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A hub for start-ups,
spinouts and SMEs working in health, wellbeing, life sciences and digital health.
Health Business Innovation Centre
The Health Business Innovation Centre is a vibrant hub for start-ups, spinouts and SMEs working in health, wellbeing, life sciences and digital health. Based in Huddersfield on the University of Huddersfield’s National Health Innovation Campus, it is the ideal environment for innovation, collaboration and business growth.
Whether you’re developing new health technologies or solutions, growing your operations, or looking to connect with clinical and academic partners, the Health Business Innovation Centre offers space, support and community, co-located next to the NHS and academia.
Supporting Health Innovation
Situated on the top floor of the Emily Siddon Building on the National Health Innovation Campus, we strive to support the development of innovative health solutions that improve lives and drive economic growth in the region and beyond.
Emily Siddon was a pioneering healthcare advocate from Honley who dedicated her life to improving healthcare and equality, championing children’s health and helping to create better living conditions.
As part of the wider of the Campus, we’re proud to play a key role in building a thriving ecosystem for health innovation in West Yorkshire.
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Managed by the team behind the 3M BIC, bringing years of innovation and business support experience, the centre offers:
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Located in the Emily Siddon Building, the Health Business Innovation Centre forms part of the wider campus that aims to improve health outcomes and lead healthcare innovation across the UK and beyond.
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The Huddersfield Health Innovation Incubator is a membership-led business support programme for early-stage start-ups and growing organisations working in or entering the health, wellbeing and life sciences sectors in West Yorkshire.
Members can build valuable connections within the regional health innovation ecosystem, access tailored business support programmes, as well as benefit from mentoring, co-working and specialist product development expertise.
Eligible members can get free access to co-working space at the Health Business Innovation Centre, as well as our Health and Wellbeing Innovation Maker Space – a dedicated facility supporting the creation of innovative health and wellbeing products and services, equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters and more – with support from an onsite health innovation specialist.
A partnership between Kirklees Council, the University of Huddersfield, the 3M Buckley Innovation Centre (3M BIC) and the NHS, the Incubator brings together key partners to accelerate innovation, collaboration and business growth.
It forms part of the West Yorkshire Investment Zone, a series of initiatives designed to strengthen the region’s innovation infrastructure and support high-growth potential businesses.