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LYVA Labs is here to drive economic growth through innovation across Liverpool City Region.
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LYVA Labs celebrates third birthday with visit from Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram
LYVA Labs was established in December 2021 with £10.5M in investment from the Combined Authority to help deliver the Mayor's ambition to invest 5% of regional GVA into research and development (R&D) by 2030 – nearly double the government’s national target. Today Mayor Rotherham and guests joined us at The Spine to hear more about our achievements and plans.
LYVA Labs awarded contract to support university spin-out commercialisation programme
LYVA Labs has won a contract to help deliver a new programme led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), to support the UK Higher Education Institute sector to progress early-stage R&D to commercially viable products, as part of Research England's Connecting Capability Fund.
“By investing now to establish ourselves as a hotbed of innovation and new technology, we’ll be able to attract many more high-skilled, well-paid jobs and attract many, many more jobs, businesses and opportunities from around the world.”
Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor