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John Downes, group MD of Langtree, stands with Liverpool City Region Mayor, Steve Rotheram
A joint venture
Sci-Tech Daresbury: an exemplar private-public joint-venture campus
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hen Prime Minister Theresa May chose to hold her first regional cabinet meeting at Sci-Tech Daresbury last year, using the session as a launch-pad for the Industrial Strategy, all eyes were placed firmly on the Liverpool city region-based campus. As a National Science and Innovation Campus, Sci-Tech Daresbury proved the perfect backdrop, but it’s no stranger to the spotlight. Since its establishment in 2006, the campus has developed an excellent reputation and was recognised as the science campus making the most significant contribution
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John Leake BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, SCI-TECH DARESBURY
John is responsible for attracting and supporting companies on site
to innovation in the UK at the 2017 UKSPA member awards. So, what is its winning formula? Much of Sci-Tech Daresbury’s success is grounded in the privatepublic joint-venture (JV) company that was created in 2010 to spearhead its longer-term development. The private-public JV, which comprises property development company Langtree, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and Halton Borough Council, has been such an effective growth catalyst that the campus is now estimated to be worth £163m to the national economy.
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