Too often, early-stage businesses are expected to build that ecosystem themselves. Navigating a fragmented landscape of advisors, networks, and investors while trying to grow at pace can stall momentum before it ever builds. Without the right environment, even the most promising ventures can struggle to scale.

If you’ve been searching high and low for a solution, locating to one of Bruntwood SciTech’s innovation hubs may be exactly what your business needs. Offering more than just a place to work, they place businesses into a ready-made, connected ecosystem designed to power early-stage growth and beyond – a proven model the company has championed for years, one that’s fast becoming essential as the needs of companies evolve.

Plus, new customers can take advantage of their exclusive offer: 50% off all-inclusive serviced space or 6 months rent-free on leased workspace, making it easier than ever to hit the ground running in the challenging economic circumstances all businesses are facing.

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Its innovation hubs across Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and Cambridge offer everything businesses need to grow - from one desk into a self-established HQ.

At the core of this is scalable infrastructure – flexible coworking, office, and lab spaces that grow with your business. Offering everything from break-out space to dedicated R&D facilities, Bruntwood SciTech’s innovation hubs are designed to adapt to your needs. With several new developments underway – and limited-time offers including workspace and access to business support – now is the perfect time to become part of this future-focused community.

If your business operates across the tech, digital creative and professional services sectors, innovation hubs like No.3 Circle Square and Pall Mall in Manchester, Centre City and Mclaren in Birmingham, and Platform and West Village in Leeds offer prime city centre locations, strong links to commercial partners and access to world-class talent pipelines to help scale your operations.

For those working in life sciences – from university spinouts to established businesses – hubs like Citylabs 4.0, Greenheys, and No.1 Birmingham Health Innovation Campus (BHIC) offer direct collaboration opportunities with the NHS, academic institutions, and research organisations to accelerate R&D. In Manchester the Citylabs campus and Manchester Science Park have become pivotal in shaping the region's healthcare ecosystem, thanks to Bruntwood SciTech’s deep-rooted partnerships with organisations such as Manchester University Foundation NHS Trust. 

What truly sets Bruntwood SciTech's hubs apart is the wraparound support and access to a national network of clinical, academic, and commercial partners they each provide. Backed by Legal & General, Greater Manchester Pension Fund and Bruntwood, the company is now the UK’s largest property provider dedicated solely to the growth of innovation-led businesses – with 31 city-centre innovation hubs and five campuses across six cities. 

Each hub connects you to a UK-wide community of over 1,100 like-minded companies, and access to world-leading academic centres, research institutions, clinicians and investors – creating momentum and unlocking opportunities for faster scaling.

This model has already helped founders and scaling businesses evolve into globally recognised companies. In Leeds, Australian digital property platform PEXA located to West Village in 2024 and grew from 20 to nearly 400 employees in 12 months after acquiring two companies. This rapid expansion was supported by Bruntwood SciTech, who introduced and forged connections between PEXA and the city's universities, leading to the development of a bespoke recruitment programme attracting Leeds' rich talent pipeline and innovation network. As PEXA UK COO Simon Wright put it: “While many providers can offer office space, Bruntwood SciTech offers something more, a true community."

Over at Alderley Park in Cheshire, life sciences firm Gentronix scaled from an initial 2,000 sq ft base to a 17,000 sq ft head office, now employing over 60 people after completing Bruntwood SciTech’s dedicated Life Science Accelerator programme. Today, the firm actively gives back to the innovation community by mentoring the next generation of talent in the Accelerator. In Manchester, energy tech firm UrbanChain have utilised Bruntwood SciTech’s flexible offering and moved between locations as they’ve grown, beginning with two desks in Circle Square’s Tech Incubator in Manchester to now occupying a leased office at Base in Manchester Science Park since raising £7 million in funding and unlocking a £22 million sales pipeline.

Power of partnerships

This scale of growth and success reinforces a clear truth: innovation thrives when placed in the right environment. It’s no coincidence that when you put high-potential businesses into purpose-built workspaces, surrounded by the talent, investment, like-minded community, and partnerships they grow. Bruntwood SciTech continually expands its partnerships to deliver purpose-built workspace across its cities for businesses – strengthening the UK’s innovation landscape.

Unlock free workspace at Bruntwood SciTech innovation hubs

If you’re an ambitious startup, scaleup or established business looking to accelerate your growth, now is the time to explore Bruntwood SciTech’s innovation hubs. 

Until 31st July 2025, new customers can access 50% off serviced space and six months leased space rent-free. There’s also 25% off meeting rooms and £22,000 worth of business support included, covering everything from funding readiness to scaling support.

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