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That is all very well, but is there a surplus of skilled people to staff it?
I have been trying to recruit engineers and technicians for months and there just aren't enough to go around. I imagine it is the same for lab staff.
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Everyone left or been kicked out of the UK, to put it mildly.
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It’s the latest thing.
Here in Cambridge, where the life science comes from and the beagles live in fear, they’re trying to turn shops in retail streets into labs:
And even whole retail parks:
https://ukpropertyforums.com/the-beehive-centre-could-be-replaced-with-science-or-tech-site/
As retail, particularly chain shops started to struggle, I dreamed this would mean rents would fall and independent businesses would start to be able to afford to exist in the city centre, sadly I forgot about capitalism. Lab rents are 3-4 times higher than retail and office round here, so if you can get a few labs and a few more storeys in then it’s a no-brainer to kick Halfords and Pets4U out.
Pharma and biotech and all the stuff around it has grown massively in the last decade and is predicted to continue to do so and it’s posh work so immigration is OK.
edscoble
Hefty
Potentially some "good news" for once? I know we don't like that here.
https://www.ft.com/content/0c9dd8d0-6e4e-4411-8095-0dfa8b9dbce4