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Manchester Bio Incubator and Core Technology Facility

In addition to the Manchester Incubator Building on Grafton Street the University of Manchester campus has a specialist grow-on facility - The Core Technology Facility - which is a £25m state of the art facility that opened in 2006.

The Building:

The University of Manchester Incubator Company Limited (UMIC) manages the four storey building which complements the existing Incubator facility by providing additional turnkey laboratory modules, flexi-lab areas for "grow-on", meeting rooms and conferencing facilities. The building comprises two floors of business incubation and two floors of University activities with an average gross internal area of 28,000 ft² (2,600 m²) per floor and a total area of 173,000 ft² (16,060 m²). It is aimed primarily at the increasing number of fast growing biomedical companies in the region.

The specification of the CTF building is as follows:

• 4 modular laboratories each 2,153 ft² (200 m²) comprising fitted out write-up and wet-lab areas
• 4 "flexi-lab" areas each 5,380 ft² (500 m²) of grow-on space (either wet-lab, office or a combination of both)
• Reception, inner atrium and street area with cold food (Deli) catering to complement the Hickmans restaurant facility in the adjoining Incubator
• Office areas for SME's and start-ups
• Meeting rooms capable of holding 8, 20 or 50 people - available for booking by tenants or external users
• Conferencing and exhibition area holding up to 100 people
• Bioinformatics area for companies specialising in bioinformatics, medical informatics and all forms of software/computing development and commercialisation
• Staff and visitor parking
• Access to video conferencing
• IT support including broadband access
• Full facilities management support (plant services and maintenance, cleaning, security and general maintenance)
• 24 hr security cover including:
• Control door (swipe card) access
• External patrols by qualified security staff
• CCTV site coverage o Unique Advantages
• In-house business mentoring and professional services (e.g. IP, legal, marketing)
• Fully accredited laboratories for bioscience and biotech standards
• Full laboratory management services
• Site services associated with a fully operational biotechnology facility

For more details visit UMIC website.