Knowledge Quarter Liverpool

Knowledge Quarter Liverpool KQ Liverpool is a world leading, 450-acre urban innovation district.

KQ Liverpool is a 450-acre urban innovation district and is home to some of the world’s most influential players in science, health, technology, education, music and the performing arts. With over £1bn of new developments currently underway – and a further £1bn in the pipeline – we plan increase the city’s employment figures, improve graduate retention and attraction rates and establish Liverpool

at the forefront of the Northern Powerhouse. This unique mix of science, medicine and culture, combined with KQ Liverpool’s stunning architecture and its proximity to the heart of the city, has already attracted the Royal College of Physicians who have chosen KQ Liverpool as the home for their new Northern Centre of Excellence. The KQ Liverpool team is tasked with defining, creating and promoting the place and occupies the dynamic space between ambition and delivery. We believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, which is why we bring together the city’s key partners to collaborate in a creative environment, allowing us to not only discover and present opportunities but to respond to them quickly. We provide consistent messaging, a single point of contact for investors and businesses and through the ‘power of place’ foster clustering, networking and knowledge transfer.

KQ CLICK Dinner | An evening of reflection, insights, and thinking about the future. 🧢 Last night, we were delighted to ...
24/06/2026

KQ CLICK Dinner | An evening of reflection, insights, and thinking about the future. 🧢

Last night, we were delighted to bring together our KQ CLICK expert advisors, ecosystem partners and participating businesses to reflect on the first year since launching our business support network.

Hosted at Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village - managed by Legacy Hotels and Resorts, attendees heard a summary of activities delivered so far, real accounts of the positive impact involvement in the programme has made to business growth, as well as being invited to 'get their thinking caps on' to brainstorm what else we could be doing to enhance our offer even further.

In less than 12 months, has delivered 10 events, ranging from masterclasses, to expert drop-ins (with more still to come!), facilitated interactions with 73 local businesses, and even helped to land 2 international organisations who now proudly call our innovation district home.

Supporting businesses to grow is a key part of our , helping to unlock investment, boost innovation and create opportunities for LCR residents.

➡️ If you're passionate about helping businesses to thrive, or would like to take advantage of the free support available through KQ CLICK, please get in touch with Rachel Newman, our Inclusive Innovation Officer: [email protected]

https://www.kqliverpool.co.uk/innovation-growth-services

BUSINESS COMMUNITY CALL-OUT | Silent Auction and Raffle prizes needed! 💛 As part of our fundraising activities this ye...
17/06/2026

BUSINESS COMMUNITY CALL-OUT | Silent Auction and Raffle prizes needed! 💛

As part of our fundraising activities this year, we will be running another silent auction and raffle, and we're on the lookout for some special 'money can't buy' !

If you are able to donate any items towards this (think signed memorabilia, behind the scenes tours, unique experience vouchers), we would be extremely grateful.

Additionally, any tickets, hampers or gifts you can donate would also help to raise much needed funds for local children, young people and their families, receiving support through Alfie's Squad, The Brain Charity and Clatterbridge Cancer Charity.

If you're able to help, please contact Elizabeth Farrington: [email protected]

We will launch details of how to enter our Silent Auction and Charity Raffle in the coming weeks, with all donors being thanked and promoted. 💜

EVENT | Building foundations that unlock growth, scale and investment 👩‍💼 👷‍♂️ 👨‍⚕️ 🙋 > Thursday 2nd July, 9:30am - 12...
16/06/2026

EVENT | Building foundations that unlock growth, scale and investment 👩‍💼 👷‍♂️ 👨‍⚕️ 🙋

> Thursday 2nd July, 9:30am - 12:00pm, at CENTRAL TECH (L3 5LJ).

This session, led by one of our KQ CLICK partners, RSM, is for founders and leadership teams who are scaling and want to reduce key-person risk, professionalise decision-making, and build an employment strategy that stands up to growth and investment scrutiny, without turning the business into a bureaucracy.

📲 Places are free, and can be booked here: https://events.rsmuk.com/Events/?readableEventId=Building_people_foundations_that_unlock_growth_scale_and_investment204095542

THEY DID IT! 🙌 | Martin Jones and Leah Dryhurst successfully completed Liverpool's TALLEST abseil, scaling 150ft from th...
16/06/2026

THEY DID IT! 🙌 | Martin Jones and Leah Dryhurst successfully completed Liverpool's TALLEST abseil, scaling 150ft from the roof of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre- Liverpool site, to the ground below.

Please congratulate our daring colleagues by making a in aid of the three charities we are supporting this year: Clatterbridge Cancer Charity, The Brain Charity and Alfie's Squad. 💚 💛 💙

📲 Every pound raised will go directly to supporting local children, young people and their families: https://www.givewheel.com/fundraising/13112/kq-liverpools-10th-anniversary-fundraiser/

💡 TURNING IDEAS INTO REALITYToday we welcomed back students from The Belvedere Academy for a Future Innovators Day. This...
11/06/2026

💡 TURNING IDEAS INTO REALITY

Today we welcomed back students from The Belvedere Academy for a Future Innovators Day.

This group of Year 10 students won our design challenge at last year's Career Insights Day, and today we brought their product to life with the help of our friends at DefProc Engineering.

Students were absolutely delighted to see a physical of their design in the flesh, and also enjoyed a tour of the Materials Innovation Factory.

Such a great and inspiring day!

KQ CLICK | Our purpose-built business support network, designed to help businesses connect, land, innovate, collaborate ...
21/05/2026

KQ CLICK | Our purpose-built business support network, designed to help businesses connect, land, innovate, collaborate and knowledge share. 📈

This morning's informal drop-in session at CENTRAL TECH has resulted in some fantastic conversations, with local founders receiving free, personalised business support from RSM UK, Konsileo and Marks & Clerk.

Our expert advisors are on site until 12pm today, or you can catch them, along with DTM Legal LLP, Barclays Eagle Labs and Typocom Visual Communication, at our Business Growth Exchange event on Tuesday 2nd June: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/business-growth-exchange-tickets-1986986123985?aff=oddtdtcreator

EVENT | Girls in Innovation - KQ FuturesWhat better way to inspire 40 Year 8 students from across Liverpool City Region ...
20/05/2026

EVENT | Girls in Innovation - KQ Futures

What better way to inspire 40 Year 8 students from across Liverpool City Region to get into , , or focused careers, than through fun, hands on activities led by female experts?

👚 SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS with The Manufacturing Technology Centre

- Elizabeth Brown shared her longstanding passion for fashion and subsequent career path which led into design and materials engineering.
- Alongside Victoria Thompson, she set students a challenge to recycle old clothes into artwork depicting iconic Liverpool buildings.
- Spot the robot dog also made a surprise appearance!

✈️ SMASHING STEREOTYPES with AviateHer

- Krystina Pearson-Rampeearee talked through her fascinating career as an Aerospace Engineer at BAE Systems, before students embarked on creating their own aircrafts and competing to see which traveled the furthest.
- It was extra special for students to find out that she was an alumni of one of the participating schools!

🤖 CODING & ROBOTICS with Everton in the Community

- Chloe, Joy, and Christina talked about technology, coding and AI, and tasked the girls to programme their own robotic spheres, to spell out Girls in Innovation 26!

👏 Thank you to everyone involved in our first ‘Girls in Innovation’ event, in collaboration with The MTC. Through KQ Futures, we have been able to deliver an upbeat, creative and motivating day for students who will be driving the next generation of within our city region.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

For our CEO Colin Sinclair, winning Insider’s North West 'Property Personality of the Year' award was an extra special m...
19/05/2026

For our CEO Colin Sinclair, winning Insider’s North West 'Property Personality of the Year' award was an extra special moment. 🏆

Picking up this prestigious property title in - the city where he spent most of his working life - has now come full circle, having earned the accolade for his most recent work within our thriving innovation district, back in Colin's home city of .

Over the past decade, Colin has been at the helm of the KQ Liverpool partnership, which also created Sciontec Developments Limited, driving the inclusive innovation agenda and developing a leading and portfolio, including new-build .

Through strong partnerships, global connectivity, and community engagement, Colin's vision to make Liverpool the most important, , and City Region in Europe, is well underway, but like his ultramarathon runs, you would bet on him to finish the job!

📰 Read more about Colin's career, team achievements, and future goals in this latest blog: https://www.kqliverpool.co.uk/news-updates/mr-manchester-to-liverpool-legend

This morning we attended the Invest Liverpool City Region UKREiiF Partner Briefing, alongside a packed room of partners....
12/05/2026

This morning we attended the Invest Liverpool City Region UKREiiF Partner Briefing, alongside a packed room of partners.

Building on the momentum created recently at MIPIM, through the Hamburg MOU and the city’s 2028 European Capital of Innovation bid, LCR’s public and private sector delegation, convened by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has a clear forward facing focus on , and .

💬 Speaking at the event, as Chair of the LCR Capital and Real Estate Task Force, Colin Sinclair said:

“UKREiiF is a big showcase for all of us. Our strong partnerships and consistent voices will help drive investment in physical developments, thanks to our sector strengths, joined up leadership and the local talent pool.

“Looking ahead, we also need to explore new opportunities and be inventive to get first mover advantage.

“The growing innovation across LCR will also attract greater FDI and create transformational change.”

LCR’s Programme at UKREiiF includes:
- Funding the Future
- Places for People
- City Region Snapshot
- Tracks to Transformation
- Skills to Build
- Turning Innovation into Impact
- Liverpool’s role in National Challenges

💬 Gavin Quinn added: “Together we can build momentum, shape conversations and drive investment.

“There is clear circularity across all partners’ sectors, and with a shared Liverpool brand we can amplify LCR opportunities both within the UK and internationally.

“We also have a year round investment programme to add to these milestone events, which is shaped by our partners, and welcome input for future activities.”

Liverpool sets its sights on becoming European Capital of Innovation in 2028, 20 years after being named European Capita...
08/05/2026

Liverpool sets its sights on becoming European Capital of Innovation in 2028, 20 years after being named European Capital of Culture.

We are supporting the city's new bid, which will include a number of initiatives to make it as representative and inclusive as possible, including:
- forming a city region-wide steering group
- creation of a new citizens’ panel
- maximising connections through the iCapital alumni network

💬 Cllr. Liam Robinson, Leader of Liverpool City Council and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Cabinet Member for Innovation, said:

"We want to clinch the title of 'European Capital of Innovation' for 2028. This is something we believe the city region both deserves and needs as we endeavour to put Liverpool and the UK firmly on the global innovation map.”

➡️ Read more here: https://www.kqliverpool.co.uk/news-updates/kqliverpool-supports-liverpool-2028-bid

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