businesses, residents, community
groups and partners to help regenerate
the town and create many new jobs and
opportunities for local people. We look
forward to continuing our work with the
life sciences sector to make Stevenage
a leading light in the discovery and
development of the medicines of the
future.”
Adrian Hawkins OBE, the independent
Chair of the Stevenage Development
Board said: “Our highly successful
Towns Fund bid fully recognises
the importance of the STEM sector
organisations based in Stevenage and
how they can provide an excellent
opportunity, to level up and secure long
term social mobility for local people
within Stevenage and the broader North
Herts area. The Hertfordshire LEP and
County Council, have regularly worked
with both central Government and the
Stevenage Borough Council to facilitate
the delivery of both the Catalyst and the
Catapult within the GSK Stevenage site
and this announcement of an additional
space allocation, will bring many more
successful start-ups to Stevenage and
enable the scale-up of companies already
based in the Town. This development
cannot fail to further enhance Skill levels
locally and provide the opportunity for
all our residents to achieve beneficial
employment, at the same time as an
exciting career in the Life Science and
Advanced Engineering sectors.”
GSK’s existing R&D operations at
Stevenage are un-affected by the
development plans announced, which
will also require the expansion of the
public road gyratory to improve access to
the site.
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