Choose Edinburgh

Edinburgh is globally recognised as a desirable place to live. The average cost to rent a one-bedroom city-centre flat is up to 56% cheaper than in London, whilst the city has more green space than any other in the UK.

• The Scottish capital is steeped in history, providing its residents with the sights, sounds and tastes of a diverse and vibrant city
• Clean, compact and safe, Edinburgh, regularly tops the list of European cities where people would most like to live

Business Support and Grant Assistance

From commercialising your ideas to targeting new markets. BioQuarter can provide access to those supporting the health innovation and biotech sector. Scottish Enterprise provides dedicated strategic and financial support for our most ambitious companies.

• Discounted business rates (up to 100 percent) available
• A streamlined approach to planning
• High-speed broadband connections which build on the vision outlined in Scotland’s Digital Future – Infrastructure Action Plan
• International promotion and marketing of Enterprise Areas by Scottish Development International – and advice to help your businesses grow in global markets
• Skills and training support to fully capitalise on the employment opportunities created

Life Sciences in Scotland

The new 2017 Life Sciences Strategy for Scotland – ‘2025 Vision’ aims to grow the industrial turnover of the life sciences sector to £8bn. The Life Sciences Scotland Industry Leadership Group (LSS ILG) is a joint industry enterprise of agencies and government strategy teams. Their remit is to develop, drive and deliver the Life Sciences Strategy in Scotland.

• Scotland has one of the largest life sciences clusters in Europe
• It employs more than 37,000 people across some 700 organisations
• Life sciences companies contribute in excess of £4.2bn turnover and about £2bn gross value added to the Scottish economy
• Scotland offers outstanding collaboration across academia, government and industry
• Reduce costs and time to bring your drug to market. Scotland is the ideal location to outsource preclinical and/or clinical research, find drug manufacture and formulation expertise and get easy access to a comprehensive supply chain.

Living and Working

Named as one of the world’s top 20 cities for wellbeing, according to a new study from property consultancy Knight Frank and topping the Royal Mail’s 2018 list of most attractive UK cities to live and work in, Edinburgh is packed with culture, green spaces and easy transport links. The city also delivers high-quality, low-cost office space, an ambitious start-up scene and a highly educated workforce.

In Good Company

Locating to BioQuarter means taking your place alongside fellow tenant companies every bit as eager as you to succeed. The result is a lively, positive environment that runs on collaboration, and an atmosphere that’s charged with ambition and health innovation.

Future Vision

Informed and inspired by Edinburgh’s rich history of health and life sciences breakthroughs, BioQuarter will add to the city’s future achievements in health innovation. Every day, all of the work undertaken at BioQuarter is informed by our vision: To be the place where great ideas thrive to revolutionise health and wellbeing.