A combination of actions by The University of Huddersfield, Kirklees Council, West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the office of Mayor Tracy Brabin continue to showcase Huddersfield as the new Health Tech Centre for the north.
Work is already well underway for the second building, named after Emily Siddon, alongside the now operational Daphne Steele building in the universities £250M National Health Innovation Campus. This building will have an NHS walk in diagnostic centre on the ground floor and a business incubator for health and wellbeing businesses on the top floor, thus supporting a huge part of the local community. All buildings on the campus are being designed to meet the Platinum WELL standard demonstrating the very best on internal environment for those visiting or working there.
£4.5M of new funding has just been announced by Mayor Brabin for the Investment Zone that the NHIC forms part of together with KC’s Station to Stadium Enterprise Corridor, jointly part of £160M health and wellbeing investment within West Yorkshire. The health tech businesses that locate there or partner with the university and council will be able to access these funds helping them develop and grow, in turn creating new high value jobs for Huddersfield.
Further, in and around the town are a number of exciting youthful businesses and established, well renowned health tech businesses including Paxman Scalp Cooling, Stada: Thornton and Ross, Innovate Orthopaedics and Kromek. Each has its own exciting story to tell, but the combination of them all gives further compelling reasons why Huddersfield has the skills, knowledge and experience to be the new Health Tech centre for the North.
This latest funding will enable up to 240 business to benefit from targeted specialist support and services including mentoring, access to equipment and workspaces. The growth and success of these businesses increasing the existing £3B within the economy and providing further jobs and better access to health and wellbeing for all both in the workplace and in their daily lives.